Tex. Occ. Code § 204.156 · Subchapter D. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS, EXEMPTIONS, AND RENEWAL
LICENSE RENEWAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A license issued under this chapter is valid for a term of two or more years, as determined by physician assistant board rule.
(a-1) On notification from the physician assistant board, a person who holds a license under this chapter may renew the license by:
(1) paying the required renewal fee;
(2) submitting the appropriate form; and
(3) meeting any other requirement established by board rule.
(b) The physician assistant board by rule may adopt a system under which licenses expire on various dates during the year.
(c) A person who is otherwise eligible to renew a license may renew an unexpired license by paying the required renewal fee to the physician assistant board before the expiration date of the license. A person whose license has expired may not engage in activities that require a license until the license has been renewed.
(d) A person whose license has been expired for 90 days or less may renew the license by paying to the physician assistant board a fee that is equal to 1-1/2 times the renewal fee for the license.
(e) A person whose license has been expired for more than 90 days but less than one year may renew the license by paying to the physician assistant board a fee equal to two times the renewal fee for the license.
(f) A person who was licensed in this state, moved to another state, and is currently licensed and has been in practice in the other state for the two years preceding the date of the application may obtain a new license without reexamination. The person must pay to the physician assistant board a fee that is equal to two times the normally required renewal fee for the license.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 269 (S.B. 419), Sec. 2.18, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 928 (S.B. 1625), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.204.htm
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- 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
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