By: Carona S.B. No. 171 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the renewal of a license to practice chiropractic. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 201.354, Occupations Code, is amended by 1-5 amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (g) to read as 1-6 follows: 1-7 (e) Except as provided by Subsection (g) and Section 1-8 201.355, a person may not renew a license that has been expired for 1-9 one year or more. The person may obtain a new license by 1-10 submitting to reexamination and complying with the requirements and 1-11 procedures for obtaining an original license. 1-12 (g) A person may renew a license that has been expired for 1-13 at least one year but not more than three years if: 1-14 (1) the board determines according to criteria adopted 1-15 by board rule that the person has shown good cause for the failure 1-16 to renew the license; and 1-17 (2) the person pays to the board the required renewal 1-18 fee for each year in which the license was expired and an 1-19 additional fee in an amount equal to the sum of: 1-20 (A) the examination fee for the license, 1-21 multiplied by the number of years the license was expired, prorated 1-22 for fractional years; and 1-23 (B) two times the examination fee for the 1-24 license. 1-25 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 2-1 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to the 2-2 renewal of a license to practice chiropractic that expires on or 2-3 after the effective date of this Act. The renewal of a license to 2-4 practice chiropractic that expires before the effective date of 2-5 this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the license 2-6 expires, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. 2-7 (c) The Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall adopt 2-8 rules under Subsection (g), Section 201.354, Occupations Code, as 2-9 added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2002.