1. (a) The department shall list, with its business telephone number, a toll-free telephone number established to accept complaints relating to a health profession regulated by the department.

2. (b) A license holder shall notify each client or a minor client's authorized representative of the name, mailing address, email address, telephone number, and website of the department for the purpose of directing complaints to the department. A license holder shall display this notification:

   1. (1) on a sign prominently displayed in the primary location of practice of each license holder, if any; and
   2. (2) on written documents including a written contract, a bill for service, or information brochure provided by the license holder to a client or third party.
3. (c) The commission has adopted rules in Chapter 100 related to handling complaints regarding standard of care pursuant to Texas Occupations Code §51.2031.
4. (d) A qualified person may assist the department in the review and investigation of complaints and is immune from liability related to these activities pursuant to Texas Occupations Code §51.252.
5. (e) Provisions regarding the confidentiality of complaint and disciplinary information under this chapter are located in Texas Occupations Code §51.254.
6. (f) The department may disclose a complaint or investigation and all information and materials compiled by the department in connection with the complaint or investigation to a person's certifying entity in accordance with Texas Occupations Code §51.254.
7. (g) For purposes of this chapter, a health profession is a profession for which the enabling statute is located in Title 3, Texas Occupations Code, or that is determined to be a health profession under other law.

Source Note:The provisions of this §121.95 adopted to be effective May 1, 2018, 43 TexReg 2570; amended to be effective August 1, 2020, 45 TexReg 5192; amended to be effective February 29, 2024, 49 TexReg 1085.