- (a) The board may conduct inspections of a physician's equipment and office procedures that relate to the provision of anesthesia in an outpatient setting as necessary to enforce this subchapter.
(b) The board may establish a risk-based inspection process in which the board conducts inspections based on the length of time since:
- (1) the equipment and outpatient setting were last inspected; and
- (2) the physician submitted to inspection.
- (c) The board may contract with another state agency or qualified person to conduct the inspections.
- (d) Unless it would jeopardize an ongoing investigation, the board shall provide at least five business days' notice before conducting an on-site inspection under this section.
- (e) The board shall maintain a record of the outpatient settings in which physicians provide anesthesia.
- (f) A physician who provides anesthesia in an outpatient setting shall inform the board of any other physician with whom the physician shares equipment used to administer anesthesia.
- (g) This section does not require the board to make an on-site inspection of a physician's office.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.033(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1231 (H.B. 1504), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2019.