Bill Text: TX SB61 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the licensing and regulation of military physicians who provide voluntary charity health care.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-25 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB61 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB61-Introduced.html

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83R1637 NC-F
By: Nelson S.B. No. 61

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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.