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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the Texas Medical Board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 152.002(a), Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The board consists of 31 [19] members appointed by the |
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governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows: |
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(1) twelve members who are learned and eminent |
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physicians licensed in this state for at least three years before |
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the appointment, nine of whom must be graduates of a reputable |
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medical school or college with a degree of doctor of medicine (M.D.) |
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and three of whom must be graduates of a reputable medical school or |
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college with a degree of doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.); |
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(2) twelve members who are learned and eminent |
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non-physician health care providers in this state for at least |
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three years before the appointment, two of whom shall be licensed |
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therapeutic optometrists, two of whom shall be licensed dentists, |
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two of whom shall be licensed podiatrists, two of whom shall be |
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licensed chiropractors, two of whom shall be licensed nurses and |
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two of whom shall be licensed acupuncturists; and |
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(3) [(2)] seven members who represent the public. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |