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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Occupations Code § 351.302: LICENSE RENEWAL.

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  1. OCCUPATIONS CODE
  2. TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS
  3. SUBTITLE F. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO EYES AND VISION
  4. CHAPTER 351. OPTOMETRISTS AND THERAPEUTIC OPTOMETRISTS
  5. SUBCHAPTER G. LICENSE RENEWAL

(a) A license under this chapter is valid for a term of one or two years as determined by board rule.

(a-1) The board by rule may adopt a system under which licenses expire on various dates during the year. The board shall adjust the final dates for payment, the dates for notice of nonpayment, and the dates for license cancellation accordingly.

(b) For the year in which the license expiration date is changed, license renewal fees payable not later than January 1 shall be prorated on a monthly basis so that each license holder pays only that portion of the license renewal fee allocable to the number of months during which the license is valid.

(c) On renewal of the license on the new expiration date, the total license renewal fee is payable.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 385 (S.B. 314), Sec. 12, eff. September 1, 2017.

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