Bill Text: TX SB949 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to licensing under the Medical Practice Act.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB949 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB949-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 949 | ||
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| relating to licensing under the Medical Practice Act. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 151.002, Occupations | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Subdivision (6-a) to read as follows: | ||
| (6-a) "License holder" means a person holding a | ||
| license, permit, or certificate issued under this subtitle. | ||
| 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). | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 155.0045, Occupations Code, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 949 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 27, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; | ||
| May 24, 2013, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and | ||
| requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 25, 2013, House | ||
| granted request of the Senate; May 26, 2013, Senate adopted | ||
| Conference Committee Report by the following vote: Yeas 31, | ||
| Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 949 passed the House, with | ||
| amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 145, | ||
| Nays 3, two present not voting; May 25, 2013, House granted request | ||
| of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee; | ||
| May 26, 2013, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 2, two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
