Texas Occupations Code

§ 171.012 — POWERS AND DUTIES OF INTERSTATE COMMISSION

OC § 171.012Title 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS · Part B. PHYSICIANS · Ch. 171. INTERSTATE MEDICAL LICENSURE COMPACT

Statute text

View on source

The interstate commission shall have the duty and power to:

(1)oversee and maintain the administration of the compact;

(2)promulgate rules that shall be binding to the extent and in the manner provided for in the compact;

(3)issue, upon the request of a member state or member board, advisory opinions concerning the meaning or interpretation of the compact, its bylaws, rules, and actions;

(4)enforce compliance with compact provisions, the rules promulgated by the interstate commission, and the bylaws, using all necessary and proper means, including, but not limited to, the use of judicial process;

(5)establish and appoint committees, including, but not limited to, an executive committee as required by Section 171.011, which shall have the power to act on behalf of the interstate commission in carrying out its powers and duties;

…

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 322 (H.B. 1616), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.