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SENATE RESOLUTION
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, That Senate Rule 12.03 be |
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suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the |
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conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on |
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Senate Bill 949 (licensing under the Medical Practice Act) to |
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consider and take action on the following matter: |
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Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee |
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to add text on a matter which is not included in either the house |
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or senate version of the bill by adding the following new SECTION |
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to the bill: |
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SECTION 2. Section 155.051, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(d) The time frame to pass each part of the examination |
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does not apply to an applicant who: |
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(1) is licensed and in good standing as a physician |
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in 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 |
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state that has or has ever had any restrictions, disciplinary |
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orders, or probation; and |
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(4) will practice in a medically underserved area or |
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a health manpower shortage area, as those terms are defined by |
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Section 157.052. |
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(e) The board may by rule establish a process to verify |
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that a person, after meeting the requirements of Subsection (d), |
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practices only in an area described by Subsection (d)(4). |
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Explanation: This change is necessary to exempt certain |
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applicants for a medical license from the time frame requirement |
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to pass each part of the licensing examination. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 26, 2013, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |