By: Rodriguez S.B. No. 1021
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain examination requirements for physicians.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 155.051, Occupations
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(c) Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to an [The time
frame to pass each part of the examination described by Subsection
(a) is extended to 10 years and the anniversary date to pass each
part of the examination described by Subsection (b) is extended to
the 10th anniversary if the] applicant who[:
[(1)] is specialty board certified by a specialty
board that:
(1) [(A)] is a member of the American Board of Medical
Specialties; or
(2) [(B)] is approved by the American Osteopathic
Association [a member of the Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists; or
[(2) has been issued a faculty temporary license, as
prescribed by board rule, and has practiced under such a license for
a minimum of 12 months and, at the conclusion of the 12-month
period, has been recommended to the board by the chief
administrative officer and the president of the institution in
which the applicant practiced under the faculty temporary license].
SECTION 2. Subsections (a) and (d), Section 155.056,
Occupations Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) An applicant must pass:
(1) each individual part of an examination within five
[three] attempts; and
(2) all parts of an examination collectively within
nine attempts.
(d) The limitation on examination attempts by an applicant
under Subsection (a) does not apply to an applicant who[:
[(1) is licensed and in good standing as a physician in
another state;
[(2) has been licensed for at least five years;
[(3) does not hold a medical license in the other state
that has any restrictions, disciplinary orders, or probation; and
[(4) passed all but one part of the examination
approved by the board within three attempts and:
[(A) passed the remaining part of the examination
within one additional attempt; or
[(B) passed the remaining part of the examination
within six attempts if the applicant:
[(i)] is specialty board certified by a
specialty board that:
(1) [(a)] is a member of the American Board of Medical
Specialties; or
(2) [(b)] is approved by the American Osteopathic
Association[; and
[(ii) has completed in this state an
additional two years of postgraduate medical training approved by
the board].
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.