Sec. 413.042.  PRIVATE CLAIMS;  ADMINISTRATIVE VIOLATION.  (a)  A health care provider may not pursue a private claim against a workers' compensation claimant for all or part of the cost of a health care service provided to the claimant by the provider unless:
(1)  the injury is finally adjudicated not compensable under this subtitle;  or
(2)  the employee violates Section 408.022 relating to the selection of a doctor and the doctor did not know of the violation at the time the services were rendered.
(b)  A health care provider commits an administrative violation if the provider violates Subsection (a). 
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by: 
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 265 (H.B. 7), Sec. 3.248, eff. September 1, 2005.