By: Carona S.B. No. 424
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the deadline for passing the examination for a license
to practice medicine in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 155.051, Occupations Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b) An applicant who is a graduate of a program designed to
lead to both a doctor of philosophy degree and a doctor of medicine
degree or doctor of osteopathy degree must pass each part of an
examination described by Section 155.0511(2), (3), (4), (6), or (7)
not later than the second anniversary of the date the applicant
completed the graduate medical training described by Section
155.003(a)(5) [was awarded a doctor of medicine degree or doctor of
osteopathy degree].
(c) The time frame to pass each part of the examination
described by Subsection (a) is extended to 10 years and the
anniversary date to pass each part of the examination described by
Subsection (b) is extended to the 10th anniversary if the
applicant:
(1) is specialty board certified by a specialty board
that:
(A) is a member of the American Board of Medical
Specialties; or
(B) is a member of the Bureau of Osteopathic
Specialists; or
(2) has been issued a faculty temporary license, as
prescribed by board rule, and has practiced under such a license for
a minimum of 12 months and, at the conclusion of the 12-month
period, has been recommended to the board by the chief
administrative officer and the president of the institution in
which the applicant practiced under the faculty temporary license.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to a
person who files an application with the Texas State Board of
Medical Examiners for a license to practice medicine in this state
on or after the effective date of this Act or whose license
application is pending on the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. 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 September 1, 2005.