The Texas State Board of Medical Examiners adopts amendments to §§187.2, 187.9, 187.13, 187.16, 187.18, 187.24, 187.44, 187.56, 187.57, 187.60 and the repeal of §187.5 and §187.40, concerning Procedural Rules, without changes to the proposed text as published in the September 5, 2003, issue of the Texas Register (28 TexReg 7585) and will not be republished. The amendments address the following: the timeline for scheduling informal settlement conferences; temporary suspension or restriction of licenses; required suspension or revocation of licenses for certain offenses; and ineligibility determinations for licensure applicants.

No comments were received regarding adoption of the rules.

The amendments are adopted under the authority of the Occupations Code Annotated, §153.001, which provides the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners to adopt rules and bylaws as necessary to: govern its own proceedings; perform its duties; regulate the practice of medicine in this state; and enforce this subtitle.