83R6780 NC-D
 
  By: Zerwas H.B. No. 1482
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to license examination attempt limits for certain
  physicians.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 155.056, Occupations Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
         (e)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an applicant must pass
  each part of an examination within five attempts if the applicant:
               (1)  is licensed and in good standing as a physician in
  another state;
               (2)  has been licensed for at least five years;
               (3)  does not hold a medical license in the other state
  that has or has ever had any restrictions, disciplinary orders, or
  probation;
               (4)  is specialty board certified by a specialty board
  that:
                     (A)  is a member of the American Board of Medical
  Specialties; or
                     (B)  is approved by the American Osteopathic
  Association; and
               (5)  will practice for at least three years in a
  medically underserved area or a health manpower shortage area, as
  those terms are defined by Section 157.052.
         (f)  The board may by rule establish a process to verify that
  a person, after meeting the requirements of Subsection (e),
  practices only in an area described by Subsection (e)(5).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.