(a) A physician assistant who reports an impairment that affects his or her ability to actively practice as a physician assistant as defined by §185.4(d) of this title (relating to Procedural Rules for Licensure Applicants) shall be given written notice of the following:
  (1) based on the physician assistant's impairment, he or she may request:
    (A) to be placed on retired status pursuant to §185.28 of this title (relating to Retired License);
    (B) to have the physician assistant's license converted to inactive status as defined under §185.8 of this title (relating to Inactive License) if the physician assistant's impairment is solely physical;
    (C) to voluntarily surrender the physician assistant's license pursuant to §185.26 of this title (relating to Voluntary Relinquishment or Surrender of Physician Assistant License); or
    (D) to be referred to the Texas Physician Health Program pursuant to Chapter 180 of this title (relating to Texas Physician Health Program and Rehabilitation Orders); and
  (2) that failure to respond to the written notice or otherwise not comply with paragraph (1) of this subsection within 45 days shall result in a referral to the Board's Investigation Division for possible disciplinary action.
(b) The Board shall provide written notice as described in subsection (a) of this section within 30 days of receipt of the licensee's registration form indicating the licensee's impairment.

Source Note: The provisions of this §185.29 adopted to be effective January 20, 2014, 39 TexReg 283