Tex. Occupations Code § 162.005
ANTI-RETALIATION POLICY
Texas · Texas Occupations Code · Status: effective
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- Tex. Occupations Code § 162.005, ANTI-RETALIATION POLICY, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/697869
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(a) A health organization certified under Section 162.001(b) shall develop, implement, and comply with an anti-retaliation policy for physicians under which the health organization may not terminate, demote, retaliate against, discipline, discriminate against, or otherwise penalize a physician for:
(1) filing in good faith a complaint under Section 162.004;
(2) cooperating in good faith with an investigation or proceeding of the board relating to a complaint filed under Section 162.004; or
(3) communicating to a patient in good faith what the physician reasonably believes to be the physician's best, independent medical judgment.
(b) On a determination that a health organization certified under Section 162.001(b) has failed to develop, implement, or comply with a policy described by Subsection (a), the board may take any action allowed under this subtitle or board rule applicable to a health organization.