By:  Cain                                             S.R. No. 1052
         99S1694/2                           
                                  SENATE RESOLUTION
 1-1           BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 76th
 1-2     Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
 1-3     suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the
 1-4     conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on Senate
 1-5     Bill No. 1207 to consider and take action on the following specific
 1-6     matter:
 1-7           Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the committee to
 1-8     change the text of added Subsection (l), Section 3.05, Medical
 1-9     Practice Act (Article 4495b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), to
1-10     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.