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2025 Texas Statutes
Occupations Code
Title 3 - Health Professions
Subtitle E - Regulation of Nursing
Chapter 301 - Nurses
Subchapter I. Reporting Violations and Patient Care Concerns
Section 301.412. Reporting Immunity
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TX Occ Code § 301.412 (2025)
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Sec. 301.412. REPORTING IMMUNITY. A person who in good faith makes a report required or authorized under this subchapter, or a person who advises a nurse of the nurse's right or obligation to report under this subchapter:
(1) is immune from civil and criminal liability that, in the absence of the immunity, might result from making the report or giving the advice; and
(2) may not be subjected to other retaliatory action as a result of making the report or giving the advice.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 877 (S.B. 192), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2011.
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