{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-151.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 151.055","heading":"APPLICATION TO CERTAIN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENTS.","body":"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:\n(1) paying the physician a minimum guaranteed amount to ensure the physician's availability;\n(2) billing and collecting from patients the physician's professional fees; or\n(3) retaining the collected professional fees up to the amount of the minimum guaranteed amount plus a reasonable collection fee.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE B. PHYSICIANS","CHAPTER 151. GENERAL PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER B. APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF SUBTITLE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.151.htm#151.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"1e527b2a111f4e58b0f168a20f97c5fa6274e5ddcc240741139607a22fff5286","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-151.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-151.056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}