{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-12.092","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 12.092","heading":"MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD; BOARD MEMBERS.","body":"(a) The commissioner shall appoint the medical advisory board members from:\n(1) persons licensed to practice medicine in this state, including physicians who are board certified in internal medicine, psychiatry, neurology, physical medicine, or ophthalmology and who are jointly recommended by the department and the Texas Medical Association; and\n(2) persons licensed to practice optometry in this state who are jointly recommended by the department and the Texas Optometric Association.\n(b) The medical advisory board shall assist the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas in determining whether:\n(1) an applicant for a driver's license or a license holder is capable of safely operating a motor vehicle; or\n(2) an applicant for or holder of a license to carry a handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, or an applicant for or holder of a commission as a security officer under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is capable of exercising sound judgment with respect to the proper use and storage of a handgun.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1261, Sec. 21, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 9.23, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1084 (H.B. 3433), Sec. 16, eff. June 14, 2013.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0036, eff. April 2, 2015.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 437 (H.B. 910), Sec. 29, eff. January 1, 2016.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 2. HEALTH","SUBTITLE A. DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES","CHAPTER 12. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER H. MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.12.htm#12.092","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"11353dfaa835a76eb00ce4dbe56d40b00b029964bdc21cef54c64f3f6b93cea1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-12.091","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-12.093"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}