SRC-MKV, BWC S.B. 171 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center S.B. 171 77R2827 SMH-DBy: Carona Health & Human Services 1/17/2001 As Filed DIGEST AND PURPOSE Currently, if a license to practice chiropractic has expired for one year or more, a person must obtain a new license by reexamination and by complying with the requirements for obtaining an original license. This bill allows a person to renew a license that has been expired for one year or more, if the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners (board) determines that the person has shown good cause for the failure to renew the license and the person pays to the board the required renewal fee for each year in which the license was expired and an additional fee, in an amount equal to the sum of the examination fee for the license multiplied by the number of years the license was expired, prorated for fractional years, and two times the examination fee for the license. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY Rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners in SECTIONS 1 (Section 201.354, Occupations Code) and 2 of this bill. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 201.354, Occupations Code, by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (g), as follows: (e) Prohibits a person from renewing a license that has been expired for one year or more except as provided by Subsection (g) and Section 201.355. (g) Authorizes a person to renew a license that has been expired for one year or more if certain requirements are met with the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2001. Requires the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners to adopt rules under Section 201.354(g), Occupations Code, not later than January 1, 2002. Makes application of the Act prospective.