HBA-MPM H.B. 3454 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3454 By: Hinojosa Public Health 4/12/1999 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE H.B. 3454 allows an applicant enrolled in a medical school in this state on September 1, 1993 to take the required examination at least five times without Texas State Board of Medical Examiners (board) approval, and allows the applicant to take the examination more than five times with board approval. This bill authorizes the board to allow a person otherwise qualified to practice medicine to do so for a period determined by the board at a site serving a medically underserved population under certain conditions. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 3.05(c), Article 4495b, V.T.C.S. (Medical Practice Act), as follows: (c) Requires an applicant for a license to practice medicine in this state who was not enrolled in medical school in this state on September 1, 1993, to be permitted to take a subsequent examination at a time set by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners (board) if the applicant failed to pass the required examination and is refused a license. Requires an applicant who was enrolled in medical school in this state on September 1, 1993 to be permitted to take the required examination at least five times without the board's approval. Authorizes the applicant to be permitted to take the required examination more than five times subject to the board's approval. SECTION 2. Amends Subchapter E, Article 4495b, V.T.C.S. (Medical Practice Act), by adding Section 5.12, as follows: Sec. 5.12. PRACTICE OF MEDICINE BY CERTAIN PERSONS NOT LICENSED BY BOARD. (a) Authorizes a person licensed to practice medicine in another state of the United States to practice medicine in this state, notwithstanding any over provision of this Act. (b) Authorizes the board, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, to allow a person otherwise qualified to practice medicine to do so for a period determined by the board at a site serving a medically underserved population, as defined under Section 3.06(d)(5)(E)(iv) if the person: _was enrolled in a medical school in this state on September 1, 1993; _has not passed the examination required under Section 3.05 of this Act; and _has taken the examination required under Section 3.05 of this Act at least five times. SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 1999. SECTION 4. Emergency clause.