Texas Occupations Code - Section 155.007. Application Process
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§ 155.007. APPLICATION PROCESS. (a) The executive
director shall review each application for a license and shall:
(1) recommend to the board each applicant eligible for
a license; and
(2) report to the board the name of each applicant
determined to be ineligible for a license, together with the
reasons for that determination.
(b) An applicant determined to be ineligible for a license
by the executive director may request review of that determination
by a committee of the board. The applicant must request the review
not later than the 20th day after the date the applicant receives
notice of the determination.
(c) The executive director may refer an application to the
board committee for a recommendation concerning eligibility. If
the committee determines that the applicant is ineligible for a
license, the committee shall submit that determination, together
with the reasons for the determination, to the board unless the
applicant requests a hearing not later than the 20th day after the
date the applicant receives notice of the determination.
(d) The committee may refer an application for
determination of eligibility to the full board.
(e) A hearing requested under Subsection (c) shall be held
before an administrative law judge of the State Office of
Administrative Hearings and must comply with:
(1) Chapter 2001, Government Code; and
(2) the rules of:
(A) the State Office of Administrative Hearings;
and
(B) the board.
(f) After receipt of the administrative law judge's
proposed findings of fact and conclusions of law, the board shall
determine the applicant's eligibility. The board shall provide an
applicant who is denied a license a written statement containing
the reasons for the board's action.
(g) Each report received or gathered by the board on a
license applicant is confidential and is not subject to disclosure
under Chapter 552, Government Code. The board may disclose a report
to an appropriate licensing authority in another state. The board
shall report all licensing actions to appropriate licensing
authorities in other states and to the Federation of State Medical
Boards of the United States.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended
by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, § 14.027(f), eff. Sept. 1,
2001.
Section: 155.001 155.002 155.003 155.0031 155.004 155.005 155.006 155.007 155.008 155.009 155.051 155.0511 155.052 155.053 155.054
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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