Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners and Glenn Parker, Executive Director v. Texas Medical Association and Texas Medical Board--Appeal from 250th District Court of Travis County

State: Texas

Court: Texas Northern District Court

Docket No: 03-08-00058-CV

Case Date: 11/26/2008

Plaintiff: Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners and Glenn Parker, Executive Director

Defendant: Texas Medical Association and Texas Medical Board--Appeal from 250th District Court of Travis Count

Preview:TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-08-00058-CV

Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners and Glenn Parker, Executive Director, Appellants v. Texas Medical Association and Texas Medical Board, Appellees

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 250TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-GN-06-003451, HONORABLE STEPHEN YELENOSKY, JUDGE PRESIDING

OPINION

The Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners and Glenn Parker, its executive director, (collectively, the "Chiropractic Board") appeal from a district court order denying their plea to the jurisdiction in a suit brought by the Texas Medical Association (TMA) and the Texas Medical Board ("Medical Board").1 For the reasons explained below, we will affirm the district court's order. Against the backdrop of the longstanding scope-of-practice disputes involving chiropractors, physicians, and other health care providers,2 the Seventy-Ninth Texas Legislature,
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See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann.

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