82R16509 EES-F
By: Truitt H.B. No. 1380
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the graduate medical training requirements for certain
foreign medical school graduates applying for a license to practice
medicine in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 155.003(a), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) To be eligible for a license under this chapter, an
applicant must present proof satisfactory to the board that the
applicant:
(1) is at least 21 years of age;
(2) is of good professional character and has not
violated Section 164.051, 164.052, or 164.053;
(3) has completed:
(A) at least 60 semester hours of college
courses, other than courses in medical school, that are acceptable
to The University of Texas at Austin for credit on a bachelor of
arts degree or a bachelor of science degree;
(B) the entire primary, secondary, and
premedical education required in the country of medical school
graduation, if the medical school is located outside the United
States or Canada; or
(C) substantially equivalent courses as
determined by board rule;
(4) is a graduate of a medical school located in the
United States or Canada and approved by the board;
(5) has either:
(A) successfully completed one year of graduate
medical training approved by the board in the United States or
Canada; or
(B) graduated from a medical school located
outside the United States or Canada and:
(i) has successfully completed three years
of graduate medical training approved by the board in the United
States or Canada; or
(ii) is in the final year of a three-year
residency program approved by the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic
Association;
(6) has passed an examination accepted or administered
by the board; and
(7) has passed a Texas medical jurisprudence
examination as determined by board rule.
SECTION 2. Section 155.004, Occupations Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 155.004. ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR
GRADUATES OF CERTAIN FOREIGN MEDICAL SCHOOLS. A license applicant
who is a graduate of a medical school that is located outside the
United States and Canada must present proof satisfactory to the
board that the applicant:
(1) is a graduate of a school whose curriculum meets
the requirements for an unapproved medical school as determined by
a committee of experts selected by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board;
(2) has successfully completed[:
[(A)] at least three years of graduate medical
training in the United States or Canada that was approved by the
board or is in the final year of a three-year residency program
approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
Education or the American Osteopathic Association [; or
[(B) at least two years of graduate medical
training in the United States or Canada that was approved by the
board and at least one year of graduate medical training outside the
United States or Canada that was approved for advanced standing by a
specialty board organization approved by the board];
(3) holds a valid certificate issued by the
Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates; and
(4) is able to communicate in English.
SECTION 3. Section 155.005(a), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) To be eligible for a license under this chapter, an
applicant who has been a student of a foreign medical school must
present proof satisfactory to the board that the applicant:
(1) meets the requirements of Section 155.003;
(2) has studied medicine in a medical school located
outside the United States and Canada that is acceptable to the
board;
(3) has completed all of the didactic work of the
foreign medical school but has not graduated from the school;
(4) has attained a score satisfactory to a medical
school in the United States approved by the Liaison Committee on
Medical Education on a qualifying examination and has
satisfactorily completed one academic year of supervised clinical
training for foreign medical students, as defined by the American
Medical Association Council on Medical Education (Fifth Pathway
Program), under the direction of the medical school in the United
States;
(5) has attained a passing score on the Educational
Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates examination or another
examination, if required by the board;
(6) has successfully completed at least three years of
graduate medical training in the United States or Canada that was
approved by the board as of the date the training was completed or
is in the final year of a three-year residency program approved by
the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the
American Osteopathic Association; and
(7) has passed the license examination under
Subchapter B required by the board of each applicant.
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
155.003, 155.004, and 155.005, Occupations Code, apply only to an
application for a license to practice medicine submitted to the
Texas Medical Board on or after the effective date of this Act. An
application for a license submitted before that date is governed by
the law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.