REMEDIAL PLAN

(a) In addition to the authority under Sections 164.001 and 164.002, the board may issue and establish the terms of a remedial plan to resolve the investigation of a complaint relating to this subtitle. (b) A remedial plan may not contain a provision that: (1) revokes, suspends, limits, or restricts a person's license or other authorization to practice medicine; or (2) assesses an administrative penalty against a person. (c) A remedial plan may not be imposed to resolve a complaint: (1) concerning: (A) a patient death; (B) the commission of a felony; or (C) a matter in which the physician engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior or contact with a patient or became financially or personally involved with a patient in an inappropriate manner; or (2) in which the appropriate resolution may involve a restriction on the manner in which a license holder practices medicine. (d) The board may not issue a remedial plan to resolve a complaint against a license holder if the license holder has entered into a remedial plan with the board in the preceding five years. (e) The board may assess a fee against a license holder participating in a remedial plan in an amount necessary to recover the costs of administering this plan. (f) The board shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.