| (a) A holder of a temporary residency license who has
entered the final year of an accredited GPME program, who is in good
standing with the GPME program, and who is on course to complete the
course in a timely manner, may be permitted to apply for the Doctor
of Podiatric Medicine license in the spring, provided that the resident
has entered and signed the "Memorandum of Understanding for Conditional
Issuance of Texas Doctor of Podiatric Medicine License" (MOU).
(b) A holder of a temporary residency license who passes
the jurisprudence examination, and who is in compliance with the resident's
MOU(s), and who meets all other requirements of the law regarding
licensure may be issued a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine license prior
to completion of the last year of the residency. The Doctor of Podiatric
Medicine license issued under this subsection will be subject to the
resident's MOU and to the following conditions and restrictions, in
addition to any other provisions in statute and rule applicable to
a license to practice podiatry, in general that:
(1) the resident must successfully complete and graduate
from the resident's accredited GPME program by the date noted in the
resident's MOU with the department, and must submit to the department
proof of successful completion and graduation within 30 days after
the end date of the residency as noted on the MOU. Failure to timely
provide the proof the department requires subjects the Doctor of Podiatric
Medicine license to automatic revocation; and
(2) the resident who has received a Doctor of Podiatric
Medicine license prior to successful completion and graduation from
an accredited GPME program, and for such period of time while still
a resident, shall practice podiatry only under the temporary residency
license, and subject to the scope and limits of the GPME program,
and shall not practice podiatry under the Doctor of Podiatric Medicine
license until after successful completion and graduation from the
GPME program and after providing to the department proof of such completion
and graduation.
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