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SB 956: Foreign-licensed Physicians

GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez

Foreign-licensed Physicians; Providing for provisional licenses by endorsement for certain foreign-licensed physicians; requiring the Department of Health to issue a provisional license by endorsement to any applicant whom the Board of Medicine certifies as having met specified criteria; authorizing the board to require the applicant to take and pass the appropriate licensure examination before certifying him or her for provisional licensure by endorsement; providing that a provisional license by endorsement is valid for 2 years unless revoked or suspended and is subject to specified provisions, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2023
 Last Action: 5/5/2023 Senate - Died in Health Policy
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)


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Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/20/2023 Senate • Filed
2/28/2023 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
3/7/2023 Senate • Introduced
5/5/2023 Senate • Died in Health Policy