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Texas Health and Safety Code - HEALTH & SAFETY § 161.031. Medical Committee Defined

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In this subchapter, “medical committee” includes any committee, including a joint committee, of:

(1) a hospital;

(2) a medical organization;

(3) a university medical school or health science center;

(4) a health maintenance organization licensed under Chapter 843, Insurance Code, including an independent practice association or other physician association whose committee or joint committee is a condition of contract with the health maintenance organization;

(5) an extended care facility;

(6) a hospital district; or

(7) a hospital authority.

(b) The term includes a committee appointed ad hoc to conduct a specific investigation or established under state or federal law or rule or under the bylaws or rules of the organization or institution.

(c) The term includes a committee, including a joint committee, of one or more health care systems if each health care system includes one or more of the entities listed in Subsection (a).

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