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Tex. Occ. Code § 162.0021 (2026)

Interference With Physician's Professional Judgment Prohibited

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Sec. 162.0021. INTERFERENCE WITH PHYSICIAN'S PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT PROHIBITED. A health organization certified under Section 162.001(b) may not interfere with, control, or otherwise direct a physician's professional judgment in violation of this subchapter or any other provision of law, including board rules.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 670 (S.B. 1661), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2022–2025 · leading case: Renaissance Med. Found. v. Rebecca Lugo, Individually & as Next Friend of I.B. (Tex. 2025).
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Renaissance Med. Found. v. Rebecca Lugo, Individually & as Next Friend of I.B. (Tex. 2025). · cites it 4× “” TEX. OCC. CODE § 162.0021. Because the Legislature has prohibited NPHOs from exercising control over the full scope of a physician’s employment, the Practice contends that a court asked to hold an NPHO vicariously liable must analyze whether the particular tasks that the…”
Renaissance Med. Found. v. Rebecca Lugo, Individually & as Next Friend of I.B. (Tex. 2025). · cites it 3× “4 Tex. Occ. Code § 162.0021. 5 See Otherwise, Black’s Law Dictionary (11th ed.”
Tiffanny Jones, M.D. & TJONESIVFMD, PLLC v. Frisco Fertility Ctr., PLLC, D/B/A Dallas IVF (Tex. App. 2022). “0021 of the occupations code, TEX. OCC. CODE § 162.0021, and by the employee handbook, which included an “anti-retaliation and whistleblower policy.”
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