By Farabee H.B. No. 3421
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the licensure of Physician Assistants.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 204, Occupations Code, is
1-5 amended by amending Subsection (b) to read as follows:
1-6 (b) A temporary license [is] may be valid for up to one year
1-7 [100 days] after the date issued as determined by board rule [and
1-8 may be extended for not more than an additional 30 days after the
1-9 expiration of the initial temporary license].
1-10 SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 204, Occupations Code, is
1-11 amended by adding Sections 204.310 and 204.311 to read as follows:
1-12 Sec. 204.310. REQUIRED SUSPENSION OF LICENSE OF INCARCERATED
1-13 PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT. Regardless of the offense, the board shall
1-14 suspend the license of a physician assistant serving a prison term
1-15 in a state or federal penitentiary during the term of
1-16 incarceration.
1-17 Sec. 204.311. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION.
1-18 (a) The president of the board, with the board approval,
1-19 shall appoint a three-member disciplinary panel consisting of board
1-20 members to determine whether a person's license to practice as a
1-21 physician assistant should be temporarily suspended.
1-22 (b) If the disciplinary panel determines from the evidence
1-23 or information presented to the panel that a person licensed to
2-1 practice medicine as a physician assistant would, by the person's
2-2 continuation in practice, constitute a continuing threat to public
2-3 welfare, the disciplinary panel shall temporarily suspend the
2-4 license of that person.
2-5 (c) A license may be suspended under this section without
2-6 notice or hearing on the complaint if:
2-7 (1) institution of proceedings for a hearing before
2-8 the board is initiated simultaneously with the temporary
2-9 suspension; and
2-10 (2) a hearing is held under Chapter 2001, Government
2-11 Code, and this subtitle as soon as possible.
2-12 (d) Notwithstanding Chapter 551, Government Code, the
2-13 disciplinary panel may hold a meeting by telephone conference call
2-14 if immediate action is required and convening of the panel at one
2-15 location is inconvenient for any member of the disciplinary panel.
2-16 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.