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:
(1) paying the physician a minimum guaranteed amount to ensure the physician's availability;
(2) billing and collecting from patients the physician's professional fees; or
(3) retaining the collected professional fees up to the amount of the minimum guaranteed amount plus a reasonable collection fee.
Official text of the Texas Occupations Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.