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Tex. Occ. Code § 159.001 (2026)

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Sec. 159.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Billing record" means a record that describes charges for services provided to a patient by a physician.

(2) "Medical record" does not include a billing record.

(3) "Patient" means a person who, to receive medical care, consults with or is seen by a physician.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 984, Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2001.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 2015–2015 · leading case: Rodriguez, Hector L. (Tex. App. 2015).

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Rodriguez, Hector L. (Tex. App. 2015). “10 Since Hardy was decided, the portions of the Medical Practices Act (MPA) that this Court repealed in 1985 when it adopted the Texas Rules of Evidence, Hardy, at 519-523, have been reenacted by the Texas Legislature and, since 1999, have been codified in the Texas Occupations…”

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