Sec. 701.301. LICENSE RENEWAL

(a) A license is valid for two years after the date of issuance and may be renewed biennially.

(b) The Texas Board of Health by rule may adopt a system under which licenses expire on various dates during the year. For the year in which the license expiration date is changed, a license fee payable on the original expiration date shall be prorated on a monthly basis so that the license holder pays only that portion of the fee allocable to the number of months the license is valid. The license holder shall pay the total license renewal fee on renewal of the license on the new expiration date.

(c) A person may renew an unexpired license by paying the required renewal fee to the dietitians board before the license expiration date.

(d) A person whose license has been expired for 90 days or less may renew the license by paying to the dietitians board a fee that is equal to 1-1/4 times the amount of the renewal fee for the license. If a license has been expired for more than 90 days but less than one year, the person may renew the license by paying to the board a fee that is equal to 1-1/2 times the amount of the renewal fee for the license.

(e) Except as provided by Section 701.302, a person whose license has been expired for one year or more may not renew the license. The person may obtain a new license by complying with the requirements and procedures for obtaining an original license.

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

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 147 , Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2005.