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79R3520 JMM-F

By:  Anderson                                                     H.B. No. 2066



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the requirements for obtaining a veterinarian's 
license.        
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 801.252, Occupations Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	Sec. 801.252.  ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.  The board shall 
issue a license to a person who is qualified to be licensed under 
this chapter.  A person is qualified to be licensed if:
		(1)  the person has attained the age of majority;                             
		(2)  the person:                                                       
			(A)  is a graduate of a board-approved school or 
college of veterinary medicine located in the United States or 
Canada; or
			(B)  has obtained a certificate from the 
Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates of the 
American Veterinary Medical Association;
		(3)  the person successfully completes the licensing 
examination conducted by the board; and
		(4)  the board does not refuse to issue a license to the 
person under Section 801.401.
	SECTION 2.  Section 801.256(b), Occupations Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(b)  An applicant is eligible for a special license if:                        
		(1)  the applicant:                                                           
			(A)  is at least 21 years of age and a graduate of 
a board-approved veterinary medicine program at an institution of 
higher education located in the United States or Canada; or
			(B)  provides to the board a written affirmation 
by a person described under Subsection (f) that the applicant meets 
a critical need for staffing at the person's institution and is 
certified by a nationally recognized veterinary speciality board or 
is eligible for that certification; and
		(2)  the applicant passes the jurisprudence section of 
the licensing examination.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to an application for a license under Section 801.252 or 801.256, 
Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, that is filed on or after 
the effective date of this Act.  An application under those sections 
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.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.