Texas Labor Code - LAB § 505.054. Preemployment Physical;  Examining Physicians

(a) The department may require that an individual may not be certified as an employee of the department under this chapter until the individual:

(b) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., ch. 395 (S.B. 1323), § 3.

(c) The department may designate a convenient number of regularly licensed practicing physicians to make physical examinations of individuals to determine if the individuals are physically fit for employment with the department.

(d) A physician designated under Subsection (c) who conducts an examination shall file with the department a complete transcript of the examination on a form furnished by the department.  The department shall maintain all reports under this subsection as part of the department's permanent records.  A report under this subsection is admissible in evidence before the division of workers' compensation and in an appeal from a final award or ruling of the commissioner of workers' compensation in which the individual named in the examination is a claimant for compensation under this chapter.  A report under this subsection that is admitted is prima facie evidence of the facts stated in the report.