Texas Administrative Code

Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 22	EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 9	TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD
CHAPTER 163	LICENSURE
RULE §163.10	Relicensure

(a) Application for Relicensure. If a physician's license has been automatically cancelled due to failure to submit a complete registration application and registration fee, the physician must apply for relicensure and may obtain a new license by submitting to reexamination and complying with the requirements and procedures for obtaining an original license.

(b) Existing Board Orders at Time of Cancellation.

(1) A physician who allows his or her license to be canceled following nonpayment while under an order of the board may apply for relicensure. Unless otherwise provided, the terms of the order shall be tolled for the period following cancellation.

(2) The licensee shall be required to comply with the terms of the order for either the period of time remaining on the order when the licensee had his or her license canceled for nonpayment of licensure fees or for an extended period of time as established by the board at the time of relicensure.

(3) A physician who allows his or her license to be canceled following nonpayment while under a suspension order of the board must also demonstrate that his or her return to the practice of medicine is in the physician's and the public's best interest as defined under Chapter 167 of this title (relating to Reinstatement and Reissuance).

(4) The board retains the discretion to add or delete terms and conditions of the tolled order upon the granting of relicensure.

Source Note: The provisions of this §163.10 adopted to be effective November 10, 1999, 24 TexReg 9835; amended to be effective October 17, 2001, 26 TexReg 8069; amended to be effective March 7, 2002, 27 TexReg 1487; amended to be effective April 27, 2003, 28 TexReg 3324; amended to be effective November 30, 2003, 28 TexReg 10480; amended to be effective August 10, 2008, 33 TexReg 6133