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TITLE 22EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 9TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD
CHAPTER 176HEALTH CARE LIABILITY LAWSUITS AND SETTLEMENTS
RULE §176.8Board Review of Health Care Liability Lawsuits and Settlements
(a) In accordance with Section 164.201 of the Act, the board shall review the medical competency of a licensee against whom three or more expert reports under Texas Civil Practices and Remedies Code Section 74.351, have been filed in three separate lawsuits within a five-year period in the same manner as if a complaint against the licensee had been made to the board under Section 154.051.

(b) The board shall also review the medical competency of a licensee if three or more separate lawsuits and/or settlements are reported to the board based on health care liability claims within a five-year period in the same manner as if a complaint against the licensee had been made to the board under Section 154.051.

Source Note: The provisions of this §176.8 adopted to be effective January 8, 2004, 29 TexReg 97; amended to be effective September 20, 2007, 32 TexReg 6314

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