85R2683 JCG-D
By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 1112
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the examination attempt limits for certain applicants
seeking a license to practice medicine.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 155.056(d), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(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:
(i) [(a)] is a member of the American Board
of Medical Specialties; or
(ii) [(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. Section 155.056(d), Occupations Code, as amended
by this Act, applies to an application for a license to practice
medicine that is pending before the Texas Medical Board on the
effective date of this Act or filed on or after that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.