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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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OCCUPATIONS CODE |
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Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS |
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Subtitle C. OTHER PROFESSIONS PERFORMING MEDICAL PROCEDURES |
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Chapter 201. CHIROPRACTORS |
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Subchapter F. PEER REVIEW COMMITTEES |
Sec. 201.253. EXECUTIVE PEER REVIEW COMMITTEE
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(a) The board shall appoint an executive chiropractic peer review committee to direct the activities of the local committees. The executive peer review committee consists of six volunteer members. Members of the executive peer review committee serve staggered terms of three years, with one-third of the members' terms expiring December 31 of each year. The executive peer review committee shall elect a presiding officer from its members.
(b) The executive peer review committee shall conduct hearings relating to disputes referred by a local peer review committee and shall make its recommendations based solely on evidence presented in the hearings.
(c) A member of an executive peer review committee may not be a consultant to or an employee of any company or carrier of health care insurance.