83R5882 NC-D
By: Rodriguez S.B. No. 580
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to license examination attempt limits for physicians.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 155.056(a) and (d), 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 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.