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Tex. Insurance Code § 843.320: USE OF HOSPITALIST.
Where this section sits in the code
- INSURANCE CODE
- TITLE 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES
- SUBTITLE C. LIFE, HEALTH, AND ACCIDENT INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES
- CHAPTER 843. HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS
- SUBCHAPTER I. RELATIONS WITH PHYSICIANS AND PROVIDERS
(a) In this section, "hospitalist" means a physician who:
(1) serves as physician of record at a hospital for a hospitalized patient of another physician; and
(2) returns the care of the patient to that other physician at the end of the patient's hospitalization.
(b) A contract between a health maintenance organization and a physician may not require the physician to use a hospitalist for a hospitalized patient.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.211(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
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