Amend CSSB 1952 on page 40, following line 11, by adding a new 
Article 37 to read as follows and renumbering subsequent articles:
	"ARTICLE 37.  REGULATION OF MEDICAL EXAMS
	SECTION 37.01.  Section 155.056, Occupations Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  An applicant must pass [each part of] an examination 
administered or required.  [within three attempts, except that an 
applicant who has passed all but one part of an examination within 
three attempts may take the remaining part of the examination one 
additional time.]
	(b)  [Notwithstanding subsection (a), an applicant is 
considered to have satisfied the requirements of this section if 
the applicant:]  The board may by rule limit the number of attempts 
an applicant may take the required exam before passing.  However, 
the board must consider an applicant to have satisfied all 
requirements of this section if the applicant:
(1)  passed all but one part of an examination within 
three attempts may take the remaining part of the examination one 
additional time; or
[1]  (2)  has passed all but one part of an examination 
approved by the board within three attempts and passed the 
remaining part of the examination within five attempts[;] and 
[complete] completes in this state an additional two years of 
post-graduate medical training approved by the board; or
[2]  (3)  is specialty board certified by a specialty 
board that:
(A)  is a member of the American Board of 
Medical Specialties; [or]
(B)  is approved by the American Osteopathic 
Association; [and] or
(C)  is recognized by the Bureau of Osteopathic 
Specialists; or        
(D)  is approved by the board, following a 
hearing by the board."