Title OC, Occupations Code

Sec. 171.005. APPLICATION AND ISSUANCE OF EXPEDITED LICENSURE. (a) A physician seeking licensure through the compact shall file an application for an expedited license with the member board of the state selected by the physician as the state of principal license. (b) Upon receipt…

Sec. 171.006. FEES FOR EXPEDITED LICENSURE. (a) A member state issuing an expedited license authorizing the practice of medicine in that state may impose a fee for a license issued or renewed through the compact. (b) The interstate commission is authorized to develop rules regard…

Sec. 171.007. RENEWAL AND CONTINUED PARTICIPATION. (a) A physician seeking to renew an expedited license granted in a member state shall complete a renewal process with the interstate commission if the physician: (1) maintains a full and unrestricted license in a state of princip…

Sec. 171.008. COORDINATED INFORMATION SYSTEM. (a) The interstate commission shall establish a database of all physicians licensed, or who have applied for licensure, under Section 171.005. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, member boards shall report to the interstat…

Sec. 171.009. JOINT INVESTIGATIONS. (a) Licensure and disciplinary records of physicians are considered investigative. (b) In addition to the authority granted to a member board by its respective medical practice act or other applicable state law, a member board may participate w…

Sec. 171.010. DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS. (a) Any disciplinary action taken by any member board against a physician licensed through the compact shall be considered unprofessional conduct which may be subject to discipline by other member boards, in addition to any violation of the med…

Sec. 171.011. INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT COMMISSION. (a) The member states hereby create the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Commission. (b) The purpose of the interstate commission is the administration of the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, which is a discr…

Sec. 171.012. POWERS AND DUTIES OF INTERSTATE COMMISSION. The interstate commission shall have the duty and power to: (1) oversee and maintain the administration of the compact; (2) promulgate rules that shall be binding to the extent and in the manner provided for in the compact…

Sec. 171.013. FINANCE POWERS. (a) The interstate commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment from each member state to cover the cost of the operations and activities of the interstate commission and its staff. The total assessment must be sufficient to cover the annu…

Sec. 171.014. ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION OF INTERSTATE COMMISSION. (a) The interstate commission shall, by a majority of commissioners present and voting, adopt bylaws to govern its conduct as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the compact within 12 mont…

Sec. 171.015. RULEMAKING FUNCTIONS OF INTERSTATE COMMISSION. (a) The interstate commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purposes of the compact. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the interstate commission exercise…

Sec. 171.016. OVERSIGHT OF INTERSTATE COMPACT. (a) The executive, legislative, and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce the compact and shall take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the compact's purposes and intent. The provis…

Sec. 171.017. ENFORCEMENT OF INTERSTATE COMPACT. (a) The interstate commission, in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, shall enforce the provisions and rules of the compact. (b) The interstate commission may, by majority vote of the commissioners, initiate legal action in …

Sec. 171.018. DEFAULT PROCEDURES. (a) The grounds for default include, but are not limited to, failure of a member state to perform such obligations or responsibilities imposed upon it by the compact, or the rules and bylaws of the interstate commission promulgated under the comp…

Sec. 171.019. DISPUTE RESOLUTION. (a) The interstate commission shall attempt, upon the request of a member state, to resolve disputes which are subject to the compact and that may arise among member states or member boards. (b) The interstate commission shall promulgate rules pr…

Sec. 171.020. MEMBER STATES, EFFECTIVE DATE AND AMENDMENT. (a) Any state is eligible to become a member state of the compact. (b) The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than seven states. Thereafter, it shall b…

Sec. 171.021. WITHDRAWAL. (a) Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every member state. A member state may withdraw from the compact by specifically repealing the statute that enacted the compact into law. (b) Withdrawal from the com…

Sec. 171.022. DISSOLUTION. (a) The compact shall dissolve effective upon the date of the withdrawal or default of the member state that reduces the membership in the compact to one member state. (b) Upon the dissolution of the compact, the compact becomes null and void and shall …

Sec. 171.023. SEVERABILITY AND CONSTRUCTION. (a) The provisions of the compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision is considered unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact shall be enforceable. (b) The provisions of the compact shall …

Sec. 171.024. BINDING EFFECT OF COMPACT AND OTHER LAWS. (a) Nothing herein prevents the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the compact. (b) All laws in a member state in conflict with the compact are superseded to the extent of the confli…