Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 151.003 - Legislative Findings The legislature finds that:
(1) the practice of medicine is a privilege and not a natural right of individuals and as a matter of public policy it is necessary to protect the public interest through enactment of this subtitle to regulate the granting of that privilege and its subsequent use and control; and(2) the board should remain the primary means of licensing, regulating, and disciplining physicians. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.