Tex. Occ. Code § 156.002 · Subchapter A. RENEWAL AND REGISTRATION
EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN PHYSICIANS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board by rule may exempt a retired physician from the registration permit fee requirement.
(b) A physician licensed by the board whose only practice is voluntary charity care, as defined by board rule, is exempt from the registration permit fee requirement.
(c) A retired physician whose only practice is voluntary medical care for a disaster relief organization is exempt from the registration permit fee requirement.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.027(q), eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 202, Sec. 13, eff. June 10, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 246 (H.B. 655), Sec. 4, eff. May 30, 2005.
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1096 (H.B. 2158), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.156.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 52ac5ea1f741828c613e36537da765409acee9ac780c0ded607d6b7b2a269c16
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Occ. Code § 156.002. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Civil Practice and Remedies Code
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.