The Texas State Board of Medical Examiners adopts amendments to §§187.1, 187.2, 187.4, 187.6-187.9, 187.11-187.14, 187.16-187.20, 187.23-187.27, 187.29, 187.31-187.34, 187.36, 187.37, 187.39, 187.43, 187.55, 187.56, 187.58, 187.59, 187.61 and new §187.5 and §187.28, concerning General Provisions and Definitions, Informal Board Proceedings, Formal Board Proceedings at SOAH, Formal Board Proceedings, Proceedings Relating to Probationers and Temporary Suspension Proceedings, without changes to the proposed text as published in the September 10, 2004, issue of the Texas Register (29 TexReg 8753) and will not be republished.

The amendments and new rules are necessary for general rule cleanup.

Elsewhere in this issue of the Texas Register, the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners adopts the rule review of chapter 187.

No comments were received within the 30-day comment period.

The amendments and new rule are adopted under the authority of the Occupations Code Annotated, §§164.001-164.011; 164.051-164.061; 164.101-164.103; 164.151-164.154; 164.201-164.204; 165.001-165.008; 165.051; 165.101-165.103; 165.151-165.160 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; enforce this subtitle; and establish rules related to regulation of licensees.