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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the qualifications for appointment as a medical |
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examiner. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2, Article 49.25, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 2. APPOINTMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS. (a) The |
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commissioners court shall appoint the medical examiner, who serves |
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[shall serve] at the pleasure of the commissioners court. A [No] |
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person [shall be] appointed as the medical examiner must be: |
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(1) [unless he is] a physician licensed by the Texas |
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Medical [State] Board; or |
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(2) a person who: |
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(A) is licensed and in good standing as a |
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physician in another state; |
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(B) has applied to the Texas Medical Board for a |
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license to practice medicine in this state; and |
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(C) has been granted a provisional license under |
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Section 155.101, Occupations Code [of Medical Examiners]. |
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(b) To the greatest extent possible, the medical examiner |
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shall be appointed from persons having training and experience in |
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pathology, toxicology, histology and other medico-legal sciences. |
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(c) The medical examiner shall devote the [so much of his] |
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time and energy [as is] necessary to perform [in the performance of] |
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the duties conferred by this Article. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |