Sec. 481.0645. REGISTRATION, RENEWAL, AND FEES FOR PHYSICIANS. (a) The registration under this chapter of a physician licensed under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, is valid for a period of not less than two years and expires on the same date the physician's registration permit issued by the Texas Medical Board under Chapter 156, Occupations Code, expires.
(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a registration of a physician licensed under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code, that is in effect on January 1, 2014, expires on the date on which the physician's registration permit issued by the Texas Medical Board under Chapter 156, Occupations Code, expires. This subsection expires January 1, 2017.
(b) The director may charge a physician registered under this section a nonrefundable registration fee of not more than $50 and a late fee for each application submitted after the expiration of the grace period described by Section 156.004(b), Occupations Code.
(c) A physician may request the renewal of the physician's registration under this chapter by remitting the information required under Section 481.063 and the fee required under Subsection (b) to the Texas Medical Board. The Texas Medical Board must allow a physician to submit the information and pay the fee electronically.
(d) A physician requesting renewal under this section must meet all eligibility requirements under Section 481.063(e).
(e) The director shall adopt any rules necessary to administer this section. The director shall coordinate with the Texas Medical Board in the adoption of rules necessary under this section to prevent any conflicts between rules adopted by the agencies and to ensure that administrative burden to physicians is minimized.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 956 (H.B. 1803), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1268 (S.B. 195), Sec. 25(1), eff. September 1, 2016.
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