IMMUNITY AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
Tex. OCC Code § 206.159.
in effect(a) A medical peer review committee in this state, a quality assurance committee in this state, a surgical assistant, a surgical assistant student, a physician practicing medicine in this state, or any person usually present in an operating room, including a nurse or surgical technologist, shall report relevant information to the advisory committee related to the acts of a surgical assistant in this state if, in that person's opinion, a surgical assistant poses a continuing threat to the public welfare through the person's practice as a surgical assistant. The duty to report under this section may not be nullified through contract.
(b) A person who, without malice, furnishes records, information, or assistance to the advisory committee under this section is immune from any civil liability arising from that action in a suit against the person brought by or on behalf of a surgical assistant who is reported under this section.
(c) Sections 160.002 , 160.003 , 160.006 , 160.007 , 160.009 , 160.013 , and 160.014 apply to medical peer review regarding a licensed surgical assistant.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1014, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
SUBCHAPTER E. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS