40 Tex. Admin. Code § 370.1 - License Renewal
(a) Licensee
Renewal. Licensees are required to renew their licenses every two years by the
end of their birth month. A licensee may not provide occupational therapy
services without a current license . Licenses and license expiration dates
should be verified on the Board 's license verification web page.
(1) General Requirements. The renewal
application is not complete until the Board receives all required items. The
components required for license renewal are:
(A) a complete renewal application form as
prescribed by the Board verifying completion of the required continuing
education, as per Chapter 367 of this title (relating to Continuing
Education);
(B) the renewal fee and
any late fees as set by the Executive Council that may be due;
(C) a passing score on the jurisprudence
examination ;
(D) the licensee's
physical address, any work address, other mailing address, and email address;
and
(E) a complete and legible set
of fingerprints submitted in the manner prescribed by the Board for the purpose
of obtaining criminal history record information from the Department of Public
Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The licensee is not required to
submit fingerprints under this section if the license holder has previously
submitted fingerprints under:
(i) Chapter 364
of this title (relating to Requirements for Licensure) for the initial issuance
of the license ;
(ii) Chapter 370 of
this title (relating to License Renewal) as part of a prior license renewal;
or
(iii) Chapter 371 of this title
(relating to Inactive and Retired Status) as part of a prior license renewal or
change of license status.
(2) The licensee is responsible for ensuring
that the license is renewed, whether receiving a renewal notice or
not.
(3) The renewal process is not
complete until the Board 's license verification web page reflects that the
license has been renewed by displaying the new renewal date.
(4) Renewal fees and late fees are
non-refundable.
(5) Licensees
electing to change their status or renewing a license on inactive or retired
status must meet further requirements as per Chapter 371 of this title
(relating to Inactive and Retired Status).
(6) Licensees renewing a license expired one
year or more must meet further requirements as per §
370.3 of this title (relating to
Restoration of a Texas License ).
(b) Restrictions to Renewal. The Board will
not renew a license if it receives information from a child support agency that
a licensee has failed to pay child support under a support order for six months
or more as provided by Texas Family Code §
232.0135. If all other
renewal requirements have been met, the license will be renewed when the child
support agency notifies the Board it may renew the license.
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