80R6751 JMM-D

By: Chisum H.B. No. 1758

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the annual registration of physicians by the Texas Medical Board.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 153.053, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 153.053. SURCHARGE FOR CERTAIN FEES. (a) The board shall collect a fee surcharge as follows:

(1) $200 for the license fee;

(2) $200 [$400] for the first registration permit;

(3) $200 [$400] for renewal of a registration permit; and

(4) $200 for reinstatement of a license after cancellation for cause.

(b) Of each surcharge collected under Subsection (a) [Subsections (a)(1) and (4)], the board shall deposit $50 to the credit of the foundation school fund and $150 to the credit of the general revenue fund.

[(c) Of each surcharge collected under Subsections (a)(2) and (3), the board shall deposit $100 to the credit of the foundation school fund and $300 to the credit of the general revenue fund.]

SECTION 2. Section 156.001(a), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) Each person licensed to practice medicine in this state must register with the board annually [every two years]. The initial registration permit shall be issued with the license. The board by rule may adopt a system under which licenses expire on various dates during the year.

SECTION 3. Section 156.003(a), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The board by rule may adopt a system under which registration permits expire on various dates during the [two-year] registration period.

SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies only to a registration permit under Chapter 156, Occupations Code, that is issued on or after the effective date of this Act. A registration permit issued before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the registration permit was issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.