# Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.053: PRACTITIONER DESIGNATION

> Texas · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1451_S1451.053

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.053
- **Heading:** PRACTITIONER DESIGNATION
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code in / Chapter 1451 / Section 1451.053

## Text

(a) An accident and health insurance policy may not make a benefit contingent on treatment or examination by one or more particular health care practitioners listed in Section 1451.001 unless the policy contains a provision that designates the practitioners whom the insurer will and will not recognize.

(b) The insurer may include the provision anywhere in the policy or in an endorsement attached to the policy.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.001 § 1451.001. DEFINITIONS; HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1451_S1451.001.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.051 § 1451.051. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1451_S1451.051.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.052 § 1451.052. APPLICABILITY OF GENERAL PROVISIONS OF OTHER LAW.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1451_S1451.052.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.053 § 1451.053. PRACTITIONER DESIGNATION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1451_S1451.053.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.054 § 1451.054. TERMS USED TO DESIGNATE HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1451_S1451.054.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.101 § 1451.101. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1451_S1451.101.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.102 § 1451.102. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1451_S1451.102.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.103 § 1451.103. CONFLICTING PROVISIONS VOID.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1451_S1451.103.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.104 § 1451.104. NONDISCRIMINATORY PAYMENT OR REIMBURSEMENT; EXCEPTION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1451_S1451.104.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.105 § 1451.105. SELECTION OF ACUPUNCTURIST.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1451_S1451.105.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.106 § 1451.106. SELECTION OF ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1451_S1451.106.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.107 § 1451.107. SELECTION OF AUDIOLOGIST.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1451_S1451.107.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.108 § 1451.108. SELECTION OF CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY COUNSELOR.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1451_S1451.108.md)
- [Tex. Insurance Code § 1451.109 § 1451.109. SELECTION OF CHIROPRACTOR.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cin_C1451_S1451.109.md)

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