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Amend CSSB 419 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
section to Article 1 of the bill and renumbering the sections of 
that article accordingly:
	SECTION __.  Section 164.052 (a), Occupations Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A physician or an applicant for a license to practice 
medicine commits a prohibited practice if that person:
		(1)  submits to the board a false or misleading 
statement, document, or certificate in an application for a 
license;
		(2)  presents to the board a license, certificate, or 
diploma that was illegally or fraudulently obtained;
		(3)  commits fraud or deception in taking or passing an 
examination;        
		(4)  uses alcohol or drugs in an intemperate manner 
that, in the board's opinion, could endanger a patient's life;
		(5)  commits unprofessional or dishonorable conduct 
that is likely to deceive or defraud the public, as provided by 
Section 164.053, or injure the public;
		(6)  uses an advertising statement that is false, 
misleading, or deceptive; 
		(7)  advertises professional superiority or the 
performance of professional service in a superior manner if that 
advertising is not readily subject to verification;
		(8)  purchases, sells, barters, or uses, or offers to 
purchase, sell, barter, or use, a medical degree, license, 
certificate, or diploma, or a transcript of a license, certificate, 
or diploma in or incident to an application to the board for a 
license to practice medicine;
		(9)  alters, with fraudulent intent, a medical license, 
certificate, or diploma, or a transcript of a medical license, 
certificate, or diploma;
		(10)  uses a medical license, certificate, or diploma, 
or a transcript of a medical license, certificate, or diploma that 
has been:
			(A)  fraudulently purchased or issued;                                       
			(B)  counterfeited; or                                                       
			(C)  materially altered;                                                     
		(11)  impersonates or acts as proxy for another person 
in an examination required by this subtitle for a medical license;
		(12)  engages in conduct that subverts or attempts to 
subvert an examination process required by this subtitle for a 
medical license;
		(13)  impersonates a physician or permits another to use 
the person's license or certificate to practice medicine in this 
state;
		(14)  directly or indirectly employs a person whose 
license to practice medicine has been suspended, canceled, or 
revoked;
		(15)  associates in the practice of medicine with a 
person:                 
			(A)  whose license to practice medicine has been 
suspended, canceled, or revoked; or
			(B)  who has been convicted of the unlawful 
practice of medicine in this state or elsewhere;
		(16)  performs or procures a criminal abortion, aids or 
abets in the procuring of a criminal abortion, attempts to perform 
or procure a criminal abortion, or attempts to aid or abet the 
performance or procurement of a criminal abortion; [or]
		(17)  directly or indirectly aids or abets the practice 
of medicine by a person, partnership, association, or corporation 
that is not licensed to practice medicine by the board; or
		(18)  performs an abortion on a woman who is pregnant 
with a viable unborn child during the third trimester of the 
pregnancy when the abortion is not necessary to prevent the death of 
the woman.