Section 161.031 - Medical Committee Defined(a) In this subchapter, "medical committee" includes any committee, including a joint committee, of:(2) a medical organization;(3) a university medical school or health science center;(4) a health maintenance organization licensed under Chapter 843, Insurance Code, including an independent practice association or other physician association whose committee or joint committee is a condition of contract with the health maintenance organization;(5) an extended care facility;(6) a hospital district; or(7) a hospital authority.(b) The term includes a committee appointed ad hoc to conduct a specific investigation or established under state or federal law or rule or under the bylaws or rules of the organization or institution.(c) The term includes a committee, including a joint committee, of one or more health care systems if each health care system includes one or more of the entities listed in Subsection (a).Tex. Health and Safety Code § 161.031
Amended By Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.525, eff. 9/1/2003.Amended By Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 908, Sec. 3, eff. 6/18/1999Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 1, eff. 6/11/1997 Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989.