1. (a) All applicants for licensure shall provide sufficient documentation to the board that the applicant has, on a full-time basis, actively diagnosed or treated persons or has been on the active teaching faculty of an acceptable approved medical school, within either of the last two years preceding receipt of an Application for licensure.
2. (b) The term "full-time basis," for purposes of this section, shall mean at least 20 hours per week for 40 weeks duration during a given year.

3. (c) Applicants who do not meet the requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section may, in the discretion of the executive director or board, be eligible for an unrestricted license or a restricted license subject to one or more of the following conditions or restrictions:

   1. (1) current certification or recertification by the American Board of Medical Specialties or Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists obtained by passing a monitored specialty certification or recertification examination or forma evaluation;
   2. (2) passage of the SPEX examination;
   3. (3) limitation of the practice of the applicant to specified activities of medicine and/or exclusion of specified activities of medicine;
   4. (4) remedial education, including but not limited to a mini-residency, fellowship or other structured program;
   5. (5) such other remedial or restrictive conditions or requirements that, in the discretion of the board are necessary to ensure protection of the public and minimal competency of the applicant to safely practice medicine.

Source Note:The provisions of this §163.11 adopted to be effective November 10, 1999, 24 TexReg 9835; amended to be effective May 2, 2004, 29 TexReg 3961.