§ 156.001 Registration Requirements and Procedures
§ 156.0015 Criminal Record Check
§ 156.002 Exemption for Certain Physicians
§ 156.003 Staggered Renewal System
§ 156.004 Notice of Expiration
§ 156.005 Renewal of Certain Registration Permits
§ 156.006 Emergency Contact Information
§ 156.007 Issuance of Registration Permit
§ 156.008 Practicing Medicine Without Registration Prohibited
§ 156.009 Inactive Status
§ 156.010 Refusal for Violation of Board Order

Terms Used In Texas Occupations Code Chapter 156 > Subchapter A - Renewal and Registration

  • 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
  • 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
  • Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005