Tex. Occupations Code § 159.001: DEFINITIONS.
Where this section sits in the code
- OCCUPATIONS CODE
- TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS
- SUBTITLE B. PHYSICIANS
- CHAPTER 159. PHYSICIAN-PATIENT COMMUNICATION
In this chapter:
(1) "Billing record" means a record that describes charges for services provided to a patient by a physician.
(2) "Medical record" does not include a billing record.
(3) "Patient" means a person who, to receive medical care, consults with or is seen by a physician.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 984, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2001.
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