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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain examination requirements for physicians. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 155.051, Occupations |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to an [The time
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frame to pass each part of the examination described by Subsection
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(a) is extended to 10 years and the anniversary date to pass each
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part of the examination described by Subsection (b) is extended to
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the 10th anniversary if the] applicant who[:
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[(1)] is specialty board certified by a specialty |
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board that: |
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(1) [(A)] is a member of the American Board of Medical |
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Specialties; or |
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(2) [(B)] is approved by the American Osteopathic |
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Association [a member of the Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists; or
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[(2)
has been issued a faculty temporary license, as
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prescribed by board rule, and has practiced under such a license for
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a minimum of 12 months and, at the conclusion of the 12-month
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period, has been recommended to the board by the chief
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administrative officer and the president of the institution in
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which the applicant practiced under the faculty temporary license]. |
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SECTION 2. Subsections (a) and (d), Section 155.056, |
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Occupations Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) An applicant must pass: |
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(1) each individual part of an examination within five |
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[three] attempts; and |
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(2) all parts of an examination collectively within |
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nine attempts. |
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(d) The limitation on examination attempts by an applicant |
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under Subsection (a) does not apply to an applicant who[:
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[(1)
is licensed and in good standing as a physician in
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another state;
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[(2) has been licensed for at least five years;
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[(3)
does not hold a medical license in the other state
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that has any restrictions, disciplinary orders, or probation; and
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[(4)
passed all but one part of the examination
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approved by the board within three attempts and:
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[(A)
passed the remaining part of the examination
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within one additional attempt; or
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[(B)
passed the remaining part of the examination
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within six attempts if the applicant:
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[(i)] is specialty board certified by a |
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specialty board that: |
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(1) [(a)] is a member of the American Board of Medical |
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Specialties; or |
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(2) [(b)] is approved by the American Osteopathic |
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Association[; and
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[(ii)
has completed in this state an
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additional two years of postgraduate medical training approved by
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the board]. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |