Occupations Code § 162.005

Sec. 162.005. ANTI-RETALIATION POLICY. (a) A health organization certified under Section 162.001(b) shall develop, implement, and comply with an anti-retaliation policy for physicians under which the health organization may not terminate, demote, retaliate against, discipline, discriminate against, or otherwise penalize a physician for: (1) filing in good faith a complaint under Section 162.004; (2) cooperating in good faith with an investigation or proceeding of the board relating to a complaint filed under Section 162.004; or (3) communicating to a patient in good faith what the physician reasonably believes to be the physician's best, independent medical judgment. (b) On a determination that a health organization certified under Section 162.001(b) has failed to develop, implement, or comply with a policy described by Subsection (a), the board may take any action allowed under this subtitle or board rule applicable to a health organization. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 771 (H.B. 1532), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.