See summary below. For full text, view the Texas Register September 27, 2013 issue, page 6484.
CHAPTER 172. TEMPORARY AND LIMITED LICENSES
The Texas Medical Board (Board) proposes amendments to §§172.1, 172.4, 172.9, and 172.13 and new §172.18, concerning Temporary and Limited Licenses.
The amendment to §172.1, concerning Purpose, adds a reference to newly created §155.103 of the Texas Occupations Code, based on the passage of Senate Bill(SB) 61 (83rd Regular Session) which created §155.103 of the Texas Occupations Code. This amendment also adds a reference to §155.101 of the Texas Occupations Code in order to correct the previously adopted version that omitted such reference.
The amendment to §172.4, concerning State Health Agency Temporary License, corrects citations to other rules.
The amendment to §172.9, concerning Postgraduate Research Temporary License, provides that a postgraduate research temporary license may be issued to a medical school graduate who holds a research appointment at an institution, under certain terms and conditions.
The amendment to §172.13, Conceded Eminence, concerns subsection (c) and remedies incorrect citations to other rules.
New §172.18, concerning Military Limited Volunteer Licenses, sets forth the criteria under which an applicant may qualify for a military limited volunteer license, based on the passage of SB 61 (83rd Regular Session) and the creation of §155.103 of the Texas Occupations Code, which provides a licensing mechanism for active and retired military physicians who do not hold a Texas medical license to provide charitable care in Texas.