{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-155.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 155.012","heading":"LICENSING OF CERTAIN MILITARY VETERANS.","body":"(a) In this section, \"active duty\" and \"armed forces of the United States\" have the meanings assigned by Section 55.001.\n(b) The board shall issue a license to practice medicine to an applicant who:\n(1) is licensed in good standing as a physician in another state;\n(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;\n(3) was, at the time of retiring from or leaving military service:\n(A) serving on active duty; and\n(B) authorized as a physician to treat persons enlisted in the armed forces of the United States or veterans;\n(4) was honorably discharged from military service; and\n(5) has passed the Texas medical jurisprudence examination.\n(c) The board may not issue a license under this section to an applicant who:\n(1) holds a medical license or a license to prescribe, dispense, administer, supply, or sell a controlled substance that:\n(A) is currently under active investigation; or\n(B) is or was subject to a disciplinary order or action or to denial by another jurisdiction; or\n(2) has been convicted of, is on deferred adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition for, or is under active investigation for the commission of:\n(A) a felony; or\n(B) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 213 (H.B. 879), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE B. PHYSICIANS","CHAPTER 155. LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE","SUBCHAPTER A. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.155.htm#155.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"7d4300af28646a3ed9eff8420a4f158da7056e642d2aa9a4d079069be5aa1676","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-155.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-155.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}