Texas § 263.0077 REMEDIAL PLAN.

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§ 263.0077 — REMEDIAL PLAN.

Texas § 263.0077

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Tex. Occupations Code Code Ann. § 263.0077 (2026).

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Sec. 263.0077. REMEDIAL PLAN.

(a)The board may issue and establish the terms of a remedial plan to resolve the investigation of a complaint filed under this subtitle.

(b)A remedial plan may not contain a provision that:

(1)revokes, suspends, limits, or restricts a person's license or other authorization to practice dentistry or dental hygiene; or

(2)assesses an administrative penalty against a person.

(c)A remedial plan may not be imposed to resolve a complaint:

(1)concerning:

(A)a patient death;

(B)the commission of a felony; or

(C)a matter in which the license holder engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior or contact with a patient or became financially or personally involved with a patient in an inappropriate manner; or

(2)in which the appropriate resolution may involve a res

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Sec. 263.0077. REMEDIAL PLAN. (a) The board may issue and establish the terms of a remedial plan to resolve the investigation of a complaint filed under this subtitle.
(b) A remedial plan may not contain a provision that:
(1) revokes, suspends, limits, or restricts a person's license or other authorization to practice dentistry or dental hygiene; or
(2) assesses an administrative penalty against a person.
(c) A remedial plan may not be imposed to resolve a complaint:
(1) concerning:
(A) a patient death;
(B) the commission of a felony; or
(C) a matter in which the license holder engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior or contact with a patient or became financially or personally involved with a patient in an inappropriate manner; or
(2) in which the appropriate resolution may involve a restriction on the manner in which a license holder practices dentistry or dental hygiene.
(d) The board may not issue a remedial plan to resolve a complaint against a license holder if the license holder has entered into a remedial plan with the board in the preceding five years.
(e) The board may assess a fee against a license holder participating in a remedial plan in an amount necessary to recover the costs of administering the plan.
(f) A remedial plan is public information.
(f-1) On or after the fifth anniversary of the date a remedial plan is issued under this section, the board may remove from the board's public Internet website any public information regarding the dentist or dental hygienist with respect to the plan and the complaint resolved by the plan, unless:
(1) the complaint was related to the delivery of health care; or
(2) more than one remedial plan has been issued to resolve complaints alleging the same violation by the dentist or dental hygienist, including a complaint not related to the delivery of health care.
(g) In civil litigation, a remedial plan is a settlement agreement under Rule 408, Texas Rules of Evidence.
(h) The board shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 3201 ), Sec. 9, eff. January 1, 2014. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 403 (S.B. 1534 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.