Sec. 455.160. LICENSE RENEWAL

(a) A person licensed under this chapter must periodically renew the person's license. The license expires unless the license holder submits an application for renewal accompanied by the renewal fee prescribed by the department or by the late fee prescribed by this section.

(b) The department shall adopt a system under which licenses expire on various dates during the year. Fees must be prorated so that a licensed person pays only for that part of the renewal period for which the license is issued until the expiration date of the license.

(c) A person who is otherwise eligible to renew a license may renew an unexpired license by paying the required renewal fee to the department 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 department a renewal fee that is equal to 1-1/2 times the normally required renewal fee.

(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 department a renewal fee that is equal to two times the normally required renewal fee.

(f) A person whose license has been expired for one year or more may not renew the license. The person may obtain a license by complying with the requirements and procedures, including the examination requirements, for obtaining a new license.

(g) Not later than the 30th day before the date a person's license is scheduled to expire, the department shall send written notice of the impending expiration to the person at the person's last known address according to the records of the department.

(h) On receipt of a request for a renewal of a license issued under this chapter, the department may conduct a criminal background check under Section 455.1525.

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.222(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1300 , Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2005.