| 4 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 7 | | relating to the time frame for passing certain licensing |
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| 6 | 8 | | examinations for applicants seeking a license to practice medicine. |
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| 7 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 155.051(b), Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 9 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 12 | | (b) An applicant who is a graduate of a program designed to |
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| 11 | 13 | | lead to both a doctor of philosophy degree and a doctor of medicine |
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| 12 | 14 | | degree or doctor of osteopathy degree must pass each part of an |
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| 13 | 15 | | examination described by Section 155.0511(2), (3), (4), (6), or (7) |
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| 14 | 16 | | not later than the earlier of the second anniversary of the date the |
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| 15 | 17 | | applicant completed all [the] graduate medical training undertaken |
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| 16 | 18 | | by the applicant, including internship, residency, and fellowship, |
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| 17 | 19 | | or the 12th anniversary of the date the applicant began the graduate |
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| 18 | 20 | | medical training [described by Section 155.003(a)(5)]. |
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| 19 | 21 | | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 20 | 22 | | of this Act, the Texas Medical Board shall adopt rules necessary to |
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| 21 | 23 | | implement Section 155.051, Occupations Code, as amended by this |
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| 22 | 24 | | Act. |
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| 23 | 25 | | SECTION 3. Section 155.051, Occupations Code, as amended by |
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| 24 | 26 | | this Act, applies to an application for a license to practice |
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| 25 | 27 | | medicine issued under Chapter 155, Occupations Code, regardless of |
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| 26 | 28 | | whether the application is submitted before, on, or after the |
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| 27 | 29 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 28 | 30 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 29 | 31 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 30 | 32 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 31 | 33 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 32 | 34 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 33 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 34 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 35 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1414 passed the Senate on |
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| 36 | | - | April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 37 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 39 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1414 passed the House on |
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| 40 | | - | May 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, two present |
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| 41 | | - | not voting. |
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| 42 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 43 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 44 | | - | Approved: |
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| 45 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | | - | Date |
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| 47 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 48 | | - | Governor |
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