22 Tex. Admin. Code § 161.6 - General Requirements for Licensure

(a) All applicants for a Texas medical license must meet the general eligibility requirements set forth in §155.003 of the Act.

(b) All applicants must submit a completed application for licensure and all documents and information necessary to complete an applicant's request for licensure including, but not limited to:

(1) the required fee of $817;

(2) additional fees and surcharges as applicable;

(3) Dean's Certification of Graduation form;

(4) certified transcript of Examination Scores;

(5) birth certificate or other similar proof of age;

(6) graduate training verification;

(7) Professional or Work History Evaluation forms demonstrating or relating to the practice of medicine for the preceding 5 years from the date of the application;

(8) FBI/DPS Fingerprint Report;

(9) documentation of alternate name or name change, if applicable;

(10) medical school transcript, if requested;

(11) specialty board certification, if applicable;

(12) arrest records, if applicable;

(13) malpractice records, if applicable;

(14) treatment records for alcohol or substance use disorder or any physical or mental illness impacting the ability to practice, if applicable;

(15) military orders or DD214, if applicable;

(16) evidence of passage of the Texas Jurisprudence examination with at least a score of 75; and

(17) any other documentation deemed necessary to process an application.

(c) Applications are valid for one year from the date of submission. The one-year period can be extended for the following reasons:

(1) delay in processing application;

(2) referral of the applicant to the Licensure Committee;

(3) unanticipated military assignments, medical reasons, or catastrophic events; or

(4) other extenuating circumstances.

(d) The board may allow substitute documents where exhaustive efforts on the applicant's part to secure the required documents are presented.

Notes

22 Tex. Admin. Code § 161.6

The provisions of this §161.6 adopted to be effective March 7, 2002, 27 TexReg 1486; amended to be effective September 19, 2002, 27 TexReg 8768; amended to be effective January 25, 2006, 31 TexReg 382; amended to be effective August 10, 2008, 33 TexReg 6132; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 44, Number 45, November 8, 2019, TexReg 6880, eff. 11/14/2019; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 50, Number 02, January 10, 2025, TexReg 0323, eff. 1/9/2025