{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-505.401","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 505.401","heading":"TERM OF LICENSE; STAGGERED EXPIRATION DATES.","body":"(a) A license issued under this chapter is valid for two years.\n(a-1) The executive council by rule shall adopt a system under which licenses and orders of recognition of specialty expire on various dates during the year.\n(b) In the year in which the expiration date of an order of recognition of specialty is changed, the total renewal fee is payable.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 5.122, eff. April 2, 2015.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 768 (H.B. 1501), Sec. 2.105, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE I. REGULATION OF PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING","CHAPTER 505. SOCIAL WORKERS","SUBCHAPTER H. RENEWAL OF LICENSE AND ORDER OF RECOGNITION OF SPECIALTY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.505.htm#505.401","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"fdc3043d9b3242d6e2d0c9fc4820399c1db601a23e24c4000beb1e6bb2327ec8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-505.360","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-505.405"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}