You do not have to live in the state of TX to apply and be granted a full medical license. I actually used a privately owned, medical licensing company and I was licensed very quickly; I would say it took about 3 months. Before this, I was using a larger company for my medical license applications and noticed they were not as attentive or speedy, maybe they had too much workload, not so sure, but if you want to be informed on all the qualifications, they offer free consultations here: