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Texas Occupations Code - OCC § 204.159. Licensing of Certain Military Veterans

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) In this section, "active duty" and "armed forces of the United States" have the meanings assigned by Section 55.001.

(b) The physician assistant board shall issue a license to an applicant who:

(1) is licensed in good standing as a physician assistant in another state;

(2) is a veteran of the armed forces of the United States who retired from or otherwise left military service not more than one year before the application date for a license under this section;

(3) was, at the time of retiring from or otherwise leaving military service:

(A) serving on active duty;  and

(B) authorized as a physician assistant to treat persons enlisted in the armed forces of the United States or veterans;

(4) was honorably discharged from military service;  and

(5) has passed the jurisprudence examination.

(c) The physician assistant board may not issue a license under this section to an applicant who:

(1) holds a physician assistant license or a license to prescribe, dispense, administer, supply, or sell a controlled substance that:

(A) is currently under active investigation;  or

(B) is or was subject to a disciplinary order or action or to denial by another jurisdiction;  or

(2) has been convicted of, is on deferred adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition for, or is under active investigation for the commission of:

(A) a felony;  or

(B) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.

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