Texas Occupations Code 160.001 – Application of Federal Law
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Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code 160.001
- professional review action: means the evaluation of medical and health care services, including evaluation of the qualifications and professional conduct of professional health care practitioners and of patient care provided by those practitioners. See Texas Occupations Code 151.002
- professional review body: means a committee of a health care entity, the governing board of a health care entity, or the medical staff of a health care entity, that operates under written bylaws approved by the policy-making body or the governing board of the health care entity and is authorized to evaluate the quality of medical and health care services or the competence of physicians, including evaluation of the performance of those functions specified by § 85. See Texas Occupations Code 151.002
The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. § 11101 et seq.) applies to a professional review action or medical peer review conducted by a professional review body or medical peer review committee in this state on or after September 1, 1987.