The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Texas
- Level
- State
- Authority
- Tex. Gov't Code ch. 418
- Issued
- 2020-04-27 Apr. 27, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-01 00:01 (read as 2020-05-01)
- End
- until modified, amended, rescinded or superseded (regime rescinded by GA-34 effective Mar. 10, 2021) (read as 2021-03-10)
- In force
- May 1, 2020 to Mar. 10, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q1
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Capacity limitHealth care ordersWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- all licensed health care professionals
- hospitals licensed under Chapter 241
- Functions reached
- Collection
- Physician Practices and Outpatient Care SEC-02
Operative words
All licensed health care professionals shall be limited in their practice by, and must comply with, any emergency rules promulgated by their respective licensing agencies dictating minimum standards for safe practice during the COVID-19 disaster. Every hospital licensed under Chapter 241 of the Texas Health and Safety Code shall reserve at least 15 percent of its hospital capacity for treatment of COVID-19 patients
Enforcement
Tex. Gov't Code 418.173 (recited)
Notes
Made the Texas Medical Board's and other boards' emergency rules the binding operating standard for every licensed professional from May 1, 2020.