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.