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| 1 | 1 | By: Christian H.B. No. 4431 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the composition of the Texas Medical Board. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Section 152.002(a), Occupations Code, is amended | |
| 9 | 9 | to read as follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | (a) The board consists of 31 [19] members appointed by the | |
| 11 | 11 | governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (1) twelve members who are learned and eminent | |
| 13 | 13 | physicians licensed in this state for at least three years before | |
| 14 | 14 | the appointment, nine of whom must be graduates of a reputable | |
| 15 | 15 | medical school or college with a degree of doctor of medicine (M.D.) | |
| 16 | 16 | and three of whom must be graduates of a reputable medical school or | |
| 17 | 17 | college with a degree of doctor of osteopathic medicine (D.O.); | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) twelve members who are learned and eminent | |
| 19 | 19 | non-physician health care providers in this state for at least | |
| 20 | 20 | three years before the appointment, two of whom shall be licensed | |
| 21 | 21 | therapeutic optometrists, two of whom shall be licensed dentists, | |
| 22 | 22 | two of whom shall be licensed podiatrists, two of whom shall be | |
| 23 | 23 | licensed chiropractors, two of whom shall be licensed nurses and | |
| 24 | 24 | two of whom shall be licensed acupuncturists; and | |
| 25 | 25 | (3) [(2)] seven members who represent the public. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |