Tex. Occupations Code § 155.012
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 155.012, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 155.012. LICENSING OF CERTAIN MILITARY VETERANS.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section, "active duty" and "armed forces of the United States" have the meanings assigned by Section 55.001.
(b) The board shall issue a license to practice medicine to an applicant who:
(1) is licensed in good standing as a physician in another state;
(2) is a veteran of the armed forces of the United States who retired from or otherwise left military service not more than one year before the application date for a license under this section;
(3) was, at the time of retiring from or leaving military service:
(A) serving on active duty; and
(B) authorized as a physician to treat persons enlisted in the armed forces of the United States or veterans;
(4) was honorably discharged from military service; and
(5) has passed the Texas medical jurisprudence examination.
(c) The board may not issue a license under this section to an applicant who:
(1) holds a medical license or a license to prescribe, dispense, administer, supply, or sell a controlled substance that:
(A) is currently under active investigation; or
(B) is or was subject to a disciplinary order or action or to denial by another jurisdiction; or
(2) has been convicted of, is on deferred adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition for, or is under active investigation for the commission of:
(A) a felony; or
(B) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.
(b) The board shall issue a license to practice medicine to an applicant who:
(1) is licensed in good standing as a physician in another state;
(2) is a veteran of the armed forces of the United States who retired from or otherwise left military service not more than one year before the application date for a license under this section;
(3) was, at the time of retiring from or leaving military service:
(A) serving on active duty; and
(B) authorized as a physician to treat persons enlisted in the armed forces of the United States or veterans;
(4) was honorably discharged from military service; and
(5) has passed the Texas medical jurisprudence examination.
(c) The board may not issue a license under this section to an applicant who:
(1) holds a medical license or a license to prescribe, dispense, administer, supply, or sell a controlled substance that:
(A) is currently under active investigation; or
(B) is or was subject to a disciplinary order or action or to denial by another jurisdiction; or
(2) has been convicted of, is on deferred adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition for, or is under active investigation for the commission of:
(A) a felony; or
(B) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.
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