| (a) All applicants for licensure shall provide sufficient
documentation to the board that the applicant has, on a full-time
basis, actively diagnosed or treated persons or has been on the active
teaching faculty of an acceptable approved medical school, within
either of the last two years preceding receipt of an application for
licensure.
(b) The term "full-time basis," for purposes of this
section, shall mean at least 20 hours per week for 40 weeks' duration
during a given year.
(c) Applicants who do not meet the requirements of
subsections (a) and (b) of this section may, in the discretion of
the executive director or board, be eligible for:
(1) an unrestricted license if the applicant:
(A) completes remedial education, including but not
limited to a mini-residency, fellowship or other structured program;
(B) presents evidence from a member board of the American
Board of Medical Specialties, American Osteopathic Association Bureau
of Osteopathic Specialists, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or
any other certifying board that is recognized by the Texas Medical
Board, of passage, within the two years prior to date of applying
for licensure, of a monitored examination; or
(C) completes other remedial measures that, in the
discretion of the board, are necessary to ensure protection of the
public and minimal competency of the applicant to safely practice
medicine.
(2) a license subject to one or more of the following
conditions:
(A) limitation of the practice of the applicant to
specified activities of medicine and/or exclusion of specified activities
of medicine; or
(B) such other restrictive or remedial conditions that,
in the discretion of the executive director or board, are necessary
to ensure protection of the public and establish minimal competency
of the applicant to safely practice medicine.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §163.11 adopted to be effective November 10, 1999, 24 TexReg 9835; amended to be effective May 2, 2004, 29 TexReg 3961; amended to be effective August 10, 2008, 33 TexReg 6133; amended to be effective November 29, 2009, 34 TexReg 8530; amended to be effective December 4, 2011, 36 TexReg 8026; amended to be effective December 23, 2012, 37 TexReg 9772; amended to be effective May 20, 2015, 40 TexReg 2664; amended to be effective March 27, 2018, 43 TexReg 1862 |
