Texas Health and Safety Code 773.061 – Disciplinary Actions
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(a) For a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter, the department shall revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a license or certificate of or shall reprimand:
(1) emergency medical services personnel;
(2) a program instructor, examiner, or course coordinator; and
(3) an emergency medical services provider license holder.
(b) For a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter, the department shall revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew approval of a course or training program.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 773.061
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) For a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter, the department may place on emergency suspension emergency medical services personnel.
(d) The department may place on probation a course or training program or a person, including emergency medical services personnel, an emergency medical services provider license holder, or a program instructor, examiner, or course coordinator, whose certificate, license, or approval is suspended. If a suspension is probated, the department may require the person or the sponsor of a course or training program, as applicable:
(1) to report regularly to the department on matters that are the basis of the probation;
(2) to limit practice to the areas prescribed by the department; or
(3) to continue or review professional education until the person attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the department in those areas that are the basis of the probation.
(e) Except as provided by § 773.062, the procedures by which the department takes action under this section and the procedures by which that action is appealed are governed by the procedures for a contested case hearing under Chapter 2001, Government Code.