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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 2. HEALTH |
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Subtitle D. PREVENTION, CONTROL, AND REPORTS OF DISEASES |
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Chapter 98. REPORTING OF HEALTH CARE-ASSOCIATED INFECTIONS AND PREVENTABLE ADVERSE EVENTS |
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Subchapter B. ADVISORY PANEL |
Sec. 98.052. MEMBERSHIP; TERM
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(a) The advisory panel is composed of 18 members as follows:
(1) two infection control professionals who:
(A) are certified by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology; and
(B) are practicing in hospitals in this state, at least one of which must be a rural hospital;
(2) two infection control professionals who:
(A) are certified by the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology; and
(B) are nurses licensed to engage in professional nursing under Chapter 301, Occupations Code;
(3) three board-certified or board-eligible physicians who:
(A) are licensed to practice medicine in this state under Chapter 155, Occupations Code, at least two of whom have active medical staff privileges at a hospital in this state and at least one of whom is a pediatric infectious disease physician with expertise and experience in pediatric health care epidemiology;
(B) are active members of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America; and
(C) have demonstrated expertise in quality assessment and performance improvement or infection control in health care facilities;
(4) four additional professionals in quality assessment and performance improvement;
(5) one officer of a general hospital;
(6) one officer of an ambulatory surgical center;
(7) three nonvoting members who are department employees representing the department in epidemiology and the licensing of hospitals or ambulatory surgical centers; and
(8) two members who represent the public as consumers.
(b) Members of the advisory panel serve two-year terms.