Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code Chapter 156 - Registration of Physicians

• Board: means the Texas Medical Board. See Texas Occupations Code 151.002
• Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Grace period: The number of days you'll have to pay your bill for purchases in full without triggering a finance charge. ^{Source: Federal Reserve}
• License holder: means a person holding a license, permit, or certificate issued under this subtitle. See Texas Occupations Code 151.002
• Maintenance of certification: means the satisfactory completion of periodic recertification requirements that are required for a physician to maintain certification after initial certification from:
  (A) a medical specialty member board of the American Board of Medical Specialties;
  (B) a medical specialty member board of the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists;
  (C) the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; or
  (D) any other certifying board that is recognized by the Texas Medical Board. See Texas Occupations Code 151.002
• Person: means an individual, unless the term is expressly made applicable to a partnership, association, or corporation. See Texas Occupations Code 151.002
• Physician: means a person licensed to practice medicine in this state. See Texas Occupations Code 151.002
• Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
• Practicing medicine: means the diagnosis, treatment, or offer to treat a mental or physical disease or disorder or a physical deformity or injury by any system or method, or the attempt to effect cures of those conditions, by a person who:
  (A) publicly professes to be a physician or surgeon; or
  (B) directly or indirectly charges money or other compensation for those services. See Texas Occupations Code 151.002
• Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
• United States: includes a department, bureau, or other agency of the United States of America. See Texas Government Code 311.005
• Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
• Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005