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Amend SB 39 (house committee printing) in SECTION 1 of the
bill by striking added Section 156.057, Occupations Code, and
substituting the following:
Sec. 156.057. CONTINUING EDUCATION IN FORENSIC EVIDENCE
COLLECTION. (a) A physician licensed under this subtitle who
submits an application for renewal of a license to practice
medicine and whose practice includes treating patients in an
emergency room setting may complete two hours of continuing medical
education relating to forensic evidence.
(b) The board may adopt rules to identify the physicians who
are qualified to complete continuing medical education under
Subsection (a) and to establish the content of that continuing
medical education. The board may adopt other rules to implement
this section.