83R31643 NC-D
By: Nelson S.R. No. 1073
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the
conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on Senate
Bill 949 (licensing under the Medical Practice Act) to consider and
take action on the following matter:
Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee to
add text on a matter which is not included in either the house or
senate version of the bill by adding the following new SECTION to
the bill:
SECTION 2. Section 155.051, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
(d) The time frame to pass each part of the examination 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 or has ever had any restrictions, disciplinary orders, or
probation; and
(4) will practice in a medically underserved area or a
health manpower shortage area, as those terms are defined by
Section 157.052.
(e) The board may by rule establish a process to verify that
a person, after meeting the requirements of Subsection (d),
practices only in an area described by Subsection (d)(4).
Explanation: This change is necessary to exempt certain
applicants for a medical license from the time frame requirement to
pass each part of the licensing examination.