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Senate Bill 227 |
Senate Author: Nelson |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
House Sponsor: King, Susan |
Senate Bill 227 amends the Occupations Code to authorize the Texas Medical Board to issue and establish the terms of a remedial plan to resolve the investigation of a complaint against a physician. The bill prohibits a remedial plan from containing a provision that revokes, suspends, limits, or restricts a person's license or other authorization to practice medicine or assesses an administrative penalty against a person. The bill also prohibits a plan from being imposed to resolve a complaint concerning certain matters or one in which the appropriate resolution may involve a restriction on the manner in which a license holder practices medicine. The bill prohibits the board from issuing a remedial plan to resolve a complaint against a license holder if the license holder has previously entered into a remedial plan with the board for the resolution of a different complaint against the physician. The bill authorizes the board to assess a fee against a license holder participating in a remedial plan.