SECTION 360.223. Certificate Renewal

(a) A person who is otherwise eligible to renew a certificate may renew an unexpired certificate by paying the required renewal fee to DHHS before the expiration date of the certificate. A person whose certificate has expired may not engage in activities that require a certificate until the certificate has been renewed.

(b) A person who is not a military service member whose certificate has been expired for 90 days or less may renew the certificate by paying to DARS DHHS a renewal fee that is equal to one and one-half times the normally required renewal fee.

(c) A person who is not a military service member whose certificate has been expired for more than 90 days but less than one year may renew the certificate by paying to DARS DHHS a renewal fee that is equal to two times the normally required renewal fee.

(d) A person whose certificate has been expired for one year or more may not renew the certificate. The person may obtain a new certificate by complying with the requirements and procedures, including the examination requirements, for obtaining an original certificate.

(e) A person who was certified in Texas, moved to another state, and is currently certified and has been in practice in the other state for the two years preceding the date of application may obtain a new certificate without reexamination. The person must pay a fee to DARS DHHS that is equal to two times the normally required renewal fee for the certificate.

(f) Not later than the 30th day before the date a certificate will expire, DARS DHHS sends written notice of the impending expiration, and certificate renewal instructions, to the person at the person's last known address according to the records of DARS DHHS.

(g) Failure to receive the notice of impending expiration from DARS DHHS, referenced in subsection (f) of this section, does not extend the expiration date of a certificate and does not exempt a person from any requirements of this subchapter.

(h) A person whose court certificate has been expired not more than two years and who failed to renew the court and required BEI prerequisite certificate because the person was serving as a military service member may renew the expired court and prerequisite certificate by paying the required renewal fee to DARS DHHS.

Source Note: The provisions of this §360.223 adopted to be effective April 24, 2013, 38 TexReg 2513; amended to be effective April 6, 2016, 41 TexReg 2503; transferred effective March 1, 2021, as published in the Texas Register February 5, 2021, 46 TexReg 946