The Texas State Board of Medical Examiners adopts the repeal of §§187.1-187.16, 187.17-187.24, 187.25-187.30, 187.31-187.41 and new §§187.1-187.9, 187.10-187.21, 187.22-187.34, 187.35-187.42 and §§187.43-187.44, concerning Procedure and Procedural Rules, without changes to the proposed text as published in the November 2, 2001, issue of the Texas Register (26 TexReg 8683) and will not be republished.

The chapter is repealed and replaced to update procedures for formal and informal board proceedings. The new chapter is titled Procedural Rules.

No comments were received regarding adoption of the rules.

The repeals 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.