Sec. 843.320.  USE OF HOSPITALIST.  (a)  In this section, "hospitalist" means a physician who:
(1)  serves as physician of record at a hospital for a hospitalized patient of another physician; and
(2)  returns the care of the patient to that other physician at the end of the patient's hospitalization.
(b)  A contract between a health maintenance organization and a physician may not require the physician to use a hospitalist for a hospitalized patient.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 10A.211(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.