22 Tex. Admin. Code § 137.7 - License Expiration and Renewal
(a)
Pursuant to §1001.351 of the Act, the license holder must renew the
license annually to continue to practice engineering under the provisions of
the Act. If the license renewal requirements are not met by the expiration date
of the license, the license shall expire and the license holder may not engage
in engineering activities that require a license until the renewal requirements
have been met.
(b) Pursuant to
§1001.275 of the Act, the board will mail a renewal notice to the last
recorded address of each license holder at least 30 days prior to the date a
person's license is to expire. Regardless of whether the renewal notice is
received, the license holder has the sole responsibility to pay the required
renewal fee together with any applicable late fees at the time of
payment.
(c) A license holder may
renew a license by submitting:
(1) the
required annual renewal fee. Payment may be made by personal, company, or other
checks drawn on a United States bank (money order or cashier's check), or by
electronic means, payable in United States currency;
(2) the continuing education program
documentation as required in §
137.17 of this chapter (relating
to Continuing Education Program) to the board prior to the expiration date of
the license; and
(3) documentation
of submittal of fingerprints for criminal history record check as required by
§1001.277 of the Act, unless previously submitted to the board.
(d) Licenses will expire according
to the following schedule:
(1) Licenses
originally approved in the first quarter of a calendar year will expire on
December 31.
(2) Licenses
originally approved in the second quarter of a calendar year will expire on
March 31.
(3) Licenses originally
approved in the third quarter of a calendar year will expire on June
30.
(4) Licenses originally
approved in the fourth quarter of a calendar year will expire on September
30.
(e) A temporary
license applied for in accordance with §
133.27 of this title (regarding
Application for Temporary License for Engineers Currently Licensed Outside the
United States) may only be renewed twice for a total duration of three years,
after which the former license holder may apply for a standard license as
provided in the current Act and applicable board rules.
(f) A license holder who, at the time of his
or her annual renewal, has any unpaid administrative penalty owed to the Board
or who has failed to comply with any term or condition of a Consent Order,
Agreed Board Order, or a Final Board Order shall not be allowed to renew his or
her license to practice engineering until such time as the administrative
penalty is paid in full or the term or condition is satisfied unless otherwise
authorized by the Consent Order, Agreed Board Order, or a Final Board
Order.
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