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79S30136 YDB-D

By:  Coleman                                                      H.B. No. 58 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the examination for licensing as a physician.                     
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 1.51, Chapter 269, Acts of the 79th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, is amended by adding Subsection 
(d-1) to read as follows:
	(d-1)  The change in law made by this article to Section 
155.056, Occupations Code, applies only to an applicant submitting 
an application for a license under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations 
Code, on or after September 1, 2005, who has not passed each part of 
the examination required by Section 155.056, Occupations Code, as 
amended by this article.  An applicant submitting an application 
for a license under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, on or 
after September 1, 2005, who passed each part of the examination 
required by Section 155.056, Occupations Code, as that section 
existed immediately before September 1, 2005, is governed by the 
law in effect immediately before that date, and the former law is 
continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.