1-1     By:  Hardcastle, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Haywood)    H.B. No. 1018
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House March 26, 2001;
 1-3     March 27, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
 1-4     and Human Services; April 30, 2001, reported adversely, with
 1-5     favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays
 1-6     0; April 30, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1018                  By:  Nelson
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to certain applications submitted to and reexaminations
1-11     given by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 155, Occupations Code, is
1-14     amended by adding Section 155.1025 to read as follows:
1-15           Sec. 155.1025.  EXPEDITED PROCESS FOR CERTAIN APPLICANTS. The
1-16     board shall adopt rules for expediting any application for a
1-17     license under this subtitle made by a person who is licensed to
1-18     practice medicine in another state or country and who submits an
1-19     affidavit with the application that the applicant intends to
1-20     practice in a rural community as determined by the Center for Rural
1-21     Health Initiatives.
1-22           SECTION 2. Section 155.056, Occupations Code, is amended by
1-23     adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-24           (c)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (b), an applicant is
1-25     considered to have satisfied the requirements of this section if
1-26     the applicant:
1-27                 (1)  passed all but one part of an examination approved
1-28     by the board within three attempts and passed the remaining part of
1-29     the examination within six attempts;
1-30                 (2)  is specialty board certified by a specialty board
1-31     that:
1-32                       (A)  is a member of the American Board of Medical
1-33     Specialties; or
1-34                       (B)  is approved by the American Osteopathic
1-35     Association; and
1-36                 (3)  completed in this state an additional three years
1-37     of postgraduate medical training approved by the board.
1-38           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-39     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-40     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-41     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-42     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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