HB 2852

relating to the issuance of a provisional license to practice
medicine to certain foreign medical license holders with offers of
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 155, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 155.1015 to read as follows:
Sec. 155.1015.  PROVISIONAL LICENSE FOR CERTAIN FOREIGN
MEDICAL LICENSE HOLDERS WITH OFFERS OF EMPLOYMENT.  (a)  The board
shall issue a provisional license to practice medicine to an
applicant who resides in this state and who:
(1)  has been licensed in good standing and actively
practicing medicine in another country for three years immediately
before applying for a provisional license under this section;
(2)  has been granted a degree of doctor of medicine or
a substantially similar degree by a program of medical education in
(3)  has been certified by the Educational Commission
(4)  satisfies the examination requirements of Section
(5)  has completed three years of residency or
substantially similar postgraduate medical training in the
applicant's country of licensure;
(6)  has been offered employment in this state by a
(A)  provides health care services in the normal
course of business, including a health system, hospital,
hospital-based facility, freestanding emergency facility, or
(B)  operates a postgraduate training program
accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical
(7)  submits to a criminal history record information
(8)  is authorized under federal law to work in the
(9)  applies for a provisional license under this
section in the manner prescribed by the board accompanied by the fee
(b)  The holder of a provisional license under this section
(1)  under the supervision of a physician who holds an
unencumbered license to practice medicine in this state; and
(2)  at a health care provider that meets the
requirements of Subsection (a)(6)(B).
(c)  A provisional license issued under this section expires
on the second anniversary of the date the provisional license was
(d)  On application, the board shall issue a license under
this subtitle to the holder of a provisional license under this
section if the provisional license holder is in good standing and
will have practiced under the provisional license for at least two
years at the time the license will be issued.
SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2026, the Texas Medical
Board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement Section 155.1015,
Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.