SECTION 72.16. Inactive Status

(a) On or before a licensee's renewal date, a licensee not currently practicing chiropractic may renew the license and request it be placed on inactive status.

(b) To continue on inactive status and maintain a valid license, an inactive licensee shall renew the license and make a new request for inactive status each renewal period.

(c) An inactive licensee is not required to complete continuing education.

(d) To place a license on inactive status at a time other than license renewal, a licensee shall:

(1) return the current renewal certificate to the Board; and

(2) submit a sworn statement stating the licensee may not practice chiropractic in Texas while the license is inactive, and the date the license is to be inactive.

(e) To reactivate a license which has been inactive for less than 6 years, a licensee shall:

(1) apply to the Board for active status;

(2) submit verification of completing continuing education courses for the hours that would have been required for renewal of a license; and

(3) pay the fee.

(f) Continuing education earned in the calendar year before a licensee applies for reactivation may be applied to the continuing education requirement.

(g) A licensee who has been inactive 6 years or more may be reactivated only after passing the National Board of Examination's Part IV or receiving a minimum score of 375 on the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners' SPEC exam, and the Board's jurisprudence exam.

(h) The Board may exempt a licensee who has been inactive more than 6 years from subsection (g) of this section if the licensee held an active unrestricted license in good standing in another state or foreign jurisdiction.

(i) A licensee may not maintain an inactive license for more than twenty years.

(j) A licensee practicing chiropractic in Texas while inactive is practicing without a license and is subject to disciplinary action.

Source Note: The provisions of this §72.16 adopted to be effective June 30, 2020, 45 TexReg 4023