Texas Occupations Code
§ 171.004 — DESIGNATION OF STATE OF PRINCIPAL LICENSE
OC § 171.004Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part B. PHYSICIANS · Ch. 171. INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT
Statute text
View on source(a)A physician shall designate a member state as the state of principal license for purposes of registration for expedited licensure through the compact if the physician possesses a full and unrestricted license to practice medicine in that state, and the state is:
(1)the state of primary residence for the physician;
(2)the state where at least 25 percent of the practice of medicine occurs;
(3)the location of the physician's employer; or
(4)if no state qualifies under Subdivision (1), (2), or (3), the state designated as state of residence for purpose of federal income tax.
(b)A physician may redesignate a member state as state of principal license at any time, as long as the state meets the requirements in Subsection (a).
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 322 (H.B. 1616), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.