Tex. Occ. Code § 151.055

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 151.055 - Application to Certain Independent Contractor Agreements

This subtitle does not prohibit a hospital from entering into an independent contractor agreement with a physician to provide services at the hospital or at another health care facility owned or operated by the hospital and:

(1) paying the physician a minimum guaranteed amount to ensure the physician's availability;

(2) billing and collecting from patients the physician's professional fees; or

(3) retaining the collected professional fees up to the amount of the minimum guaranteed amount plus a reasonable collection fee.

Tex. Occ. Code § 151.055

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.