Texas Medical Board

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The Texas Medical Board (TMB [1] ) is the state agency mandated to regulate the practice of medicine by Doctors of Medicine (MDs) and Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine (DOs) in Texas. The Board is composed of twelve physician members and seven public members, each appointed to a six-year term by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The full Board is required to meet at least four times a year but customarily convenes five times a year. Typical Board business includes interviewing licensure candidates, considering disciplinary matters and adopting substantive and procedural rules, it delegates much of its work to committees, whose recommendations are then submitted for the full Board's approval. Additionally, Board committees address a variety of important issues. The boards mission is to make sure to enhance and protect the publics health and welfare by maintaining standards used in regulating the practice of medicine and ensuring the health care for the citizens.

The Board also regulates as the Texas Physician Assistant Board [2] [3] , and as the Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners [4] , and governs radiologic technologists and NPOs, among other health care practices. [5] TMB is a member of the Federation of State Medical Boards. [6]

The current president of the Texas Medical Board is Sherif Zaafran, M.D. [7] It is headquartered in the George H.W. Bush Building in Austin, Texas. He is a board certified anesthesiologist and the vice chair of the clinical governance for the anesthesia partners of the gulf coast region. His previous roles were being the leadership positions on the U.S department of health and human services pain management taskforce and as a delegate for several medical associations.

A lot of rules have now changed such as the Physician delegates, revised licensing, and identification and advertising, as well as staff and leadership changes. The board has changed many of its rules to simplify and organize them. The changes are required because they are apart of a review process and resulted in a reduction of the number of chapters in the Texas administrative code form.

References

  1. ↑ "Texas Medical Board". www.tmb.state.tx.us. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  2. ↑ A regulatory board that is specifically responsible for licensing, regulating, and disciplining physician assistance
  3. ↑ "Physician Assistant Board | Texas Medical Board". www.tmb.state.tx.us. Retrieved 2025-10-19.
  4. ↑ Provides administrative and investigative support, but the board itself makes key decisions about licensing, regulation and discipline of acupuncturists,
  5. ↑ "Licensing Overview". Texas Medical Board. 2022-09-01. Archived from the original on 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  6. ↑ "Contact a State Medical Board". Federation of State Medical Boards . Archived from the original on 2022-09-24. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
  7. ↑ Texas Medical Board Biographies Archived 2011-02-19 at the Wayback Machine


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