81R13767 T
By: Aycock H.B. No. 2528
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirements for obtaining a veterinarian's special
license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 801.256(b), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) An applicant is eligible for a special license if:
(1) the applicant:
(A) is at least 21 years of age and a graduate of
a board-approved veterinary medicine program at an institution of
higher education; or
(B) provides to the board a written affirmation
by a person described under Subsection (f) that the applicant meets
a critical need for staffing at the person's institution and is
certified by a nationally recognized veterinary specialty board or
is eligible for that certification; [and] or
(C) is a graduate of an American Veterinary
Medical Association-listed school or college of veterinary
medicine and is employed in a post-Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
training program at an American Veterinary Medical Association
accredited school or college of veterinary medicine; and
(2) the applicant passes the jurisprudence section of
the licensing examination.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.