1-1 By: Cain S.B. No. 1295 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 1997; March 18, 1997, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services; 1-4 April 7, 1997, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 7, 1997, 1-6 sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1295 By: Moncrief 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to licensure of certain international medical students who 1-11 have successfully completed a Fifth Pathway Program. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. The Medical Practice Act (Article 4495b, Vernon's 1-14 Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Section 3.041 to read 1-15 as follows: 1-16 Sec. 3.041. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF FOREIGN MEDICAL 1-17 SCHOOL STUDENTS. (a) An applicant who has been a student of a 1-18 foreign medical school, to be eligible for the issuance of a 1-19 license, must present satisfactory proof to the board that the 1-20 applicant: 1-21 (1) meets the requirements set out in Sections 3.03, 1-22 3.04, and 3.05 of this Act; 1-23 (2) has studied medicine in an acceptable medical 1-24 school, as defined by the board, located outside the United States 1-25 and Canada; 1-26 (3) has completed all of the didactic work of the 1-27 foreign medical school but has not graduated from the school; 1-28 (4) has attained a score satisfactory to a medical 1-29 school in the United States approved by the Liaison Committee on 1-30 Medical Education on a qualifying examination and has 1-31 satisfactorily completed one academic year of supervised clinical 1-32 training for foreign medical students, as defined by the American 1-33 Medical Association Council on Medical Education (Fifth Pathway 1-34 Program), under the direction of the medical school in the United 1-35 States; 1-36 (5) has attained a passing score on the Educational 1-37 Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates examination or other 1-38 examination, if required by the board; 1-39 (6) has successfully completed three years of graduate 1-40 medical training in the United States or Canada that was approved 1-41 by the board on the date the training was completed; and 1-42 (7) has passed an examination required by the board of 1-43 all applicants for license as required by this Act. 1-44 (b) Satisfaction of the requirements of this section are in 1-45 lieu of the completion of any requirements of the foreign medical 1-46 school beyond completion of the didactic work. 1-47 (c) Satisfaction of the requirements specified in Subsection 1-48 (a) of this section shall be in lieu of certification by the 1-49 Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, and the 1-50 certification is not a condition of licensure to practice medicine 1-51 in this state for candidates who have completed the requirements of 1-52 Subsection (a) of this section. 1-53 (d) A hospital that is licensed by this state, that is 1-54 operated by the state or a political subdivision of the state, or 1-55 that receives state financial assistance, directly or indirectly, 1-56 may not require an individual who has been a student of a foreign 1-57 medical school but has not graduated from the school to satisfy any 1-58 requirements other than those contained in Subsection (a) of this 1-59 section prior to commencing an internship or residency. 1-60 (e) A document granted by a medical school located outside 1-61 the United States issued after the completion of all the didactic 1-62 work of the foreign medical school shall, on certification by the 1-63 medical school in the United States in which the training was 1-64 received of satisfactory completion by the person to whom the 2-1 document was issued of the requirements listed in Subsection (a)(4) 2-2 of this section, be considered the equivalent of a degree of doctor 2-3 of medicine or doctor of osteopathy for purposes of licensure. 2-4 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-9 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-10 passage, and it is so enacted. 2-11 * * * * *