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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirement that an applicant for a license to |
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practice medicine recite the Hippocratic oath. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 155.002, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) The board, at its sole discretion, may issue a license |
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to practice medicine to a person who: |
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(1) submits to the board a license application as |
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required by this chapter; |
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(2) presents satisfactory proof that the person meets |
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the eligibility requirements established by this chapter; [and] |
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(3) satisfies the examination requirements of Section |
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155.051; and |
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(4) recites the Hippocratic oath, as provided by |
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Subsection (c). |
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(c) The board by rule shall provide the text of the |
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Hippocratic oath that each applicant must recite under Subsection |
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(a). The board shall adopt rules on the manner by which an applicant |
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may satisfy the requirement under Subsection (a)(4). |
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SECTION 2. Section 155.002(a), Occupations Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies only to a person who submits a license |
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application to the Texas Medical Board on or after January 1, 2014. |
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A person who submits a license application to the Texas Medical |
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Board before January 1, 2014, is governed by the law in effect on |
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the date the license application was submitted, and the former law |
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is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than December 31, 2013, the Texas |
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Medical Board shall adopt the rules required by Section 155.002(c), |
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Occupations Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |