Section 408.0043 - Professional Specialty Certification Required for Certain Review(a) This section applies to a person, other than a chiropractor or a dentist, who performs health care services under this title as:(1) a doctor performing peer review;(2) a doctor performing a utilization review of a health care service provided to an injured employee;(3) a doctor performing an independent review of a health care service provided to an injured employee;(5) a doctor performing a required medical examination; or(6) a doctor serving as a member of the medical quality review panel.(b) A person described by Subsection (a) who reviews a specific workers' compensation case must hold a professional certification in a health care specialty appropriate to the type of health care that the injured employee is receiving.(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), if a health care service is requested, ordered, provided, or to be provided by a physician, a person described by Subsection (a)(1), (2), or (3) who reviews the service with respect to a specific workers' compensation case must be of the same or a similar specialty as that physician.Tex. Lab. Code § 408.0043
Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1218,Sec. 3.10, eff. 9/1/2019.Amended By Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1330, Sec. 14, eff. 9/1/2009.Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1218, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2007.