§ 204.159 — LICENSING OF CERTAIN MILITARY VETERANS.

Texas § 204.159

• Jurisdiction: Texas
• Code OC: Occupations Code

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Sec. 204.159. LICENSING OF CERTAIN MILITARY VETERANS. (a) In this section, "active duty" and "armed forces of the United States" have the meanings assigned by Section 55.001 .
(b) The physician assistant board shall issue a license to an applicant who:
(1) is licensed in good standing as a physician assistant in another state;
(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;
(3) was, at the time of retiring from or otherwise leaving military service:
(A) serving on active duty; and
(B) authorized as a physician assistant to treat persons enlisted in the armed forces of the United States or veterans;
(4) was honorably discharged from military service; and
(5) has passed the jurisprudence examination.
(c) The physician assistant board may not issue a license under this section to an applicant who:
(1) holds a physician assistant license or a license to prescribe, dispense, administer, supply, or sell a controlled substance that:
(A) is currently under active investigation; or
(B) is or was subject to a disciplinary order or action or to denial by another jurisdiction; or
(2) has been convicted of, is on deferred adjudication community supervision or deferred disposition for, or is under active investigation for the commission of:
(A) a felony; or
(B) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.
SUBCHAPTER E. PRACTICE BY LICENSE HOLDER

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 213 (H.B. 879 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.