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2025 Texas Statutes
Occupations Code
Title 3 - Health Professions
Subtitle D - Dentistry
Chapter 261 - Confidentiality and Immunity of Dental Peer Review Committee
Subchapter C. Civil Liability
Section 261.101. Committee Immunity From Suit
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TX Occ Code § 261.101 (2025)
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Sec. 261.101. COMMITTEE IMMUNITY FROM SUIT. (a) In the absence of fraud, conspiracy, or malice, a dental peer review committee is not subject to a suit for damages arising from investigating a disagreement or complaint, holding a hearing to determine facts, or making an evaluation, recommendation, decision, or award involving a dentist who is a member of a dental association or another dentist, a dental patient, or a third party requesting the committee's services.
(b) The purpose of this section is to protect a dental peer review committee from being harassed and threatened with legal action in performing official duties.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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