Title OC, Occupations Code

Sec. 155.104. TEMPORARY LICENSES. (a) The board may adopt rules and set fees relating to granting temporary licenses and extending the expiration dates of temporary licenses. The board by rule shall set a time limit for the term of a temporary license. (b) The board may issue a f…

Sec. 155.105. PHYSICIAN-IN-TRAINING PERMIT. (a) The board as provided by board rule may issue a physician-in-training permit to a physician not otherwise licensed by the board who is participating in a graduate medical education training program approved by the board. (b) A physi…

Sec. 155.106. CERTIFICATION OF LICENSE TO OTHER STATES. On the request of a license holder, the board shall issue a certificate that endorses the license issued by the board to other states. The board shall charge a fee for the issuance of the certificate. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., c…

Sec. 155.107. CERTIFICATION OF EXAMINATION GRADES. On the request of a license holder, the board shall issue certification of state board examination grades to the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States. The board shall charge a reasonable fee for the issuance. A…

Sec. 155.151. DUPLICATE LICENSE. (a) If a license issued under this subtitle is lost or destroyed, the license holder may apply to the board for a duplicate license. The application must be on a form prescribed by the board, accompanied by an affidavit of the loss or destruction …

Sec. 155.152. ISSUANCE OF NEW LICENSE ON CHANGE OF NAME. The board may issue a new license to a license holder if the license holder changes the license holder's name. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. SUBCHAPTER E. PHYSICIAN GRADUATES

Sec. 155.201. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Physician graduate" means an individual issued a limited license under this subchapter to practice medicine under a supervising practice agreement with a sponsoring physician. (2) "Sponsoring physician" means a physician who ent…

Sec. 155.202. RULES. The board shall adopt rules in accordance with this subchapter relating to the licensing and regulation of physician graduates, including rules relating to: (1) procedures and fees for the issuance, term, and renewal of a license under this subchapter, includ…

Sec. 155.203. LICENSE ISSUANCE. On application, the board shall issue a limited license to practice medicine under this subchapter to an applicant who: (1) is a resident of this state and is: (A) a United States citizen; (B) a legal permanent resident of the United States; or (C)…

Sec. 155.204. FEES. The amount of a fee for the issuance or renewal of a license under this subchapter may not exceed the amount of a fee for the issuance or renewal of a physician assistant license under Chapter 204. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 733 (H.B. 2038), Sec.…

Sec. 155.205. SPONSORING PHYSICIAN. (a) A physician is eligible to enter into a supervising practice agreement as a sponsoring physician if the physician: (1) holds a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine issued under this subtitle; (2) is not currently the subject o…

Sec. 155.206. SUPERVISING PRACTICE AGREEMENT REQUIRED. (a) A physician graduate shall enter into a supervising practice agreement with a sponsoring physician. (b) A physician graduate who has not entered into a supervising practice agreement may not practice or attempt to practic…

Sec. 155.207. LIMITED PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER. (a) A physician graduate may: (1) practice only in a county with a population of less than 100,000; and (2) provide only medical services in the specialty in which the physician graduate's sponsoring physician is certified as desc…

Sec. 155.208. LIABILITY OF SPONSORING PHYSICIAN. A sponsoring physician who enters into a supervising practice agreement with a physician graduate retains legal responsibility for a physician graduate's patient care activities, including the provision of care and treatment to a p…

Sec. 155.209. IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS; USE OF TITLE. (a) The holder of a license issued under this subchapter shall at all times while practicing as a physician graduate display a personal identification document identifying the license holder as a physician graduate. (b) A p…

Sec. 155.210. STATUS OF PHYSICIAN GRADUATE. A physician graduate license holder is considered a general practitioner for purposes of regulations of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 733 (H.B. 2038), Sec. 3.001, eff. S…

Sec. 155.211. LICENSE RENEWAL. The board may not renew a license issued under this subchapter unless: (1) the board verifies that the license holder has practiced in accordance with this subchapter under a supervising practice agreement with a sponsoring physician in the license …

Sec. 155.212. DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE. The board may deny an application for licensure or suspend or revoke a license issued under this subchapter: (1) for any ground provided by Chapter 164 or board rule; and (2) in the manner provided by Chapter 164 and boa…

Sec. 156.001. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES. (a) Each person licensed to practice medicine in this state must register with the board every two years. The initial registration permit shall be issued with the license. The board by rule may adopt a system under which lic…

Sec. 156.0015. CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK. (a) In addition to the information required by Section 156.001, a license holder shall submit to the board with the registration permit renewal application a complete set of fingerprints. The board shall submit to the Department of Public Saf…

Sec. 156.002. EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN PHYSICIANS. (a) The board by rule may exempt a retired physician from the registration permit fee requirement. (b) A physician licensed by the board whose only practice is voluntary charity care, as defined by board rule, is exempt from the reg…

Sec. 156.003. STAGGERED RENEWAL SYSTEM. (a) The board by rule may adopt a system under which registration permits expire on various dates during the two-year registration period. (b) For the registration period in which the expiration date is changed, registration permit fees sha…

Sec. 156.004. NOTICE OF EXPIRATION. (a) At least 60 days before the date on which a physician's registration permit expires, the board shall send to each physician at the physician's last known address according to the board's records: (1) a registration permit renewal applicatio…

Sec. 156.005. RENEWAL OF CERTAIN REGISTRATION PERMITS. (a) If a person's registration permit has been expired for 90 days or less, the person may renew the permit by submitting to the board the required registration renewal application, the registration renewal fee, and a $75 pen…

Sec. 156.006. EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION. (a) Each license holder shall submit to the board telephone numbers, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses, if available and as appropriate, that the board may use to contact the license holder in an emergency. (b) A license holder who rec…

Sec. 156.007. ISSUANCE OF REGISTRATION PERMIT. (a) On receipt of a registration renewal application and all required fees, the board, after ascertaining from the records of the board or from other sources considered reliable by the board that the applicant is a physician in this …

Sec. 156.008. PRACTICING MEDICINE WITHOUT REGISTRATION PROHIBITED. (a) Practicing medicine after the expiration of the 30-day grace period under Section 156.004 following expiration of a registration permit that has not been renewed for the current registration period as provided…

Sec. 156.009. INACTIVE STATUS. The board may adopt rules and set reasonable fees relating to placing license holders on inactive status. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 202, Sec. 19, eff. June 10, 2003.

Sec. 156.010. REFUSAL FOR VIOLATION OF BOARD ORDER. The board may refuse to renew a registration permit issued under this chapter if the license holder is in violation of a board order. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 567 (S.B. 674), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017. SUBCH…

Sec. 156.051. REPORTING PROGRAM; RULES; EXEMPTION. (a) The board by rule shall adopt, monitor, and enforce a reporting program for the continuing medical education of license holders. The board shall adopt and administer rules that: (1) establish the number of hours of continuing…

Sec. 156.052. PRESUMPTION OF COMPLIANCE FOR CERTAIN LICENSE HOLDERS. A license holder is presumed to be in compliance with the requirements of this subchapter if, during the 36 months preceding the date of the required registration, the license holder becomes board certified or r…

Sec. 156.053. TEMPORARY EXEMPTION. (a) The board may temporarily exempt a license holder from the continuing medical education requirement on the basis of: (1) catastrophic illness; (2) military service outside this state for longer than one year; (3) medical practice and residen…

Sec. 156.054. AUTHORITY OF BOARD TO REQUIRE ADDITIONAL HOURS. This subchapter does not prevent the board from taking disciplinary action with respect to a license holder or license applicant by requiring additional hours of continuing medical education, including education in spe…

Sec. 156.055. CONTINUING EDUCATION IN PAIN MANAGEMENT AND PRESCRIPTION OF OPIOIDS. (a) A physician licensed under this subtitle who submits an application for renewal of a license that designates a direct patient care practice must complete, in accordance with this section, not l…

Sec. 156.056. CERTAIN VOLUNTEER SERVICES. (a) In this section, "practice serving a medically underserved population" has the meaning assigned by Section 157.051. (b) The board by rule shall permit a license holder to complete half of any informal continuing medical education hour…

Sec. 156.057. CONTINUING EDUCATION IN FORENSIC EVIDENCE COLLECTION. (a) A physician licensed under this subtitle who submits an application for renewal of a license to practice medicine and whose practice includes treating patients in an emergency room setting shall complete at l…

Sec. 156.059. CONTINUING EDUCATION IN TICK-BORNE DISEASES. (a) A physician licensed under this subtitle who submits an application for renewal of a license to practice medicine and whose practice includes the treatment of tick-borne diseases is encouraged to include continuing me…

Sec. 156.060. CONTINUING EDUCATION REGARDING THE IDENTIFICATION AND ASSISTANCE OF TRAFFICKED PERSONS. (a) This section applies only to a physician who designates a direct patient care practice on an application for renewal of a registration permit. (b) A physician licensed under …

Sec. 156.061. CONTINUING EDUCATION IN NUTRITION AND METABOLIC HEALTH. (a) A physician licensed under this subtitle who submits an application for renewal of a license to practice medicine must complete, in accordance with this section and rules adopted under this section, continu…

Sec. 157.001. GENERAL AUTHORITY OF PHYSICIAN TO DELEGATE. (a) A physician may delegate to a qualified and properly trained person acting under the physician's supervision any medical act that a reasonable and prudent physician would find within the scope of sound medical judgment…

Sec. 157.002. GENERAL DELEGATION OF ADMINISTRATION AND PROVISION OF DANGEROUS DRUGS. (a) In this section: (1) "Administering" means the direct application of a drug to the body of a patient by injection, inhalation, ingestion, or any other means. (2) "Provision" means the supply …

Sec. 157.003. EMERGENCY CARE. The authority to delegate medical acts to a properly qualified person as provided by this subchapter applies to emergency care provided by emergency medical personnel certified by the Texas Department of Health. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1,…

Sec. 157.004. DELEGATION REGARDING CERTAIN CARE FOR NEWBORNS; LIABILITY. (a) It is the policy of this state that the prevention of ophthalmia neonatorum in newborn infants is of paramount importance for the protection of the health of the children of this state. (b) The authority…

Sec. 157.005. PERFORMANCE OF DELEGATED ACT NOT PRACTICING WITHOUT MEDICAL LICENSE. A person to whom a physician delegates the performance of a medical act is not considered to be practicing medicine without a license by performing the medical act unless the person acts with knowl…

Sec. 157.006. LIMITATION ON BOARD RULES REGARDING DELEGATION. The board shall promote a physician's exercise of professional judgment to decide which medical acts may be safely delegated by not adopting rules containing, except as absolutely necessary, global prohibitions or rest…

Sec. 157.007. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS. An act delegated by a physician under this chapter must comply with other applicable laws. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. SUBCHAPTER B. DELEGATION TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT…