{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-487.607","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 487.607","heading":"RELIEF PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT.","body":"The department shall actively recruit physicians to participate in the program as relief physicians. The department shall concentrate on recruiting physicians involved in an accredited residency program in general pediatrics, general internal medicine, and general family medicine, physicians registered on the department's locum tenens registry, physicians employed at a medical school, and physicians working for private locum tenens groups.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 609, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 81, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE F. COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT","CHAPTER 487. OFFICE OF RURAL AFFAIRS IN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE","SUBCHAPTER N. RURAL PHYSICIAN RELIEF PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.487.htm#487.607","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"719839f5073f6f0f6f9b5dbcf7660f4c3c78fe98b73ed15f104b347b7d77fbba","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-487.606","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-487.651"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}