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78R4665 JMM-D
By: Solis H.B. No. 1383
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of a license to practice medicine to
certain graduates of a foreign medical school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 155.003(a), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) To be eligible for a license under this chapter, an
applicant must present proof satisfactory to the board that the
applicant:
(1) is at least 21 years of age;
(2) is of good professional character and has not
violated Section 164.051, 164.052, or 164.053;
(3) has completed:
(A) at least 60 semester hours of college
courses, other than courses in medical school, that are acceptable
to The University of Texas at Austin for credit on a bachelor of
arts degree or a bachelor of science degree;
(B) the entire primary, secondary, and
premedical education required in the country of medical school
graduation, if the medical school is located outside the United
States or Canada; or
(C) substantially equivalent courses as
determined by board rule;
(4) is a graduate of a medical school located in the
United States or Canada and approved by the board;
(5) has either:
(A) successfully completed one year of graduate
medical training approved by the board in the United States or
Canada; or
(B) graduated from a medical school located
outside the United States or Canada and has successfully completed
one year [three years] of graduate medical training approved by the
board in the United States or Canada;
(6) has passed within three attempts an examination
accepted or administered by the board, except as provided by
Section 155.056; and
(7) has passed a Texas medical jurisprudence
examination as determined by board rule.
SECTION 2. Section 155.004, Occupations Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 155.004. ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR
GRADUATES OF CERTAIN FOREIGN MEDICAL SCHOOLS. A license applicant
who is a graduate of a medical school that is located outside the
United States and Canada must present proof satisfactory to the
board that the applicant:
(1) is a graduate of a school whose curriculum meets
the requirements for an unapproved medical school as determined by
a committee of experts selected by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board;
(2) has successfully completed at least one year
[three years] of graduate medical training in the United States or
Canada that was approved by the board;
(3) is eligible for a license to practice medicine in
the country in which the school is located, except for any
citizenship requirements;
(4) holds a valid certificate issued by the
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates; and
(5) is able to communicate in English.
SECTION 3. Section 155.005(a), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) To be eligible for a license under this chapter, an
applicant who has been a student of a foreign medical school must
present proof satisfactory to the board that the applicant:
(1) meets the requirements of Section 155.003;
(2) has studied medicine in a medical school located
outside the United States and Canada that is acceptable to the
board;
(3) has completed all of the didactic work of the
foreign medical school but has not graduated from the school;
(4) has attained a score satisfactory to a medical
school in the United States approved by the Liaison Committee on
Medical Education on a qualifying examination and has
satisfactorily completed one academic year of supervised clinical
training for foreign medical students, as defined by the American
Medical Association Council on Medical Education (Fifth Pathway
Program), under the direction of the medical school in the United
States;
(5) has attained a passing score on the Educational
Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates examination or another
examination, if required by the board;
(6) has successfully completed at least one year
[three years] of graduate medical training in the United States or
Canada that was approved by the board as of the date the training
was completed; and
(7) has passed the license examination under
Subchapter B required by the board of each applicant.
SECTION 4. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
(b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to an
applicant for a license to practice medicine who files an
application with the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners on or
after the effective date of this Act. An application filed before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
the date the application was filed, and the former law is continued
in effect for that purpose.