Texas Occupations Code 159.0061 – Appointment of Custodian of Physician’s Records
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(a) The board by rule shall establish conditions under which the board may temporarily or permanently appoint a person as a custodian of a physician‘s billing or medical records. In adopting rules under this section, the board shall consider the death of a physician, the mental or physical incapacitation of a physician, and the abandonment of billing or medical records by a physician.
(b) The rules adopted under this section must provide for:
(1) the release of the billing or medical records by an appointed custodian in compliance with this chapter; and
(2) a fee charged by the appointed custodian that is in addition to the copying fee governed by § 159.008.
Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 159.0061
- Board: means the Texas Medical Board. See Texas Occupations Code 151.002
- Medical records: means all records relating to the history, diagnosis, treatment, or prognosis of a patient. See Texas Occupations Code 151.002
- Person: means an individual, unless the term is expressly made applicable to a partnership, association, or corporation. See Texas Occupations Code 151.002
- Physician: means a person licensed to practice medicine in this state. See Texas Occupations Code 151.002
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005