(a) On or before a licensee's renewal date, a licensee not currently practicing chiropractic may renew the license and request it be placed on inactive status.
(b) To continue on inactive status and maintain a valid license, an inactive licensee shall renew the license and make a new request for inactive status each renewal period.
(c) An inactive licensee is not required to complete continuing education.
(d) To place a license on inactive status at a time other than license renewal, a licensee shall:
  (1) return the current renewal certificate to the Board; and
  (2) submit a sworn statement stating the licensee may not practice chiropractic in Texas while the license is inactive, and the date the license is to be inactive.
(e) To reactivate a license which has been inactive for less than 6 years, a licensee shall:
  (1) apply to the Board for active status;
  (2) submit verification of completing continuing education courses for the hours that would have been required for renewal of a license; and
  (3) pay the fee.
(f) Continuing education earned in the calendar year before a licensee applies for reactivation may be applied to the continuing education requirement.
(g) A licensee who has been inactive 6 years or more may be reactivated only after passing the National Board of Examination's Part IV or receiving a minimum score of 375 on the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners' SPEC exam, and the Board's jurisprudence exam.
(h) The Board may exempt a licensee who has been inactive more than 6 years from subsection (g) of this section if the licensee held an active unrestricted license in good standing in another state or foreign jurisdiction.
(i) A licensee may not maintain an inactive license for more than twenty years.
(j) A licensee practicing chiropractic in Texas while inactive is practicing without a license and is subject to disciplinary action.

Source Note: The provisions of this §72.16 adopted to be effective June 30, 2020, 45 TexReg 4023