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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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OCCUPATIONS CODE |
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Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS |
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Subtitle B. PHYSICIANS |
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Chapter 155. LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE |
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Subchapter B. LICENSE EXAMINATION |
Sec. 155.056. EXAMINATION ATTEMPT LIMITS
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(a) An applicant must pass each part of an examination within three attempts.
(b) The board shall adopt rules that prescribe how the limit on the number of examination attempts under Subsection (a) shall apply to an applicant who seeks a license and who attempts more than one type of examination.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an applicant who, on September 1, 2005, held a physician-in-training permit issued under Section 155.105 or had an application for that permit pending before the board must pass each part of the examination within three attempts, except that, if the applicant has passed all but one part of the examination within three attempts, the applicant may take the remaining part of the examination one additional time. However, an applicant is considered to have satisfied the requirements of this subsection if the applicant:
(1) passed all but one part of the examination approved by the board within three attempts and passed the remaining part of the examination within six attempts;
(2) is specialty board certified by a specialty board that:
(A) is a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties; or
(B) is approved by the American Osteopathic Association; and
(3) has completed in this state an additional two years of postgraduate medical training approved by the board.
(d) The limitation on examination attempts by an applicant under Subsection (a) does not apply to an applicant who:
(1) is licensed and in good standing as a physician in another state;
(2) has been licensed for at least five years;
(3) does not hold a medical license in the other state that has any restrictions, disciplinary orders, or probation; and
(4) passed all but one part of the examination approved by the board within three attempts and:
(A) passed the remaining part of the examination within one additional attempt; or
(B) passed the remaining part of the examination within six attempts if the applicant:
(i) is specialty board certified by a specialty board that:
(a) is a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties; or
(b) is approved by the American Osteopathic Association; and
(ii) has completed in this state an additional two years of postgraduate medical training approved by the board.