An applicant, to be eligible for licensure must:

1. (1) be 21 years of age;
2. (2) be of good professional character;
3. (3) have completed 60 semester hours of college courses other than in medical school or have completed the entire primary, secondary, and premedical education required in the country of medical school graduation, if the medical school is located outside the United States or Canada;
4. (4) be a graduate of an acceptable unapproved foreign medical school that is substantially equivalent to a Texas medical school;
5. (5) have successfully completed a three-year training program of graduate medical training in the United States or Canada that was approved by the board on the date the training was completed;
6. (6) submit evidence of passing, an examination, acceptable by the board for licensure;
7. (7) pass the Texas Medical Jurisprudence Examination with a score of 75 or better;
8. (8) be eligible for licensure in country of graduation;
9. (9) possess a valid certificate issued by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG);
10. (10) have the ability to communicate in the English language; and
11. (11) have supplied all additional information that the board may require concerning the Applicant's medical school.

Source Note:The provisions of this §163.3 adopted to be effective November 10, 1999, 24 TexReg 9835; amended to be effective March 7, 2002, 27 TexReg 1487; amended to be effective January 9, 2003, 28 TexReg 67; amended to be effective June 29, 2003, 28 TexReg 4632.