Section 159.0061 - Appointment of Custodian of Physician's Records(a) The board by rule shall establish conditions under which the board may temporarily or permanently appoint a person as a custodian of a physician's billing or medical records. In adopting rules under this section, the board shall consider the death of a physician, the mental or physical incapacitation of a physician, and the abandonment of billing or medical records by a physician.(b) The rules adopted under this section must provide for:(1) the release of the billing or medical records by an appointed custodian in compliance with this chapter; and(2) a fee charged by the appointed custodian that is in addition to the copying fee governed by Section 159.008.Tex. Occ. Code § 159.0061
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 984, Sec. 6, eff. 6/15/2001.