(a)Effective September 1, 2019, [
2018,] the Board has established the following reasonable and
necessary fees for the administration of its function. Upon initial
licensure or registration, and at each renewal, the fees provided
in this subsection and subsections (b) - (d) of this section shall
be due and payable to the Board.
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(b)Pursuant to Texas Occupations
Code §554.006, the Board shall assess a reasonable and necessary
fee on dental licensure and renewal sufficient to permit the Texas
State Board of Pharmacy to operate the prescription monitoring program
described by Texas Health and Safety Code §§481.075, 481.076,
and 481.0761. The Board shall assess the fee in accordance with the
General Appropriations Act for the respective biennium applicable
for the licensure or renewal period, and in compliance with any other
applicable Texas law.
(c)Pursuant to Texas Government Code
§2054.252, the Board shall assess a reasonable and necessary
fee on all licensure/registration and renewal types sufficient to
cover the cost of subscription fees to permit the Texas Department
of Information Resources to implement the state internet portal Texas.gov.
The Board shall assess the fee in accordance with Texas Department
of Information Resources approved fee rates, and in compliance with
any other applicable Texas law.
(d)Pursuant to Texas Occupations
Code §254.010(b)(3), the Board shall assess a reasonable and
necessary fee on dental, dental hygiene, and registered dental assistant
licensure/registration and renewal types sufficient to permit the
monitoring of disciplinary action taken against license and registration
holders through reports filed with the National Practitioner Data
Bank. The Board shall assess the fee in accordance with the approved
fees announced by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
for query and monitoring of practitioners.
(e)The Board shall make available
a list of all applicable fees under subsections (a) - (d) of this
section to licensees and registrants on the public website of the
Board, and shall provide a list of applicable fees upon written request.
The Board shall provide a statement of due and payable fees to each
licensee and registrant in advance of the applicable renewal period
for license or registration renewal.
(f)Failure to timely renew a license
or registration may subject the licensee or registrant to disciplinary
action for practice with an expired license or registration, in addition
to any late fees assessed by the Board for renewal of a license. For
purposes of Board action, practicing with an expired license or registration
in excess of one hundred eighty days past the renewal date of the
license or registration shall represent grounds for disciplinary action,
absent good cause shown by the licensee or registrant for failure
to timely renew.
The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed
the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to
adopt.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on July 3, 2019
TRD-201902094 Alex Phipps
General Counsel
State Board of Dental Examiners
Earliest possible date of adoption: August 18, 2019
For further information, please call: (512) 305-9380
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