Texas Register Table of Contents
Texas Medical Board
Adopted Rules Re:
Adopting 22 TAC §161.8, to describe the physician licensure evaluation process of an applicant’s professional or work history.
CHAPTER 161. PHYSICIAN LICENSURE
SUBCHAPTER B. GENERAL LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS
22 TAC §161.8
OVERVIEW
The Texas Medical Board (Board) adopts new rule §161.8, concerning Evaluation of Professional or Work History. The new rule is being adopted without changes to the proposal as published in the January 17, 2025, issue of the Texas Register (50 TexReg 469). The adopted new rule will not be republished.
The adopted new section establishes requirements for professional or work history for physician licensure applicants. The section also describes how this professional or work history is evaluated by the board and how any deficiencies may be remediated by applicants. This section was erroneously excluded from the Board’s proposed new rules published and adopted in 2024 during its rule review. This adoption remedies that error.
The Board received no comments regarding the proposed new rule.
The new rule is adopted under the authority of the Texas Occupations Code, §153.001, which provides authority for the Board to recommend and adopt rules and bylaws as necessary to govern its own proceedings, perform its duties, regulate the practice of medicine, and enforce Subtitle B of Title 3 of the Texas Occupations Code. The new rule is also adopted in accordance with the requirements of Texas Government Code, §2001.039, which requires a state agency to review and consider its rules for readoption, readoption with amendments, or repeal every four years. No other statutes, articles or codes are affected by this adoption.
Texas Department of State Health Services
Proposed Rule Reviews Re:
Reviewing Title 25, Part 1, to consider for readoption, revision, or repeal of the chapter concerning Immunization Registry.
OVERVIEW
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), on behalf of the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), proposes to review and consider for readoption, revision, or repeal the chapter listed below, in its entirety, contained in Title 25, Part 1, of the Texas Administrative Code:
Chapter 100, Immunization Registry
Texas State Board of Pharmacy
Adopted Rule Reviews Re:
Adopting Title 22, Part 15, concerning Pharmacies.
The Texas State Board of Pharmacy adopts the review of Chapter 291, Subchapter G (§§291.120, 291.121, 291.123, 291.125, 291.127, 291.129, 291.131, 291.133), concerning Pharmacies (Services Provided by Pharmacies), pursuant to the Texas Government Code §2001.039, regarding Agency Review of Existing Rules. The proposed rule review was published in the December 20, 2024, issue of the Texas Register at (49 TexReg 10393).