| (a) In accordance with the Family Code Chapter 232,
on receipt of a final order from a court or the Title IV-D agency
suspending a license, the Board staff shall immediately determine
if the TBPG has issued a license to the individual named on the order
and, if a license has been issued, Board staff shall suspend the license
and record the suspension of the license in the TBPG's licensing records.
(b) Board staff shall implement the terms of a final
order suspending license without additional review or hearing. Board
staff shall provide notice of the suspension to the license holder
and to any employers on record with the TBPG.
(c) A licensee whose license has been suspended under
this section is not entitled to a refund for any fee paid to the licensing
authority.
(d) On receipt of an order from a court or the Title
IV-D agency vacating or staying an order suspending a license, Board
staff shall promptly reinstate the suspended license. If the reinstated
license is expired, Board staff shall provide a renewal notice to
the licensee and provide for the license to be renewable online. Board
staff shall provide notice of the reinstatement to the license holder's
employers on record with the TBPG, upon a written request and payment
of a license verification fee.
(e) In accordance with the Family Code Chapter 232,
on receipt of a notice from a child support agency, as defined by
Texas Family Code, §101.004 concerning an obligor who has failed
to pay child support under a support order for six months or more
that requests the authority to refuse to approve an application for
issuance of a license to the obligor or renewal of an existing license
of the obligor, Board staff shall refuse to approve an application
for issuance of a license to the obligor or renewal of an existing
license of the obligor until the authority is notified by the child
support agency that the obligor has:
(1) paid all child support arrearages;
(2) made an immediate payment of not less than $200
toward child support arrearages owed and established with the agency
a satisfactory repayment schedule for the remainder or is in compliance
with a court order for payment of the arrearages;
(3) been granted an exemption from this subsection
as part of a court-supervised plan to improve the obligor's earnings
and child support payments; or
(4) successfully contested the denial of issuance or
renewal of license under Texas Family Code §232.1035(d).
(f) Board staff shall provide notice of the request
to refuse to approve an application to the applicant or licensee.
(g) Upon receipt of a notice from a child support agency,
as defined by Texas Family Code, §101.004, that a request to
refuse to act on an application has been withdrawn, upon receipt of
a notice that a court has ordered that a request be withdrawn, or
upon the receipt of any other legal action has been taken that would
warrant it, Board staff shall notify the applicant or licensee and
take up the review of an application held by the process described
in this section and process the application, as appropriate.
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