Bill Text: TX HB3370 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the renewal of a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant license issued by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3370 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB3370-Comm_Sub.html

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82R19063 MAW-F
By: King of Taylor H.B. No. 3370
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3370:
By: Kolkhorst C.S.H.B. No. 3370

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the renewal of a physical therapist or physical
therapist assistant license issued by the Texas Board of Physical
Therapy Examiners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 453.252(b) and (c), Occupations Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(b) A person whose license has been expired for 90 days or
less may renew the license by paying to the executive council the
renewal fee and a late fee set by the executive council in an amount
that does not exceed one-half [that is equal to half] of the amount
charged for examination for the license. If a person's license has
been expired for more than 90 days but less than one year, the
person may renew the license by paying to the executive council all
unpaid renewal fees and a late fee set by the executive council in
an amount that does not exceed [that is equal to] the amount charged
for examination for the license.
(c) A person whose license has been expired for one year or
longer must comply with the board's requirements and procedures to
reinstate the license and pay a reinstatement fee in the amount set
by the executive council [may not renew the license]. If the person
is unable to comply with the board's requirements to reinstate the
license, the [The] person may obtain a new license by submitting to
reexamination and complying with the requirements and procedures
for obtaining an original license.
SECTION 2. Section 453.253, Occupations Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 453.253. RENEWAL OF EXPIRED LICENSE BY OUT-OF-STATE
PRACTITIONER. (a) The board may renew without reexamination the
expired license of a person who was licensed to practice as a
physical therapist or physical therapist assistant in this state,
moved to another state, [and] is currently licensed and in good
standing [has been in practice] in the other state, and meets the
board's requirements for renewal [for the two years preceding
application].
(b) The person must pay to the executive council a renewal
fee set by the executive council in an amount that does not exceed
[that is equal to] the examination fee for the license.
SECTION 3. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
date of this Act, the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners and
the Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy
Examiners shall adopt rules and fees necessary to implement
Sections 453.252 and 453.253, Occupations Code, as amended by this
Act.
(b) Sections 453.252 and 453.253, Occupations Code, as
amended by this Act, apply only to a physical therapist or physical
therapist assistant license that is renewed on or after the
effective date of the rules and fees described by Subsection (a) of
this section, regardless of the date on which the license holder
submitted the application to renew the license. A license that is
renewed before the effective date of the rules and fees described by
Subsection (a) of this section is governed by the law in effect
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.