Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.1151
USE OF TELEMEDICINE MEDICAL SERVICE BY CERTAIN TRAUMA FACILITIES
Texas · Texas Health and Safety Code · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 773.1151, USE OF TELEMEDICINE MEDICAL SERVICE BY CERTAIN TRAUMA FACILITIES, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/675987
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:675987@1- SHA-256
679e3c536f10b5ffa148e30cf04d2b38f4d04a8d51562fd4aa59587b26b99e5f
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
(a) In this section, "telemedicine medical service" has the meaning assigned by Section 111.001, Occupations Code.
(b) A health care facility located in a county with a population of less than 30,000 may satisfy a Level IV trauma facility designation requirement relating to physicians through the use of telemedicine medical service in which an on-call physician who has special competence in the care of critically injured patients provides patient assessment, diagnosis, consultation, or treatment or transfers medical data to a physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant located at the facility.
(c) In establishing the requirements for designating a facility as a Level IV trauma facility, the executive commissioner may not adopt rules that:
(1) require the physical presence or physical availability of a physician who has special competence in the care of critically injured patients; or
(2) prohibit the use of telemedicine medical service that meets the requirements of Subsection (b).