{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-51.203","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 51.203","heading":"RULES REGARDING PROGRAMS REGULATED BY DEPARTMENT.","body":"(a) The commission shall adopt rules as necessary to implement each law establishing a program regulated by the department.\n(b) Notwithstanding any other law, for each program regulated by the department, including a program under which a license is issued by the department, the commission by rule may establish:\n(1) the length of a license term, not to exceed two years;\n(2) a fee for the issuance or renewal of a license; and\n(3) any continuing education required to renew a license.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 21, eff. June 14, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 1.014, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1144 (H.B. 2847), Sec. 7.001, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LICENSING","CHAPTER 51. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATION","SUBCHAPTER D. POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.51.htm#51.203","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"40273ce7b66f16811361f4d747546c17a243e18f53bb7d1651b7174018a3436a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-51.202","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-51.2031"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}