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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 4. HEALTH FACILITIES |
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Subtitle F. POWERS AND DUTIES OF HOSPITALS |
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Chapter 311. POWERS AND DUTIES OF HOSPITALS |
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Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Sec. 311.001. SPECIAL HOSPITAL REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATE OF FOREIGN MEDICAL SCHOOL PROHIBITED
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(a) A hospital may not, as a condition to beginning a hospital internship or residency, require a United States citizen who resides in this state and who holds a diploma from a medical school outside the United States that is listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools published by the World Health Organization to:
(1) take an examination other than an examination required by the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners to be taken by a graduate of a medical school in the United States before allowing that graduate to begin an internship or residency;
(2) complete a period of internship or graduate clinical training; or
(3) be certified by the Educational Council for Foreign Medical Graduates.
(b) This section applies only to a hospital that:
(1) is licensed by this state;
(2) is operated by this state or a political subdivision of this state; or
(3) receives direct or indirect state financial assistance.