Occupations Code § 303.0075

Sec. 303.0075. SHARING OF INFORMATION. (a) A nursing peer review committee and a patient safety committee established by the same entity may share information. (b) A record or determination of a patient safety committee, or a communication made to a patient safety committee, is not subject to subpoena or discovery and is not admissible in any civil or administrative proceeding, regardless of whether the information has been provided to a nursing peer review committee. The privileges under this subsection may be waived only through a written waiver signed by the chair, vice chair, or secretary of the patient safety committee. This subsection does not affect the application of Section 303.007 to a nursing peer review committee. (c) A committee that receives information from another committee shall forward any request to disclose the information to the committee that provided the information. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 803 (S.B. 993), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2007.