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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES |
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Subtitle B. LICENSING OF HEALTH FACILITIES |
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Chapter 245. ABORTION FACILITIES |
Sec. 245.019. HEARING; ORDER
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(a) If the person requests a hearing, the commissioner of public health or the commissioner's designee shall:
(1) set a hearing;
(2) give written notice of the hearing to the person; and
(3) designate a hearings examiner to conduct the hearing.
(b) The hearings examiner shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law and shall promptly issue to the commissioner a proposal for decision as to the occurrence of the violation and a recommendation as to the amount of the proposed penalty, if a penalty is determined to be warranted.
(c) Based on the findings of fact and conclusions of law and the recommendations of the hearings examiner, the commissioner by order may find that a violation has occurred and may assess a penalty or may find that no violation has occurred.