Recopilación de Datos sobre Profesionales de la Salud en Texas

Sec. 105.003. COLLECTION OF DATA. (a) The council shall place a high priority on collecting and disseminating data on health professions demonstrating an acute shortage in this state, including: (1) data concerning nursing personnel; and Statute text rendered on: 9/10/2024 - 618 - HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE (2) data concerning the health professions in which shortages occur in rural areas. (b) To the extent possible, the council may collect the data from existing sources that the council determines are credible. The council may enter agreements with those sources that establish guidelines concerning the identification, acquisition, transfer, and confidentiality of the data. (c) The Department of Information Resources, through the state electronic Internet portal and in consultation with the council and the Health Professions Council, shall add and label as "mandatory" the following fields on an application or renewal form for a license, certificate, or registration for a person subject to Subsection (c- 2): (1) full name and last four digits of social security number; (2) full mailing address; and (3) educational background and training, including basic health professions degree, school name and location of basic health professions degree, and graduation year for basic health professions degree, and, as applicable, highest professional degree obtained, related professional school name and location, and related graduation year. (c-1) The Department of Information Resources, throug