1. (a) Permit holders under this chapter shall be subject to the duties, limitations, disciplinary actions, rehabilitation order provisions, and procedures applicable to licensees in the Medical Practice Act and board rules. Permit holders under this chapter shall also be subject to the limitations and restrictions elaborated in this chapter.
2. (b) Permit holders under this chapter shall cooperate with the board and board staff involved in investigation, review, or monitoring associated with the permit holder's practice of medicine. Such cooperation shall include, but not be limited to, permit holder's written response to the board or board staff written inquiry within 14 days of receipt of such inquiry.
3. (c) The board may, in its discretion, retain jurisdiction over a permit and the permit holder if the permit is terminated, canceled and/or expires while the permit holder is under investigation.
4. (d) The issuance of a permit to a physician shall not be construed to obligate the board to issue the physician subsequent permits or licenses. The board reserves the right to investigate, deny a permit or full licensure, and/or discipline a physician regardless of when the information was received by the board.

5. (e) The director of each approved postgraduate training program shall report in writing to the executive director of the board the following events within seven days of their occurrence :

   1. (1) if an applicant did not begin the training program due to failure to graduate from medical school as scheduled or for any other reason(s);
   2. (2) if a permit holder has been terminated or has resigned from the program and the reason(s) why ;
   3. (3) if a permit holder has been or will be absent from the program for more than 30 days and the reason(s) why ;
   4. (4) if the program has information that a permit holder has been arrested after the permit holder begins training in the program, and/or
   5. (5) any relevant information relating to the acts of any permit holder if in the opinion of the director of the program the permit holder poses a threat to the public welfare through the practice of medicine.
6. (f) Failure of any hospital or medical institution to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the Medical Practice Act §§160.002-.003 may be grounds for the denial of permits to persons seeking permits to practice at that institution.
7. (g) Board staff shall establish a mechanism by which a medical institution and/or training program may receive information regarding the application status of any physician who has applied with the board for a permit to practice at that medical institution and/or training program.
8. (h) A violation of §164.051 or any other provision of the Medical Practice Act is grounds for denial, or cancellation of a permit.

Source Note:The provisions of this §171.1 adopted to be effective May 9, 1999, 24 TexReg 3346; amended to be effective March 5, 2000, 25 TexReg 1623; amended to be adopted March 7, 2002, 27 TexReg 1487.