- (a) Pursuant to §205.202 of the Act, after consulting the acupuncture board, the medical board shall issue a license to practice acupuncture in this state to a person who meets the requirements of the Act and the rules adopted pursuant to the Act.
- (b) The issuance, renewal, surrender, or cancellation of a license to practice acupuncture in this state shall be subject to final approval by the medical board after consultation with the acupuncture board.
- (c) The acupuncture board recommendations of the revocation, suspension, restriction, probation, cancellation, or surrender of a license to practice acupuncture, as well as all recommended disciplinary actions, dismissals of allegations of violations of the Act, and agreed dispositions, shall be subject to medical board review and final approval by the medical board.
- (d) Medical board approval of acupuncture board actions under this section shall be memorialized in the minutes of the medical board, the minutes of a committee of the medical board, or in a writing signed by the medical board's presiding officer, secretary-treasurer, or authorized committee chairman after consideration of the recommendations of the acupuncture board.
Source Note:The provisions of this §183.12 adopted to be effective March 6, 2003, 28 TexReg 1883.