Bill Text: TX SB61 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the licensing and regulation of military physicians who provide voluntary charity health care.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-25 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB61 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB61-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 61 | ||
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| relating to the licensing and regulation of military physicians who | ||
| provide voluntary charity health care. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter C, Chapter 155, | ||
| Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER C. CERTAIN TEMPORARY OR LIMITED LICENSES OR PERMITS | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 155, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 155.103 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 155.103. MILITARY LIMITED VOLUNTEER LICENSE. (a) The | ||
| board shall adopt rules relating to the issuance of a military | ||
| limited volunteer license under this section. | ||
| (b) The board may issue a military limited volunteer license | ||
| to practice medicine to an applicant who: | ||
| (1) is licensed and in good standing, or was licensed | ||
| and retired in good standing, as a physician in another state; | ||
| (2) is or was authorized as a physician to treat | ||
| personnel enlisted in a branch of the United States armed forces or | ||
| veterans; and | ||
| (3) meets any other requirement prescribed by board | ||
| rule. | ||
| (c) The board may not issue a license under this section to | ||
| an applicant who: | ||
| (1) holds a medical license that: | ||
| (A) is currently under active investigation; or | ||
| (B) is or was subject to a disciplinary order or | ||
| action or to denial by another jurisdiction; | ||
| (2) holds a license to prescribe, dispense, | ||
| administer, supply, or sell a controlled substance that: | ||
| (A) is currently under active investigation; or | ||
| (B) is or was subject to a disciplinary order or | ||
| action or to denial by another jurisdiction; or | ||
| (3) has been convicted of, is on deferred adjudication | ||
| community supervision or deferred disposition for, or is under | ||
| active investigation for the commission of: | ||
| (A) a felony; or | ||
| (B) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude. | ||
| (d) A physician may practice medicine under a license issued | ||
| under this section only at a clinic that primarily treats indigent | ||
| patients. The physician may not receive compensation for medical | ||
| services rendered at the clinic. | ||
| (e) A military limited volunteer license holder is subject | ||
| to board rules, including rules regarding disciplinary action, | ||
| license registration and renewal, and continuing medical | ||
| education. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 61 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 61 passed the House on | ||
| May 10, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
