Amend CSHB 1504 (house committee printing) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 164.052(a), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a)  A physician or an applicant for a license to practice medicine commits a prohibited practice if that person:

(1)  submits to the board a false or misleading statement, document, or certificate in an application for a license;

(2)  presents to the board a license, certificate, or diploma that was illegally or fraudulently obtained;

(3)  commits fraud or deception in taking or passing an examination;

(4)  uses alcohol or drugs in an intemperate manner that, in the board's opinion, could endanger a patient's life;

(5)  commits unprofessional or dishonorable conduct that is likely to deceive or defraud the public, as provided by Section 164.053, or injure the public;

(6)  uses an advertising statement that is false, misleading, or deceptive;

(7)  advertises professional superiority or the performance of professional service in a superior manner if that advertising is not readily subject to verification;

(8)  purchases, sells, barters, or uses, or offers to purchase, sell, barter, or use, a medical degree, license, certificate, or diploma, or a transcript of a license, certificate, or diploma in or incident to an application to the board for a license to practice medicine;

(9)  alters, with fraudulent intent, a medical license, certificate, or diploma, or a transcript of a medical license, certificate, or diploma;

(10)  uses a medical license, certificate, or diploma, or a transcript of a medical license, certificate, or diploma that has been:

(A)  fraudulently purchased or issued;

(B)  counterfeited; or

(C)  materially altered;

(11)  impersonates or acts as proxy for another person in an examination required by this subtitle for a medical license;

(12)  engages in conduct that subverts or attempts to subvert an examination process required by this subtitle for a medical license;

(13)  impersonates a physician or permits another to use the person's license or certificate to practice medicine in this state;

(14)  directly or indirectly employs a person whose license to practice medicine has been suspended, canceled, or revoked;

(15)  associates in the practice of medicine with a person:

(A)  whose license to practice medicine has been suspended, canceled, or revoked; or

(B)  who has been convicted of the unlawful practice of medicine in this state or elsewhere;

(16)  performs or procures a criminal abortion, aids or abets in the procuring of a criminal abortion, attempts to perform or procure a criminal abortion, or attempts to aid or abet the performance or procurement of a criminal abortion;

(17)  directly or indirectly aids or abets the practice of medicine by a person, partnership, association, or corporation that is not licensed to practice medicine by the board;

(18)  performs an abortion on a woman who is pregnant with a viable unborn child during the third trimester of the pregnancy unless:

(A)  the abortion is necessary to prevent the death of the woman;

(B)  the viable unborn child has a severe, irreversible brain impairment; or

(C)  the woman is diagnosed with a significant likelihood of suffering imminent severe, irreversible brain damage or imminent severe, irreversible paralysis;

(19)  performs an abortion on an unemancipated minor without the written consent of the child's parent, managing conservator, or legal guardian or without a court order, as provided by Section 33.003 or 33.004, Family Code, unless the abortion is necessary due to a medical emergency, as defined by Section 171.002, Health and Safety Code;

(20)  otherwise performs an abortion on an unemancipated minor in violation of Chapter 33, Family Code; [or]

(21)  performs or induces or attempts to perform or induce an abortion in violation of Subchapter C, F, or G, Chapter 171, Health and Safety Code; or

(22)  in complying with the procedures outlined in Sections 166.045 and 166.046, Health and Safety Code, fails to make a reasonable effort to transfer a patient to a physician who is willing to comply with a directive.