Do I Have to Report an Impaired Physician to the Texas Medical Board?
The Texas Medical Practice Act (MPA) includes mandatory reporting requirements for individual practitioners, as well medical peer review committees and health care entities. When does a duty to report an impaired physician to the Texas Medical Board arise? Certain health care practitioners, "shall report relevant information to the board relating to the acts of a physician in this state if, in the opinion of the person or committee, that physician poses a continuing threat to...
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