Texas Administrative Code › Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS › Part 9 - TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD › Chapter 163 - LICENSURE › Section 163.5 - Licensure Documentation

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) On request
				of board staff, an applicant must appear for a personal interview at the board
				offices and present original documents to a representative of the board for
				inspection. Original documents may include, but are not limited to, those
				listed in subsections (b) - (e) of this section.
(b) Documentation required of all applicants
				for licensure.
(1) Birth Certificate/Proof of
				Age. Each applicant for licensure must provide a copy of a valid passport or
				birth certificate and translation if necessary to prove that the applicant is
				at least 21 years of age. In instances where such documentation is not
				available, the applicant must provide copies of other suitable alternate
				documentation.
(2) Name Change. Any
				applicant who submits documentation showing a name other than the name under
				which the applicant has applied must present copies of marriage licenses,
				divorce decrees, or court orders stating the name change. In cases where the
				applicant's name has been changed by naturalization, the applicant should send
				the original naturalization certificate by certified mail to the board office
				for inspection.
(3) Examination
				Scores. Each applicant for licensure must have a certified transcript of grades
				submitted directly from the appropriate testing service to the board for all
				examinations accepted by the board for licensure.
(4) Dean's Certification. Each applicant for
				licensure must have a certificate of graduation submitted directly from the
				medical school on a form provided to the applicant by the board. The applicant
				shall attach a recent photograph, meeting United States Government passport
				standards, to the form before submitting to the medical school. The school
				shall have the Dean of the medical school or designated appointee sign the form
				attesting to the information on the form and placing the school seal over the
				photograph.
(5) Evaluations. All
				applicants must provide evaluations completed by an appropriate supervisor, on
				a form provided by the board, of their professional affiliations for the past
				five years or since graduation from medical school, whichever is the shorter
				period.
(6) Medical School
				Transcript. On request of board staff, an applicant must have his or her
				medical school submit a transcript of courses taken and grades
				obtained.
(7) National Practitioner
				Data Bank/Health Integrity and Protection Data Bank (NPDB-HIPDB). Each
				applicant must contact the NPDB-HIPDB and have a report of action submitted
				directly to the board on the applicant's behalf.
(8) Graduate Training Verification. On
				request of board staff, an applicant must have any of the training programs in
				which they have participated in submit verification on a form provided by the
				board. The evaluation must show the beginning and ending dates of the program
				and state that the program was successfully completed.
(9) Specialty Board Certification. Each
				applicant who has obtained certification by a board that is a member of the
				American Board of Medical Specialties or the Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists
				must submit a copy of the certificate issued by the member showing board
				certification.
(10) Medical License
				Verifications. On request of board staff, an applicant must have any state in
				which he or she has ever been licensed, regardless of the current status of the
				license, submit directly to this board a letter verifying the status of the
				license and a description of any sanctions or pending disciplinary
				matters.
(11) U.S. medical
				education. Applicants must demonstrate that any medical school education that
				was completed in the United States in satisfaction of their core basic and
				clinical science courses as established by the Texas Higher Education
				Coordinating Board, the Liaison Council on Medical Education, and/or the
				American Osteopathic Association, and in satisfaction of the 130 weeks of
				required medical education was accredited by an accrediting body officially
				recognized by the United States Department of Education as the accrediting body
				for medical education leading to the doctor of medicine degree or the doctor of
				osteopathy degree. An applicant who is unable to comply with these requirements
				may in the alternative demonstrate that the applicant:
(A) received such medical education in a
				hospital or teaching institution sponsoring or participating in a program of
				graduate medical education accredited by the Accrediting Council for Graduate
				Medical Education, the American Osteopathic Association, or approved by the
				board under §
											171.4
				of this title (relating to Board-Approved Postgraduate Fellowship Training
				Programs) in the same subject as the medical or osteopathic medical education
				if the hospital or teaching institution has an agreement with the applicant's
				school;
(B) is specialty board
				certified by a board approved by the Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists or the
				American Board of Medical Specialties; or
(C) for the purpose of remedying a single
				deficient U.S. clerkship that was obtained while enrolled in medical school,
				the applicant may subsequent to graduation from medical school, and after
				submission of an application for licensure:
(i) complete a clerkship in the United States
				in satisfaction of clinical science courses as established by the Texas Higher
				Education Coordinating Board, the Liaison Committee on Medical Education,
				and/or the American Osteopathic Association and in a hospital or teaching
				institution sponsoring or participating in a program of graduate medical
				education accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
				Education or the American Osteopathic Association in the same specialty or
				sub-specialty as the deficient clerkship; or
(ii) re-enroll in a medical school accredited
				by the Liaison Council on Medical Education, and/or the American Osteopathic
				Association as a visiting student and satisfactorily complete necessary
				coursework in the appropriate subject.