Section 13.33 - Criteria for Designating Practice-MUPs(a) The department will designate a practice located in an area that has an insufficient number of primary care physicians providing services to the eligible client populations if it is determined that: (1) the ratio of population-to-primary care physicians for the practice's service area is above 3,000:1; or(2) the ratio of population-to-primary care physicians is above 3,000:1 for the geographic area surrounding the practice . This applies to practices that draw patients from a broad geographic area, such as an entire city or county, where the practice's total service areas may not have a ratio above 3,000:1 as required under paragraph (1) of this subsection, but the practice may be located in an area with a shortage of primary care physicians.(b) The department will designate a practice serving a disproportionate number of clients within eligible client populations if it is determined that: (1) over 50% of the practice's patients are from eligible client populations; or(2) the proportion of the practice's patients representing eligible client populations is at least twice the proportion of persons in the practice's service area who are eligible client populations.25 Tex. Admin. Code § 13.33
The provisions of this §13.33 adopted to be effective November 19, 1990, 15 TexReg 6296; amended to be effective June 10, 2001, 26 TexReg 3935; amended to be effective December 4, 2007, 32 TexReg 8827; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 32, August 10, 2018, TexReg 5213, eff. 8/15/2018