Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB36 by Nelson (Relating to the examination of certain applicants for a license to practice medicine. ), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill requires physician licensure applicants who, on September 1, 2005, held a physician-in-training (PIT) permit with the Texas Medical Board (TMB) or had a PIT application pending before TMB, to pass each part of a licensure examination within three attempts and pass the remaining part of the examination within six attempts.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.