Texas Health and Safety Code 161.031 – Medical Committee Defined
(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.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 161.031
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(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).