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Tex. Occ. Code § 155.203

LICENSE ISSUANCE

Known as the Medical Practice Act

The act spans §§ 151–172 (375 sections).

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 733 (H.B. 2038), Sec. 3.001, eff

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) otherwise authorized under federal law to work in the United States;

(2) has proficiency in the English language;

(3) has graduated:

(A) in the two years preceding the date that the applicant initially applies for a physician graduate license, from:

(i) a board-recognized accredited medical school or osteopathic medical school in the United States or Canada; or

(ii) a medical school located outside of the United States and Canada that the board recognizes as acceptable; or

(B) if the applicant is licensed in good standing to practice medicine in another country, from a medical school located outside of the United States and Canada that the board recognizes as acceptable;

(4) has passed the first and second components of the United States Medical Licensing Examination or equivalent components of another board-approved licensing examination described by Section 155.0511;

(5) is not enrolled in a board-approved postgraduate residency program; and

(6) meets any other requirement prescribed by board rule.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.