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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the licensing and regulation of military physicians who |
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provide voluntary charity health care. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter C, Chapter 155, |
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Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER C. CERTAIN TEMPORARY OR LIMITED LICENSES OR PERMITS |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 155, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 155.103 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 155.103. MILITARY LIMITED VOLUNTEER LICENSE. (a) The |
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board shall adopt rules relating to the issuance of a military |
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limited volunteer license under this section. |
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(b) The board may issue a military limited volunteer license |
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to practice medicine to an applicant who: |
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(1) is licensed and in good standing, or was licensed |
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and retired in good standing, as a physician in another state; |
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(2) is or was authorized as a physician to treat |
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personnel enlisted in a branch of the United States armed forces or |
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veterans; and |
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(3) meets any other requirement prescribed by board |
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rule. |
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(c) The board may not issue a license under this section to |
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an applicant who: |
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(1) holds a medical license that: |
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(A) is currently under active investigation; or |
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(B) is or was subject to a disciplinary order or |
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action or to denial by another jurisdiction; |
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(2) holds a license to prescribe, dispense, |
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administer, supply, or sell a controlled substance that: |
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(A) is currently under active investigation; or |
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(B) is or was subject to a disciplinary order or |
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action or to denial by another jurisdiction; or |
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(3) has been convicted of, is on deferred adjudication |
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community supervision or deferred disposition for, or is under |
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active investigation for the commission of: |
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(A) a felony; or |
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(B) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude. |
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(d) A physician may practice medicine under a license |
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issued under this section only at a clinic that primarily treats |
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indigent patients. The physician may not receive compensation for |
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medical services rendered at the clinic. |
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(e) A military limited volunteer license holder is subject |
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to board rules, including rules regarding disciplinary action, |
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license registration and renewal, and continuing medical |
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education. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |