| 1 | 1 | | By: Rodriguez S.B. No. 336 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Moody) |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the qualifications for appointment as a medical |
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| 8 | 8 | | examiner. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 2, Article 49.25, Code of Criminal |
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| 11 | 11 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 2. APPOINTMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS. (a) The |
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| 13 | 13 | | commissioners court shall appoint the medical examiner, who serves |
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| 14 | 14 | | [shall serve] at the pleasure of the commissioners court. A [No] |
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| 15 | 15 | | person [shall be] appointed as the medical examiner must be: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) [unless he is] a physician licensed by the Texas |
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| 17 | 17 | | Medical [State] Board; or |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) a person who: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (A) is licensed and in good standing as a |
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| 20 | 20 | | physician in another state; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (B) has applied to the Texas Medical Board for a |
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| 22 | 22 | | license to practice medicine in this state; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (C) has been granted a provisional license under |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 155.101, Occupations Code [of Medical Examiners]. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (b) To the greatest extent possible, the medical examiner |
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| 26 | 26 | | shall be appointed from persons having training and experience in |
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| 27 | 27 | | pathology, toxicology, histology and other medico-legal sciences. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c) The medical examiner shall devote the [so much of his] |
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| 29 | 29 | | time and energy [as is] necessary to perform [in the performance of] |
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| 30 | 30 | | the duties conferred by this Article. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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