The Texas State Board of Medical Examiners adopts an amendment to §174.3, concerning telemedicine, without changes to the proposed text as published in the February 25, 2000, issue of the Texas Register (25 TexReg 1503).

The amendment allows the board to consider licensing a physician whose license from another state has been cancelled, suspended, or restricted for reasons other than disciplinary.

No comments were received regarding adoption of the amendment.

The amendment is adopted under the Medical Practice Act, Texas Civil Statutes, Article 4495b, §2.09(a), which provides the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners with the authority to make rules, regulations and bylaws not inconsistent with this Act as may be necessary for the governing of its own proceedings, the performance of its duties, the regulation of the practice of medicine in this state, and the enforcement of this Act.