By McCall                                             H.R. No. 1042
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                                 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
 2-1                 (3)  completed in this state an additional two years of
 2-2     postgraduate medical training approved by the board.
 2-3     Explanation: This change is necessary to revise the exceptions to
 2-4     the requirement for examination for licensure under the Medical
 2-5     Practice Act.