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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the examination attempt limits for certain applicants |
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seeking a license to practice medicine. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 155.056(d), Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) The limitation on examination attempts by an applicant |
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under Subsection (a) does not apply to an applicant who: |
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(1) is licensed and in good standing as a physician in |
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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 state |
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that has any restrictions, disciplinary orders, or probation; and |
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(4) passed all but one part of the examination |
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approved by the board within three attempts and: |
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(A) passed the remaining part of the examination |
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within one additional attempt; or |
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(B) passed the remaining part of the examination |
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within six attempts if the applicant[:
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[(i)] is specialty board certified by a |
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specialty board that: |
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(i) [(a)] is a member of the American Board |
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of Medical Specialties; or |
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(ii) [(b)] is approved by the American |
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Osteopathic Association[; and
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[(ii)
has completed in this state an
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additional two years of postgraduate medical training approved by
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the board]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 155.056(d), Occupations Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies to an application for a license to practice |
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medicine that is pending before the Texas Medical Board on the |
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effective date of this Act or filed on or after that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |