OCCUPATIONS CODE

TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS

SUBTITLE B. PHYSICIANS

CHAPTER 156. REGISTRATION OF PHYSICIANS

SUBCHAPTER A. RENEWAL AND REGISTRATION

Sec. 156.001.  REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES.  (a)  Each person licensed to practice medicine in this state must register with the board every two years.  The initial registration permit shall be issued with the license.  The board by rule may adopt a system under which licenses expire on various dates during the year.
(b)  Except as provided by Section 156.002, the application for registration must be accompanied by a registration permit fee in an amount set by the board regardless of whether the person is practicing medicine in this state.
(c)  A license holder may renew the registration permit by submitting to the board, on or before the expiration date of the registration permit, the required renewal application and registration renewal fee.  Each registration permit renewal application must include:
(1)  the license holder's name, mailing address, and, if one is available, address for receipt of electronic mail;
(2)  the primary place at which the license holder is engaged in the practice of medicine;  and
(3)  other necessary information as prescribed by board rule.
(d)  If the license holder is licensed to practice medicine by another state or country or by the uniformed services of the United States, the registration renewal application must include a description of any investigation the license holder knows is in progress and any sanction imposed by or disciplinary matter pending in the state, country, or service regarding the license holder.
(e)  In addition to the information required by Subsection (c), a license holder shall submit to the board with the registration permit renewal application information not reported on a license application or a previous permit renewal application relating to a felony conviction, a conviction for a Class A or Class B misdemeanor, or a deferred adjudication for a felony offense or Class A or Class B misdemeanor offense for:
(1)  Medicare, Medicaid or insurance fraud;
(2)  the Texas Controlled Substances Act or intoxication or alcoholic beverage offenses;
(3)  sexual or assaultive offenses; and
(4)  tax fraud or evasion.
(f)  The board may not adopt a rule requiring maintenance of certification by a license holder for the license holder to be eligible for an initial or renewal registration permit.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.027(p), eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 202, Sec. 12, eff. June 10, 2003.
Amended by: 
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 269 (S.B. 419), Sec. 1.26, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 880 (H.B. 1973), Sec. 4, eff. June 15, 2007.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1121 (S.B. 1148), Sec. 5, eff. January 1, 2018.