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GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 7. INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
CHAPTER 774. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN REGULATORY AGENCIES
Sec. 774.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Health care provider" means a person who has been issued a
license by a health care regulatory agency.
(2) "Health care regulatory agency" means a regulatory agency
that:
(A) appoints a member of the Health Professions Council; or
(B) is supervised by the health licensing division of the Texas
Department of Health.
(3) "License" includes a license, certificate, registration,
permit, or other authorization, required by law or state agency
rule, that a person must obtain to practice or engage in a
particular business or occupation.
(4) "Regulatory agency" means an agency, including a department,
commission, board, or office, that:
(A) is created by the constitution or by statute;
(B) is in the executive branch of state government;
(C) has statewide authority; and
(D) has authority to deny, grant, renew, revoke, or suspend a
license.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 630, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
Sec. 774.002. DUTY TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION. (a) A health care
regulatory agency that, in the course of an audit, review,
investigation, or examination of a complaint, obtains information
pertaining to the complaint that it believes may be grounds for
another health care regulatory agency to conduct an investigation
of or institute a disciplinary proceeding against a health care
provider shall forward the information and any subsequently
obtained information or final determination regarding the health
care provider to the other health care regulatory agency.
(b) Information that may be grounds for investigative or
disciplinary action by another health care regulatory agency
includes information:
(1) that relates to a violation of a rule or statute enforced by
the other health care regulatory agency; or
(2) that, in the good faith belief of the agency obtaining the
information, is likely to lead to the discovery of a violation of
a rule or statute enforced by the other health care regulatory
agency.
(c) Information forwarded by a health care regulatory agency
under this section that is privileged or confidential retains its
privileged or confidential nature following the receipt by
another health care regulatory agency. The privilege or
confidentiality extends to any agency communication concerning
the information forwarded, regardless of the form, manner, or
content of the communication.
(d) The forwarding of privileged or confidential information by
a health care regulatory agency does not waive a privilege in or
create an exception to the confidentiality of the information.
(e) An agency's provision of information or failure to provide
information under this section does not give rise to a cause of
action against the agency.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 630, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
Sec. 774.003. PROCEDURE FOR EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. (a) A
health care regulatory agency shall establish and implement
written procedures to ensure that information obtained that is
required to be forwarded under Section 774.002 is forwarded to
the appropriate health care regulatory agency not later than the
15th day after the date the agency determines that the
information is information that it believes may be grounds for
another health care regulatory agency to conduct an investigation
of or institute a disciplinary proceeding against a health care
provider under Section 774.002.
(b) A procedure adopted under this section must provide that the
executive head of a health care regulatory agency or the
executive head's designee may forward information under this
section only to the executive head or the executive head's
designee of the appropriate health care regulatory agency.
(c) In this section, "executive head" means the director,
executive director, commissioner, administrator, chief clerk, or
other individual who is appointed by the governing body or
highest officer of a health care regulatory agency to act as the
chief executive or administrative officer of the agency and who
is not an appointed officer.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 630, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
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Statutes > Texas > Government-code > Title-7-intergovernmental-relations > Chapter-774-exchange-of-information-between-regulatory-agencies
GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 7. INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
CHAPTER 774. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN REGULATORY AGENCIES
Sec. 774.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Health care provider" means a person who has been issued a
license by a health care regulatory agency.
(2) "Health care regulatory agency" means a regulatory agency
that:
(A) appoints a member of the Health Professions Council; or
(B) is supervised by the health licensing division of the Texas
Department of Health.
(3) "License" includes a license, certificate, registration,
permit, or other authorization, required by law or state agency
rule, that a person must obtain to practice or engage in a
particular business or occupation.
(4) "Regulatory agency" means an agency, including a department,
commission, board, or office, that:
(A) is created by the constitution or by statute;
(B) is in the executive branch of state government;
(C) has statewide authority; and
(D) has authority to deny, grant, renew, revoke, or suspend a
license.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 630, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
Sec. 774.002. DUTY TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION. (a) A health care
regulatory agency that, in the course of an audit, review,
investigation, or examination of a complaint, obtains information
pertaining to the complaint that it believes may be grounds for
another health care regulatory agency to conduct an investigation
of or institute a disciplinary proceeding against a health care
provider shall forward the information and any subsequently
obtained information or final determination regarding the health
care provider to the other health care regulatory agency.
(b) Information that may be grounds for investigative or
disciplinary action by another health care regulatory agency
includes information:
(1) that relates to a violation of a rule or statute enforced by
the other health care regulatory agency; or
(2) that, in the good faith belief of the agency obtaining the
information, is likely to lead to the discovery of a violation of
a rule or statute enforced by the other health care regulatory
agency.
(c) Information forwarded by a health care regulatory agency
under this section that is privileged or confidential retains its
privileged or confidential nature following the receipt by
another health care regulatory agency. The privilege or
confidentiality extends to any agency communication concerning
the information forwarded, regardless of the form, manner, or
content of the communication.
(d) The forwarding of privileged or confidential information by
a health care regulatory agency does not waive a privilege in or
create an exception to the confidentiality of the information.
(e) An agency's provision of information or failure to provide
information under this section does not give rise to a cause of
action against the agency.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 630, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
Sec. 774.003. PROCEDURE FOR EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. (a) A
health care regulatory agency shall establish and implement
written procedures to ensure that information obtained that is
required to be forwarded under Section 774.002 is forwarded to
the appropriate health care regulatory agency not later than the
15th day after the date the agency determines that the
information is information that it believes may be grounds for
another health care regulatory agency to conduct an investigation
of or institute a disciplinary proceeding against a health care
provider under Section 774.002.
(b) A procedure adopted under this section must provide that the
executive head of a health care regulatory agency or the
executive head's designee may forward information under this
section only to the executive head or the executive head's
designee of the appropriate health care regulatory agency.
(c) In this section, "executive head" means the director,
executive director, commissioner, administrator, chief clerk, or
other individual who is appointed by the governing body or
highest officer of a health care regulatory agency to act as the
chief executive or administrative officer of the agency and who
is not an appointed officer.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 630, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
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Chapter-774-exchange-of-information-between-regulatory-agencies GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 7. INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
CHAPTER 774. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN REGULATORY AGENCIES
Sec. 774.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Health care provider" means a person who has been issued a
license by a health care regulatory agency.
(2) "Health care regulatory agency" means a regulatory agency
that:
(A) appoints a member of the Health Professions Council; or
(B) is supervised by the health licensing division of the Texas
Department of Health.
(3) "License" includes a license, certificate, registration,
permit, or other authorization, required by law or state agency
rule, that a person must obtain to practice or engage in a
particular business or occupation.
(4) "Regulatory agency" means an agency, including a department,
commission, board, or office, that:
(A) is created by the constitution or by statute;
(B) is in the executive branch of state government;
(C) has statewide authority; and
(D) has authority to deny, grant, renew, revoke, or suspend a
license.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 630, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
Sec. 774.002. DUTY TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION. (a) A health care
regulatory agency that, in the course of an audit, review,
investigation, or examination of a complaint, obtains information
pertaining to the complaint that it believes may be grounds for
another health care regulatory agency to conduct an investigation
of or institute a disciplinary proceeding against a health care
provider shall forward the information and any subsequently
obtained information or final determination regarding the health
care provider to the other health care regulatory agency.
(b) Information that may be grounds for investigative or
disciplinary action by another health care regulatory agency
includes information:
(1) that relates to a violation of a rule or statute enforced by
the other health care regulatory agency; or
(2) that, in the good faith belief of the agency obtaining the
information, is likely to lead to the discovery of a violation of
a rule or statute enforced by the other health care regulatory
agency.
(c) Information forwarded by a health care regulatory agency
under this section that is privileged or confidential retains its
privileged or confidential nature following the receipt by
another health care regulatory agency. The privilege or
confidentiality extends to any agency communication concerning
the information forwarded, regardless of the form, manner, or
content of the communication.
(d) The forwarding of privileged or confidential information by
a health care regulatory agency does not waive a privilege in or
create an exception to the confidentiality of the information.
(e) An agency's provision of information or failure to provide
information under this section does not give rise to a cause of
action against the agency.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 630, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
Sec. 774.003. PROCEDURE FOR EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. (a) A
health care regulatory agency shall establish and implement
written procedures to ensure that information obtained that is
required to be forwarded under Section 774.002 is forwarded to
the appropriate health care regulatory agency not later than the
15th day after the date the agency determines that the
information is information that it believes may be grounds for
another health care regulatory agency to conduct an investigation
of or institute a disciplinary proceeding against a health care
provider under Section 774.002.
(b) A procedure adopted under this section must provide that the
executive head of a health care regulatory agency or the
executive head's designee may forward information under this
section only to the executive head or the executive head's
designee of the appropriate health care regulatory agency.
(c) In this section, "executive head" means the director,
executive director, commissioner, administrator, chief clerk, or
other individual who is appointed by the governing body or
highest officer of a health care regulatory agency to act as the
chief executive or administrative officer of the agency and who
is not an appointed officer.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 630, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1997.
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