Doctor Can’t Sue Texas Medical Board Over Discipline Report

Texas medical board members couldn’t be sued by a physician who claimed they should have voided an adverse action report they made to a national physician screening tool rather than submitting a revision, a state appeals court said Jan. 9.

The board members’ action was in accord with state law outlining their official duties, which required them to report physician disciplinary actions to the National Practitioner Data Bank but didn’t dictate what information must be reported or what form a report must take, the Texas Court of Appeals, Third District, said.

The NPDB collects and maintains data regarding physicians’ professional ...