§ 162.001 Certification by Board
§ 162.002 Limitation On Physician Fees
§ 162.0021 Interference With Physician’s Professional Judgment Prohibited
§ 162.0022 Health Organization Policies
§ 162.0023 Disciplinary Action Restriction
§ 162.0024 Contractual Waiver Prohibited
§ 162.003 Refusal to Certify; Revocation; Penalty
§ 162.004 Procedures for and Disposition of Complaints Against Certain Health Organizations
§ 162.005 Anti-Retaliation Policy
§ 162.006 Biennial Report Required for Certain Health Organizations

Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code Chapter 162 > Subchapter A - Regulation by Board of Certain Nonprofit Health Corporations

  • Board: means the Texas Medical Board. See Texas Occupations Code 151.002
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Physician: means a person licensed to practice medicine in this state. See Texas Occupations Code 151.002
  • Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Practicing medicine: means the diagnosis, treatment, or offer to treat a mental or physical disease or disorder or a physical deformity or injury by any system or method, or the attempt to effect cures of those conditions, by a person who:
    (A) publicly professes to be a physician or surgeon; or
    (B) directly or indirectly charges money or other compensation for those services. See Texas Occupations Code 151.002
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Signed: includes any symbol executed or adopted by a person with present intention to authenticate a writing. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005