An applicant who has completed a Fifth Pathway Program to be eligible for licensure must:

1. (1) be at least 21 years of age;
2. (2) be of good professional character as defined under §163.1(10) of this title;
3. (3) have completed 60 semester hours of college courses as defined under §163.1(12) of this title;
4. (4) have completed all of the didactic work of the foreign medical 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, but has not graduated from an acceptable unapproved medical school;
5. (5) have completed all of the didactic work of the foreign medical school, that is substantially equivalent to a Texas medical school as defined under §163.1(13) of this title, but has not graduated from an acceptable unapproved medical school;
6. (6) have successfully completed a three-year training program of graduate medical education in the United States or Canada that was approved by the board on the date the training was completed;
7. (7) submit evidence of passing an examination, that is acceptable to the board for licensure;
8. (8) pass the Texas Medical Jurisprudence Examination with a score of 75 or better;
9. (9) submit a sworn affidavit that no proceedings, past or current, have been instituted against the applicant before any state medical board, provincial medical board, in any military jurisdiction or federal facility;
10. (10) have attained a passing score on the ECFMG examination;
11. (11) have the ability to communicate in the English language;
12. (12) have attained a satisfactory score on a qualifying examination and have completed one academic year of supervised clinical training for foreign medical students as defined by the American Medical Association Council on Medical Education (Fifth Pathway Program) in a United States medical school; and
13. (13) have supplied all additional information that the board may require, concerning the applicant's medical school, before approving the applicant.

Source Note:The provisions of this §163.12 adopted to be effective November 10, 1999, 24 TexReg 9835; amended to be effective May 2, 2004, 29 TexReg 3961.