1. (a) An applicant, to be eligible for the examination, must present satisfactory proof to the board that the applicant:

   1. (1) is at least 21 years of age;
   2. (2) is of good professional character;
   3. (3) has completed 60 semester hours of college courses other than in medical school, which courses would be acceptable, at the time of completion, to the University of Texas at Austin for credit on a bachelor or arts or a bachelor of science degree;
   4. (4) is a graduate of a school whose curriculum meets the requirements for an acceptable unapproved medical school as determined by a committee of experts selected by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board;
   5. (5) has graduated from an acceptable unapproved medical school that is substantially equivalent to a Texas medical school;
   6. (6) has 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;
   7. (7) is eligible for licensure in the country of graduation;
   8. (8) possesses a valid certificate issued by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG);
   9. (9) has the ability to communicate in the English language; and
   10. (10) has supplied all additional information that the board may require concerning the applicant's medical school, before approving the applicant.

2. (b) An applicant, to be eligible for licensure by examination, must have:

   1. (1) met all the requirements as outlined in subsection (a) of this section; and
   2. (2) passed, within three attempts, an examination administered by the board for licensure by examination, as outlined in §163.8 of this title (relating to Administration of Examinations).

Source Note:The provisions of this §163.3 adopted to be effective February 18, 1994, 19 TexReg 784; amended to be effective May 10, 1998, 23 TexReg 4265.