Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
INSURANCE CODE |
Title 8. HEALTH INSURANCE AND OTHER HEALTH COVERAGES |
Subtitle F. PHYSICIANS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS |
Chapter 1452. PHYSICIAN AND PROVIDER CREDENTIALS |
Subchapter A. CREDENTIALING OF PHYSICIANS AND PROVIDERS BY HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION |
Sec. 1452.002. VERIFICATION OF PHYSICIAN'S LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE
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The commissioner shall require a health maintenance organization to verify that a physician's license to practice medicine and any other certificate the physician is required to hold, including a certificate issued by the Department of Public Safety or the federal Drug Enforcement Administration or a certificate issued under the Medicare program, is valid as of the date of:
(1) initial credentialing of the physician; and
(2) each recredentialing.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2005.