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“... ogy Partners Houston. He is a member of the Texas Medical Association, Harris County Medical Society, Radiology Society of North America, American College of Radiology and Texas Radiologic Society. He also volunteers with the Houston Food Bank. Khan received a Bachelor of Science in biology from Ren ... ”
“Medical Radiologic Technology Board Committee List
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“... al assistant registration, licensees are required to complete continuing education. Current requirements for surgical assistants are summarized below. If you would like to review the current rule, these requirements are currently listed Board rule 185.9 available on our website here.
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“... through the physician profile system. In addition to the statutorily required information, the TMB has adopted rules (Chapter 162) regarding the contents of the physician profile system. More information is available at: Occupations Code & Board Rules
Due to concern expressed by licen ... ”
“... 674 (2017) changed the law so that the Texas Medical Board is no longer required to have a second permit for NCTs who work for physicians. What remains is the requirement that NCTs obtain placement on the MRT Board’s general registry.
Please note that the changes made by SB 6 ... ”
“... physician profile contains the most current Texas Medical Board actions against this physician. (This may include any formal complaints filed by TMB, as well as petitions and/or responses related to licensure contested matters, at the State Office of Administrative Hearings.) “None&rdquo ... ”
“... inuing education (CE) hours that must be obtained to meet their respective occupation’s active licensure requirements.
For details on specific continuing education requirements by license/certification type, visit the following Licensee Resources page - http://www.tmb.state.tx.us/page/resource ... ”
“... n the Inactive Status” and “Returning to Active Status” to understand the entire process and all requirements. To be eligible for inactive status, the license holder must have a current annual registration permit and have a license in good standing.
To request a change to the ... ”
“... ember 1, 2015. SB 20 requires state agencies to post on their websites certain contracts entered into with private vendors for goods or services. In compliance with SB 20, the following is provided below.
PROCUREMENT AND BID OPPORTUNITIES
To find out more about procurement opportunities with th ... ”
“... days of the event. Follow these few simple steps to update your profile.
Print a copy of the online profile by searching for your license in the Look up a License system.
Review the information available on your profile and make notations of any changes/corrections/updates that are needed.
C ... ”
“Licensees are required to attest as to whether or not the profile information is correct at the time of registration/renewal and to initiate correction of any incorrect information. However, physicians must maintain current profile information by submitting updates and corrections as changes occur, ... ”
“... s through the Texas Administrative Code, relevant to the scope of practice the application of licensure is for. This can include (but is not limited to) eligibility requirements to be licensed; registration renewal requirements and procedures; continuing education requirements; scope of practice; in ... ”
“The physician shall provide notice to patients of when the physician intends to terminate the practice, retire or relocate, and will no longer be available to patients, and offer patients the opportunity to obtain a copy of their medical records or have their records transferred.
Notification ... ”
“Board rule 163.5 states that a custodian of records is as follows:
in case of physician death - the administrator, executor of the estate, or other court appointed individual, unless part of a group practice or pre-existing appointments/instructions are in place;
in case of physician mental or ... ”
“A physician is not required to provide notice of his or her discontinuation of practice to patients if the physician:
treated the patient while in a locum tenens position at a practice location for a period of no longer than six months at that location. For the purpose of this section, "locu ... ”
Description: Press Release August 12, 2005 (PDF File)
Document: 2005 Press Releases
Friday, August 12, 2005 Medical Board Suspends License of Carlos H. Fernandez, M.D. A panel of the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners temporarily suspended the license of Carlos H. Fernandez, M.D., license #D9438, of Houston, after determining that Dr. Fernandez's continuatio ...
Description: Press Release August 14, 2006 (PDF File)
Document: Texas Medical Board Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 14, 2006 Media contact Public Information Officer Jill Wiggins at jill.wiggins@tmb.state.tx.us or (512) 305-7018 Non-media contact: (512) 305-7030 or (800) 248-4062 Medical Board Suspends License of Hrishi Kesh Maewal, M.D., of F ...
Description: Press Release August 15, 2007 A (PDF File)
Document: Texas Medical Board Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Media contact Public Information Officer Jill Wiggins at jill.wiggins@tmb.state.tx.us or (512) 305-7018 Non-media contact: (512) 305-7030 or (800) 248-4062
Medical Board Suspends License of David Mark McClellan, M.D ...
Description: Press Release August 16, 2004 (PDF File)
Document: 2004 Press Releases
Monday, August 16 , 2004
Medical Board Suspends License of David G. Watson, M.D.
A panel of the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners temporarily suspended the license of David Gregory Watson, M.D., License #K4605, of Tyler, after determining that Dr. Watson's continuation in t ...
Description: Press Release August 18, 2008 A (PDF File)
Document: Texas Medical Board Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 18, 2008
Media contact: Patrick Shaughnessy at (512) 305-7173 or patrick.shaughnessy@tmb.state.tx.us Non-media contact: (512) 305-7030 or (800) 248-4062
TMB TO HOST TOWN HALL MEETING IN SAN ANTONIO Board also will Offer Licensin ...
Description: Press Release August 19, 1997 (PDF File)
Document: ... Aug. 7-9 board meeting, the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners disciplined 62 licensed physicians, who received one or more of the following actions: 16 suspensions, with eight of those suspensions stayed and probated under various terms and conditions; two revocations, one of which was stayed ...
Description: Press Release August 20, 2002 (PDF File)
Document: 2002 Press Releases
Tuesday, August 20, 2002 Medical Board Suspends License of Midland Physician The Texas State Board of Medical Examiners has temporarily suspended the license of Lydia H. Grotti, M.D., (license #J6122) of Midland. The action was taken Wednesday, August 14, under the Board's autho ...
Description: Press Release August 20, 2003 (PDF File)
Document: ... ust 14-15 Board meeting, the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners took disciplinary action against 54 licensed physicians, who received one or more of the following actions: 11 surrenders/revocations, with one stayed under certain terms and conditions; 11 suspensions, with three stayed under certa ...
Description: Press Release August 20, 2004 (PDF File)
Document: ... ust 12-13 Board meeting, the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners took disciplinary action against 37 licensed physicians, who received one or more of the following actions: two surrenders/revocations; 13 suspensions, of which seven were st ayed under certain terms and conditions; eight restrictio ...
Description: Press Release August 20, 2009 A (PDF File)
Document: Texas Medical Board Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, August 20, 2009
Media contact Public Information Officer Jill Wiggins at jill.wiggins@tmb.state.tx.us or (512) 305-7018. Non-media contact: (512) 305-7030 or (800) 248-4062
Medical Board Suspends License of Odette Louise Campbell, M. ...
Description: Press Release August 21, 2002 A (PDF File)
Document: ... ust 15-16 Board meeting, the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners disciplined 41 licensed physicians, who received one or more of the following actions: 11 surrender/revocations, of which three were stayed and probated under various terms and conditions; three suspensions, of which one was stayed ...
Description: Press Release August 25, 2008 A (PDF File)
Document: Texas Medical Board Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 25, 2008
Media contact: Patrick Shaughnessy at (512) 305-7173 or patrick.shaughnessy@tmb.state.tx.us Non-media contact: (512) 305-7030 or (800) 248-4062
TMB to Host Town Hall Meeting in Galveston Board also will Offer Licensing ...
Description: Press Release August 25, 2008 B (PDF File)
Document: Texas Medical Board Press Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 25, 2008
Media contact Jill Wiggins at jill.wiggins@tmb.state.tx.us or (512) 305-7018 Non-media contact: (512) 305-7030 or (800) 248-4062
Medical Board Continues Licensure Suspension of Charles R. Massey Jr., M.D., of Fredericks ...
Description: Press Release August 27, 2003 (PDF File)
Document: 2003 Press Releases
Wednesday, August 27, 2003
Medical Board Panel Votes to Suspend License of Dr. Eric Scheffey
A panel of the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners took action to temporarily suspend the license of Eric H. Scheffey, M.D., License #E6607, of Houston, after a determination that Dr ...
Description: Press Release August 28, 2009 (PDF File)
Document: Texas Medical Board News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, August 28, 2009
Media contact: Public Information Officer Jill Wiggins at jill.wiggins@tmb.state.tx.us or (512) 305-7018. Non-media contact: (512) 305-7030 or (800) 248-4062.
Medical Board Disciplines 131 Doctors and Issues 829 Licenses ...
“... ngerprint background check will be required prior to the completion of your initial TMB registration/renewal,per the new statutory requirement set out in Texas Occupations Code, Sec 604.1523. ”
Why do I have to be fingerprinted for my first renewal with the Texas Medical Board?
The fingerprint background check will be required prior to the completion of your initial TMB registration/renewal,per the new statutory requirement set out in Texas Occupations Code, Sec 604.1523.
“... ing during specific set times of year (as opposed to expiring in the permit holder’s birth month). Moving forward medical physicist licensees will expire once a year, on May 31st.As part of the transition from DSHS to TMB, existing medical physicist licenses will have their first registration ... ”
Will I continue to renew my license in my birth month?
Registration/renewal through TMB will be completed on a different schedule than DSHS, with all permits expiring during specific set times of year (as opposed to expiring in the permit holder’s birth month). Moving forward medical physicist licensees will expire once a year, on May 31st.
As part of the transition from DSHS to TMB, existing medical physicist licenses will have their first registration with TMB per the existing permit expiration date. The renewal fee charged at the time of the first renewal with TMB will be pro-rated to bring the permits in line with the new expiration dates.
“... e is no grace period for the expiration date of a Medical Physicist permit. Once the expiration date has occurred, a penalty fee equal to one half of the registration fee will be added. After 90 days, the penalty fee will increase to equal a full registration fee. If a license has been expired for o ... ”
What is the penalty for renewing past the expiration date?
There is no grace period for the expiration date of a Medical Physicist permit. Once the expiration date has occurred, a penalty fee equal to one half of the registration fee will be added. After 90 days, the penalty fee will increase to equal a full registration fee. If a license has been expired for one year or longer it is automatically cancelled.
“... he fingerprint background check is required prior to the completion of your initial TMB registration/renewal, per the new statutory requirement set out in Texas Occupations Code, Sec 602.2101. ”
Why do I have to be fingerprinted for my first renewal with the Texas Medical Board?
The fingerprint background check is required prior to the completion of your initial TMB registration/renewal, per the new statutory requirement set out in Texas Occupations Code, Sec 602.2101.
“No, neither the Medical Practice Act nor the Nursing Practice Act authorize independent practice by a CRNA. Additionally, Texas Attorney General Opinion No. KP-0266 found “A certified registered nurse anesthetist does not possess independent authority to administer anesthesia without del ... ”
Are CRNA’s authorized to practice independent of physician supervision and delegation?
No, neither the Medical Practice Act nor the Nursing Practice Act authorize independent practice by a CRNA. Additionally, Texas Attorney General Opinion No. KP-0266 found “A certified registered nurse anesthetist does not possess independent authority to administer anesthesia without delegation by a physician.” (Page 5). Since the selection and administration of anesthesia is a medical act, CRNAs must be properly delegated this act by a physician. A CRNA who administers anesthesia without proper delegation from a physician would be liable for the unlicensed practice of medicine.
“... physician assistant. Physicians are required to register all PAs and APRNs that they supervise prior to the delegates beginning to work for them. If there is a change to the scope of the delegation, physicians must notify the Board within 30 days of this change.PAs are likewise required t ... ”
Do I have to let the Medical Board know about my delegates/supervising physicians?
Yes, if you are a physician or a physician assistant.
Physicians are required to register all PAs and APRNs that they supervise prior to the delegates beginning to work for them. If there is a change to the scope of the delegation, physicians must notify the Board within 30 days of this change.
PAs are likewise required to register their supervising physicians with the Board prior to beginning to practice under the employment or prescriptive authority agreement. They are also required to notify the Board within 30 days of any change to the scope of the delegation.
APRNs should look to guidance provided by the Texas Board of Nursing for how to register their delegating physicians, as the Medical Board does not have licensing authority for nurses.
“As with all medical records documentation, the notation must be contemporaneous, legible and provide complete information. In this case, complete information would include the date of the review and the identity of the provider who reviewed the information. ... ”
What amount of detail must be in the documentation of the PMP check?
As with all medical records documentation, the notation must be contemporaneous, legible and provide complete information. In this case, complete information would include the date of the review and the identity of the provider who reviewed the information.
“... individual physician who needs a waiver will have to apply for their own individual waiver. Although this may change in the future, TMB is currently unable to track waivers by group. ”
Does everyone at my practice have to apply for a waiver or just the medical director?
Currently, each individual physician who needs a waiver will have to apply for their own individual waiver. Although this may change in the future, TMB is currently unable to track waivers by group.
“... ng delegate is also covered under that waiver. So long as the prescribing delegate is prescribing under the authority of a physician who has been granted a waiver, then the prescribing delegate may use non-electronic prescribing means. If a prescribing delegate is issuing a prescription under ... ”
Do delegates who have prescribing authority have to apply for their own waiver or are they covered by the supervising physician’s waiver?
If the supervising physician has a waiver, then the prescribing delegate is also covered under that waiver. So long as the prescribing delegate is prescribing under the authority of a physician who has been granted a waiver, then the prescribing delegate may use non-electronic prescribing means. If a prescribing delegate is issuing a prescription under the authority of a physician who does not have a waiver, then the prescribing delegate must issue the prescription via e-prescribing.
If an individual wants to look up whether a prescribing delegate has a waver they can do so as listed below:
For physician assistants: A PA’s waiver status will not be viewable on their TMB public profile. Each PA’s public profile has a link to their supervising physician’s profile page. The physician’s profile page will list the waiver status.
For nurse practitioners: APRN waivers are determined by the Texas Board of Nursing. Information on the waiver process for the APRNs is available on the Texas Board of Nursing Website.
“Your waiver is good for one year. It will expire one year from the date that the waiver is approved. ”
How long will my waiver last?
Your waiver is good for one year. It will expire one year from the date that the waiver is approved.
“A Board issued 6-digit ID number is required for submitting your fingerprints. This ID number is assigned at the time of application submission. If you were assigned a 5-digit ID number at the time of your application submission, please use a leading zero when submitting your fingerprints. Exa ... ”
What if my Board issued ID number is only 5 digits long?
A Board issued 6-digit ID number is required for submitting your fingerprints. This ID number is assigned at the time of application submission. If you were assigned a 5-digit ID number at the time of your application submission, please use a leading zero when submitting your fingerprints. Example: ID number “12345” becomes “012345”.
“... MorphoTrust USA, LLC) for a fee, payable directly to IdentoGo. Results of the fingerprinting will be sent directly to TMB from both the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Records and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ”
Can I get my fingerprints done anywhere?
Not at this time. Fingerprinting services are provided through IdentoGo by IDEMIA (formerly known as MorphoTrust USA, LLC) for a fee, payable directly to IdentoGo. Results of the fingerprinting will be sent directly to TMB from both the Texas Department of Public Safety Criminal Records and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
“The Board understands that medical or mental health treatment is a normal part of many people's lives and receiving treatment such as counseling or therapy does not alone disqualify a licensee. However, the Board is obligated to determine whether a licensee is physically and mentally fit to pr ... ”
Why does the application ask about my mental and physical health status?
The Board understands that medical or mental health treatment is a normal part of many people's lives and receiving treatment such as counseling or therapy does not alone disqualify a licensee. However, the Board is obligated to determine whether a licensee is physically and mentally fit to practice and, therefore, must inquire to the extent necessary to make this determination. While the application does include a question pertaining to impairment, the question has been thoughtfully written to limit overly broad probing language that might dissuade health professionals from seeking treatment and reporting their conditions.
“The Board understands that medical or mental health treatment is a normal part of many people's lives and receiving treatment such as counseling or therapy does not alone disqualify a licensee. However, the Board is obligated to determine whether a licensee is physically and mentally fit to pr ... ”
Why am I asked about my mental and physical health status during renewal?
The Board understands that medical or mental health treatment is a normal part of many people's lives and receiving treatment such as counseling or therapy does not alone disqualify a licensee. However, the Board is obligated to determine whether a licensee is physically and mentally fit to practice and, therefore, must inquire to the extent necessary to make this determination. While the renewal process does include a question pertaining to impairment, the question has been thoughtfully written to limit overly broad probing language that might dissuade health professionals from seeking treatment and reporting their conditions.