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.