{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-162.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 162.005","heading":"ANTI-RETALIATION POLICY.","body":"(a) A health organization certified under Section 162.001(b) shall develop, implement, and comply with an anti-retaliation policy for physicians under which the health organization may not terminate, demote, retaliate against, discipline, discriminate against, or otherwise penalize a physician for:\n(1) filing in good faith a complaint under Section 162.004;\n(2) cooperating in good faith with an investigation or proceeding of the board relating to a complaint filed under Section 162.004; or\n(3) communicating to a patient in good faith what the physician reasonably believes to be the physician's best, independent medical judgment.\n(b) On a determination that a health organization certified under Section 162.001(b) has failed to develop, implement, or comply with a policy described by Subsection (a), the board may take any action allowed under this subtitle or board rule applicable to a health organization.\nAdded by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 771 (H.B. 1532), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE B. PHYSICIANS","CHAPTER 162. REGULATION OF PRACTICE OF MEDICINE","SUBCHAPTER A. REGULATION BY BOARD OF CERTAIN NONPROFIT HEALTH CORPORATIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.162.htm#162.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"ade1ce6b7e759486312a7e1139d33290fe467467cc9409379f2f017cbc17bf1e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-162.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-162.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}