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Texas Occupations Code § 261.103

Immunity from Suit

Confidentiality and Immunity of Dental Peer Review Committee · Civil Liability

A person is immune from civil liability if:

(1) the person reports or furnishes information to a dental peer review committee or the board in good faith;

(2) the person:

(A) is a member, employee, or agent of the board, of a dental peer review committee, or of a dental organization committee or a dental organization who takes an action or makes a recommendation within the scope of the functions of a peer review program; and

(B) acts without malice and in the reasonable belief that the action or recommendation is warranted by the facts known to the person; or

(3) the person, including a health care entity or dental peer review committee, without malice participates in a dental peer review activity or furnishes a record, information, or assistance to a dental peer review committee or the board.

Official text of the Texas Occupations Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.