QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2 years - ✔After how many years do you renew your license?
30 days - ✔How many days do you have to let the board know of any name and
practice changes?
Any U.S. trained graduate finished with the steps an apply for a full Texas medical
license after completing their - ✔Internship
Apply or a new PIT permit 90 days before switching - ✔What if you change your
residency location (for example, one hospital and advanced position to another you
would need to
By a hospital - ✔How can competency be relevant to credentialing ?
Continuing Medical Education (CME) - ✔Every 24 month period, out need 48 hours of
CME's
Corollary - ✔If you quit your residency after internship, you can still practice s a fully
licensed physician in Texas (though not board certified in a specialty)
Corollary 2 - ✔Naturopathic doctors, podiatrists, optometrists, chiropractors, dentists,
are not licensed by the TMB and have their own governing bodies and rules
DO's not being MD's, punishing a physician for working at other hospitals, only
accepting certain insurances, ONLY COMPETENCY - ✔A hospital cannot discriminate
against
How many days do you have to inform the TMB about supplying medical records? - ✔
15 days
How many days do you have to inform the TMB in issuing a birth certificate - ✔5 days
How many days do you have to inform the TMB of a case of child abuse/neglect - ✔48
hours
How many days do you have to inform the TMB of issuing a death certificate? - ✔10
days
How many days do you have to report to the TMB in the case of most communicable
diseases? - ✔7 days ( 1 day for TB or pertussis)
How many people compose the Texas Medical Board? - ✔19 ( 12 physicians, 9 MD, 3
DO) 7 are laypersons for 6 year terms