Sec. 164.010. MONITORING OF LICENSE HOLDER

(a) The board by rule shall develop a system to monitor compliance with the requirements of this subtitle of license holders who are the subject of disciplinary action.

(b) Rules adopted under this section must include procedures to:

(1) monitor for compliance a license holder ordered by the board to perform certain acts; and

(2) identify and monitor license holders who are the subject of disciplinary action and who present a continuing threat to the public welfare through the practice of medicine.

(c) The board shall immediately investigate:

(1) a violation of a disciplinary order by a license holder described by Subsection (a); or

(2) a complaint filed against a license holder described by Subsection (a).

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 202, Sec. 29, eff. June 10, 2003.