Texas Occupations Code Title 3, Chapter 155 - License To Practice Medicine

SUBCHAPTER A LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

• Texas Section 155.001 - License Required
  A person may not practice medicine in this state unless the person holds a license issued under this subtitle. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388,...
• Texas Section 155.002 - Issuance Of License
  (a) The board, at its sole discretion, may issue a license to practice medicine to a person who: (1) submits to the board a license...
• Texas Section 155.003 - General Eligibility Requirements
  (a) To be eligible for a license under this chapter, an applicant must present proof satisfactory to the board that the applicant: (1) is at...
• Texas Section 155.0031 - Application Procedures And Requirements
  (a) An application for a license must be in writing and on forms prescribed by the board. The board may allow or require applicants, by...
• Texas Section 155.004 - Additional Eligibility Requirements For Graduates Of Certain Foreign Medical Schools
  A license applicant who is a graduate of a medical school that is located outside the United States and Canada must present proof satisfactory to...
• Texas Section 155.005 - Eligibility Requirements Of Foreign Medical School Students In Fifth Pathway Program
  (a) To be eligible for a license under this chapter, an applicant who has been a student of a foreign medical school must present proof...
• Texas Section 155.006 - Issuance Of Limited License
  (a) The board may adopt rules and prescribe fees related to the issuance of a license under this section that is limited in scope to...
• Texas Section 155.006 - Issuance Of Limited License
  (a) The board may adopt rules and prescribe fees related to the issuance of a license under this section that is limited in scope to...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 155.008 - Criminal Record Check
  (a) The board may submit to the Department of Public Safety a complete set of fingerprints of each license applicant, and the department shall classify...

SUBCHAPTER B LICENSE EXAMINATION

• Texas Section 155.009 - Limited License For Practice Of Administrative Medicine
  (a) The board shall adopt rules for the issuance of a license that limits the license holder to the practice of administrative medicine. The board's...
• Texas Section 155.051 - Examination Required
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an applicant for a license to practice medicine in this state must pass each part of an examination...
• Texas Section 155.0511 - Examinations Administered Or Accepted By Board
  The board may administer or accept the following examinations for licensing as determined by rule: (1) a state board licensing examination; (2) the Medical Council...
• Texas Section 155.052 - General Examination Procedures
  (a) Each examination administered to evaluate basic medical knowledge and clinical competency must be prepared by a national testing service or the board and validated...
• Texas Section 155.053 - Public Member Participation In Examination
  (a) A public member of the board may not participate in the preparation of an examination used to examine the academic and professional credentials of...
• Texas Section 155.054 - Examination Subjects
  (a) Each license examination must include subjects generally taught by medical schools, a knowledge of which is commonly and generally required of each candidate for...
• Texas Section 155.055 - Notice Of Examination Results
  The board shall notify each examinee of the results of a licensing examination not later than the 120th day after the date the examination is...
• Texas Section 155.056 - Examination Attempt Limits
  (a) An applicant must pass each part of an examination within three attempts. (b) The board shall adopt rules that prescribe how the limit on...
• Texas Section 155.057 - Preservation Of Examination Materials
  The board shall preserve all examination questions, answers, and grades as directed by board rule until the first anniversary of the date of the examination....

SUBCHAPTER C CERTAIN TEMPORARY OR LIMITED LICENSES OR PERMITS

• Texas Section 155.058 - Application Of Open Records And Open Meetings Law To Examination Procedures
  (a) The following are exempt from Chapters 551 and 552, Government Code: (1) examination questions that may be used in the future; (2) examinations; and...
• Texas Section 155.101 - Provisional License To Practice In Certain Areas
  (a) On application, the board shall grant a provisional license to practice medicine in a location described by Subsection (e) to an applicant for a...
• Texas Section 155.1025 - Expedited Process For Certain Applicants
  (a) The board shall adopt rules for expediting any application for a license under this subtitle made by a person who submits an affidavit with...
• Texas Section 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...
• Texas Section 155.104 - Temporary Licenses
  (a) The board may adopt rules and set fees relating to granting temporary licenses and extending the expiration dates of temporary licenses. The board by...
• Texas Section 155.105 - Physician-in-training Permit
  (a) The board as provided by board rule may issue a physician-in-training permit to a physician not otherwise licensed by the board who is participating...
• Texas Section 155.106 - Certification Of License To Other States
  On the request of a license holder, the board shall issue a certificate that endorses the license issued by the board to other states. The...

SUBCHAPTER D ISSUANCE OF NEW OR DUPLICATE LICENSE

• Texas Section 155.107 - Certification Of Examination Grades
  On the request of a license holder, the board shall issue certification of state board examination grades to the Federation of State Medical Boards of...
• Texas Section 155.151 - Duplicate License
  (a) If a license issued under this subtitle is lost or destroyed, the license holder may apply to the board for a duplicate license. The...
• Texas Section 155.152 - Issuance Of New License On Change Of Name
  The board may issue a new license to a license holder if the license holder changes the license holder's name. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch....

Last modified: September 28, 2016