Tex. Occ. Code § 156.057 · Subchapter B. CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
CONTINUING EDUCATION IN FORENSIC EVIDENCE COLLECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 least two hours of continuing medical education relating to:
(1) the provision of trauma-informed care to sexual assault survivors;
(2) appropriate community referrals and prophylactic medications;
(3) the rights of a sexual assault survivor under Chapter 56A, Code of Criminal Procedure, including the opportunity to request the presence of an advocate as defined by Section 420.003, Government Code, and a forensic medical examination;
(4) forensic evidence collection methods; and
(5) applicable state law pertaining to the custody, transfer, and tracking of forensic evidence.
(b) The board shall adopt rules to establish the content of continuing medical education relating to forensic evidence collection. The content of the continuing medical education must conform to the evidence collection protocol distributed by the attorney general under Section 420.031, Government Code. The board may adopt other rules to implement this section.
(c) The board may permit the continuing medical education under this section to be counted toward the hours of continuing medical education required by Section 156.051(a)(2).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 782 (S.B. 39), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 365 (H.B. 47), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.156.htm
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Code of Criminal Procedure
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Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 323.0045BASIC SEXUAL ASSAULT FORENSIC EVIDENCE COLLECTION TRAINING.Printed as Section 156.057 or 301.306, Occupations Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 323.0046BASIC SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE POLICY AND TRAINING FOR CERTAIN HEALTH CARE FACILITY PERSONNEL.Printed as Section 156.057 or 301.306, Occupations Code
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