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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the State Board of Dental Examiners to |
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renew certain expired licenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 257.002(d-2), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d-2) The board may renew the license of a person whose |
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license has been expired for one year or more without requiring the |
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person to comply with the requirements and procedures for an |
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original license if: |
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(1) the person places the person's renewed license on |
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retired status and confines the person's practice solely to |
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voluntary charity care under Section 256.102(f); or |
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(2) on written request by the person whose license has |
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expired, the board determines that extenuating circumstances and |
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good cause existed for the person's failure to timely renew the |
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license. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the |
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renewal of a license that expires on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A license that expires before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the license |
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expired, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |