Tex. Occ. Code § 156.053 · Subchapter B. CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
TEMPORARY EXEMPTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 residence outside the United States for longer than one year; or
(4) good cause shown on the written application of the license holder that provides evidence satisfactory to the board that the license holder is unable to comply with the requirement.
(b) A temporary exemption granted under Subsection (a) may not exceed one year but may be renewed.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 202, Sec. 22, eff. June 10, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.156.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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