Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
OCCUPATIONS CODE |
Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS |
Subtitle E. REGULATION OF NURSING |
Chapter 303. NURSING PEER REVIEW |
Sec. 303.002. GENERAL PROVISIONS REGARDING PEER REVIEW
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(a) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 553, Sec. 3.001.
(b) The board shall enter into a memorandum of understanding with each state agency that licenses, registers, or certifies a facility required by law to have a nursing peer review committee. The memorandum of understanding must:
(1) state the actions the board and agency are to take to encourage compliance with the requirement to have a nursing peer review committee; and
(2) be adopted as a rule of the board and the agency.
(c) A court may not enjoin the activities of a nursing peer review committee under this chapter.
(d) This chapter may not be nullified by a contract.
(e) The committee shall give the nurse being reviewed at least minimum due process, including notice and opportunity for a hearing.