R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State 1-2 of Texas, 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, That House Rule 1-3 13, Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 1-4 13, Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to 1-5 resolve the differences on Senate Bill No. 1207 to consider and 1-6 take action on the following specific matter: 1-7 House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit the 1-8 committee to change the text of added Subsection (l), Section 3.05, 1-9 Medical Practice Act (Article 4495b, Vernon's Texas Civil 1-10 Statutes), to read as follows: 1-11 (l) Notwithstanding Subsection (k) of this section, an 1-12 applicant is considered to have satisfied the requirements of this 1-13 section if the applicant: 1-14 (1) passed all but one part of an examination approved 1-15 by the board within three attempts and passed the remaining part of 1-16 the examination within five attempts; 1-17 (2) is specialty board certified by a specialty board 1-18 that: 1-19 (A) is a member of the American Board of Medical 1-20 Specialties; or 1-21 (B) is approved by the American Osteopathic 1-22 Association; and 1-23 (3) completed in this state an additional two years of 1-24 postgraduate medical training approved by the board. 2-1 Explanation: This change is necessary to revise the exceptions to 2-2 the requirement for examination for licensure under the Medical 2-3 Practice Act. McCall _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1042 was adopted by the House on May 21, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House