Texas § HS.12.092 - MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD
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§ HS.12.092. MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD
MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD; BOARD MEMBERS. (a) The commissioner shall appoint the medical advisory board members from: (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 (2) persons licensed to practice optometry in this state who are jointly recommended by the department and the Texas Optometric Association. (b) The medical advisory board shall assist the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas in determining whether: (1) an applicant for a driver's license or a license holder is capable of safely operating a motor vehicle; or (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. Added 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. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1084 (H.B. 3433 ), Sec. 16, eff. June 14, 2013. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.0036, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 437 (H.B. 910 ), Sec. 29, eff. January 1, 2016.
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Section HS.12.092 ("MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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