Texas Health & Safety Code - Section 12.092. Medical Advisory Board; Board Members
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§ 12.092. MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD; BOARD MEMBERS. (a)
The commissioner shall appoint the medical advisory board members
from:
(1) persons licensed to practice medicine in this
state, including physicians who are board certified in internal
medicine, psychiatry, neurology, physical medicine, or
ophthalmology and who are jointly recommended by the Texas
Department of Health and the Texas Medical Association; and
(2) persons licensed to practice optometry in this
state who are jointly recommended by the department and the Texas
Optometric Association.
(b) The medical advisory board shall assist the Department
of Public Safety of the State of Texas in determining whether:
(1) an applicant for a driver's license or a license
holder is capable of safely operating a motor vehicle; or
(2) an applicant for or holder of a license to carry a
concealed handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411,
Government Code, is capable of exercising sound judgment with
respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1261, § 21, eff. Sept. 1,
1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, § 9.23, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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Last modified: August 10, 2007
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