Amend SB 516 (house committee printing) as follows: (1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike proposed Subdivision (2) of Section 106.251, Health and Safety Code (page 1, lines 10 through 13), and substitute the following: (2) "Relief services" means: (A) the temporary coverage of a physician's practice by another physician for a predetermined time during the physician's absence and before the physician's return; or (B) the intended practice of medicine by a person who is applying for a license as a physician in this state and who promises to practice medicine in a rural area. (2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 106.252, Health and Safety Code (page 1, line 24), between "PROGRAM." and "The center", insert "(a)". (3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, at the end of added Section 106.252, Health and Safety Code (page 2, between lines 4 and 5), insert the following: (b) As part of the program under this subchapter, the center shall provide the statement required by Section 155.056(c), Occupations Code, for an applicant for a license as a physician who promises to provide relief services as described by Section 106.251(2)(B). (4) Add the following appropriately numbered section to the bill: SECTION ____. Section 155.056, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) In addition to any other reexamination allowed under this section, an applicant who otherwise qualifies for a license under this subtitle is entitled to an additional reexamination on one part of the examination not previously passed if the applicant: (1) submits an affidavit with the application that the applicant intends to provide relief services, as described by Section 106.251(2)(B), Health and Safety Code; (2) provides a statement from the Center for Rural Health Initiatives that the services the applicant promises to provide qualify as relief services under Section 106.251, Health and Safety Code; and (3) has completed, in this state, at least three years of postgraduate medical training approved by the board. (5) Renumber the sections of the bill accordingly.