Sec. 202.503. PROBATION; HEARING

(a) The board, on majority vote, may probate an order revoking or suspending a podiatrist's license conditioned on the podiatrist conforming to any order or rule the board adopts as the condition of probation. The board, at the time of probation, shall set the term of the probationary period.

(b) At any time while the podiatrist remains on probation, the board may hold a hearing to determine whether the podiatrist has violated the conditions of the probation. On a board determination that the conditions of the probation have been violated, the board may rescind the probation and enforce the board's original action in revoking or suspending the podiatrist's license.

(c) The president of the board shall call the hearing under Subsection (b) to rescind the probation. The president shall order the issuance of notice setting the time and place for the hearing and containing the charges or complaints against the podiatrist. The notice shall be served on the podiatrist or the podiatrist's counsel and on any person complaining about the podiatrist or that person's counsel at least 10 days before the date set for the hearing. If personal service is impossible or cannot be effected, the provisions for service instead of personal service under Chapter 2001, Government Code, apply.

(d) The podiatrist and any person complaining about the podiatrist may appear at the hearing either personally or by counsel, or both, to produce witnesses or evidence, to cross-examine witnesses, and to have subpoenas issued by the board. The board may also issue subpoenas on its own motion. The subpoenas of the board may be enforced through any district court with jurisdiction and venue in the county where the hearing is held.

(e) The board shall determine the charges on their merits. The order revoking or rescinding the probation is not subject to review or appeal.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.