1-1 By: Carona S.B. No. 171 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed December 14, 2000; January 11, 2001, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human 1-4 Services; February 5, 2001, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; February 5, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the renewal of a license to practice chiropractic. 1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-10 SECTION 1. Section 201.354, Occupations Code, is amended by 1-11 amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (g) to read as 1-12 follows: 1-13 (e) Except as provided by Subsection (g) and Section 1-14 201.355, a person may not renew a license that has been expired for 1-15 one year or more. The person may obtain a new license by 1-16 submitting to reexamination and complying with the requirements and 1-17 procedures for obtaining an original license. 1-18 (g) A person may renew a license that has been expired for 1-19 one year or more if: 1-20 (1) the board determines according to criteria adopted 1-21 by board rule that the person has shown good cause for the failure 1-22 to renew the license; and 1-23 (2) the person pays to the board the required renewal 1-24 fee for each year in which the license was expired and an 1-25 additional fee in an amount equal to the sum of: 1-26 (A) the examination fee for the license, 1-27 multiplied by the number of years the license was expired, prorated 1-28 for fractional years; and 1-29 (B) two times the examination fee for the 1-30 license. 1-31 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-32 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to the 1-33 renewal of a license to practice chiropractic that expires on or 1-34 after the effective date of this Act. The renewal of a license to 1-35 practice chiropractic that expires before the effective date of 1-36 this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the license 1-37 expires, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. 1-38 (c) The Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall adopt 1-39 rules under Subsection (g), Section 201.354, Occupations Code, as 1-40 added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2002. 1-41 * * * * *