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AN ACT
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relating to faculty temporary licenses to practice medicine. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsections (b), (e), (g), and (h), Section |
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155.104, Occupations Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The board may issue a faculty temporary license to |
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practice medicine to a physician [appointed by a medical school in
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this state] as provided by this section. The physician: |
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(1) must hold a current medical license that is |
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unrestricted and not subject to a disciplinary order or probation |
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in another state or a Canadian province or have completed at least |
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three years of postgraduate residency; |
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(2) may not hold a medical license in another state or |
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a Canadian province that has any restrictions, disciplinary orders, |
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or probation; |
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(3) must pass the Texas medical jurisprudence |
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examination; and |
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(4) must hold a salaried faculty position equivalent |
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to [of] at least the level of assistant professor and be working |
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full-time at one of the following institutions: |
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(A) The University of Texas Medical Branch at |
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Galveston; |
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(B) The University of Texas Southwestern Medical |
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Center at Dallas; |
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(C) The University of Texas Health Science Center |
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at Houston; |
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(D) The University of Texas Health Science Center |
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at San Antonio; |
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(E) The University of Texas Health Center at |
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Tyler; |
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(F) The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer |
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Center; |
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(G) Texas A&M University College of Medicine; |
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(H) the Schools of Medicine at Texas Tech |
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University Health Sciences Center [School of Medicine]; |
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(I) Baylor College of Medicine; [or] |
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(J) the University of North Texas Health Science |
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Center at Fort Worth; |
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(K) an institutional sponsor of a graduate |
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medical education program accredited by the Accreditation Council |
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for Graduate Medical Education; or |
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(L) a nonprofit health corporation certified |
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under Section 162.001 and affiliated with a program described by |
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Paragraph (K). |
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(e) A physician holding a temporary license under |
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Subsection (b) and the physician's institution [medical school] |
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must file affidavits with the board affirming acceptance of the |
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terms and limits imposed by the board on the medical activities of |
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the physician. |
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(g) The holder of a temporary license issued under |
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Subsection (b) is limited to the teaching confines of the applying |
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institution [medical school] as a part of the physician's duties |
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and responsibilities assigned by the institution [school] and may |
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not practice medicine outside of the setting of the institution |
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[medical school] or an affiliate of the institution [medical
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school]. The physician may participate in the full activities of |
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the department of any hospital for which the physician's |
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institution [medical school] has full responsibility for clinical, |
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patient care, and teaching activities. |
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(h) The application for a temporary license under |
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Subsection (b) must be made by the chairman of the department of the |
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institution [medical school] in which the physician teaches, or the |
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person holding the equivalent position at the institution where the |
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physician teaches, and must contain the information and |
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documentation requested by the department. The application must be |
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endorsed by the dean of the medical school or the president of the |
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institution. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1225 passed the Senate on |
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April 16, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2009, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1225 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 19, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 145, |
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Nays 0, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |