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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of a provisional license to practice |
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medicine to certain foreign medical license holders with offers of |
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employment; authorizing fees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 155, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 155.1015 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 155.1015. PROVISIONAL LICENSE FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN |
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MEDICAL LICENSE HOLDERS WITH OFFERS OF EMPLOYMENT. (a) The board |
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shall issue a provisional license to practice medicine to an |
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applicant who resides in this state and who: |
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(1) has been licensed in good standing and actively |
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practicing medicine in another country for three years immediately |
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before applying for a provisional license under this section; |
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(2) has been granted a degree of doctor of medicine or |
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a substantially similar degree by a program of medical education in |
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another country; |
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(3) has been certified by the Educational Commission |
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for Foreign Medical Graduates; |
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(4) satisfies the examination requirements of Section |
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155.051; |
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(5) has completed three years of residency or |
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substantially similar postgraduate medical training in the |
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applicant's country of licensure; |
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(6) has been offered employment in this state by a |
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person who: |
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(A) provides health care services in the normal |
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course of business, including a health system, hospital, |
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hospital-based facility, freestanding emergency facility, or |
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urgent care clinic; and |
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(B) operates a postgraduate training program |
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accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical |
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Education; |
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(7) submits to a criminal history record information |
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check under Section 155.008; |
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(8) is authorized under federal law to work in the |
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United States; and |
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(9) applies for a provisional license under this |
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section in the manner prescribed by the board accompanied by the fee |
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established by the board. |
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(b) The holder of a provisional license under this section |
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may practice medicine only: |
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(1) under the supervision of a physician who holds an |
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unencumbered license to practice medicine in this state; and |
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(2) at a health care provider that meets the |
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requirements of Subsection (a)(6)(B). |
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(c) A provisional license issued under this section expires |
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on the second anniversary of the date the provisional license was |
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issued. |
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(d) On application, the board shall issue a license under |
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this subtitle to the holder of a provisional license under this |
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section if the provisional license holder is in good standing and |
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will have practiced under the provisional license for at least two |
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years at the time the license will be issued. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2026, the Texas Medical |
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Board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement Section 155.1015, |
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Occupations Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |