Texas Administrative Code › Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS › Part 5 - STATE BOARD OF DENTAL EXAMINERS › Chapter 102 - FEES › Section 102.1 - Fees

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) Effective May
				23, 2024, the Board has established the following reasonable and necessary fees
				for the administration of its function. Upon initial licensure or registration,
				and at each renewal, the fees provided in subsections (b) - (d) of this section
				shall be due and payable to the Board.
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(b)
				Pursuant to Texas Occupations Code §
									554.006, the Board
				shall assess a reasonable and necessary fee on dental licensure and renewal
				sufficient to permit the Texas State Board of Pharmacy to operate the
				prescription monitoring program described by Texas Health and Safety Code
				§§
									481.075,
				481.076, and
				481.0761. The
				Board shall assess the fee in accordance with the General Appropriations Act
				for the respective biennium applicable for the licensure or renewal period, and
				in compliance with any other applicable Texas law.
(c) Pursuant to Texas Government Code §
									2054.252, the Board
				shall assess a reasonable and necessary fee on all licensure/registration and
				renewal types sufficient to cover the cost of subscription fees to permit the
				Texas Department of Information Resources to implement the state internet
				portal Texas.gov. The Board shall assess the fee in accordance with Texas
				Department of Information Resources approved fee rates, and in compliance with
				any other applicable Texas law.
(d)
				Pursuant to Texas Occupations Code §
									254.010(b)(3),
				the Board shall assess a reasonable and necessary fee on dental, dental
				hygiene, and registered dental assistant licensure/registration and renewal
				types sufficient to permit the monitoring of disciplinary action taken against
				license and registration holders through reports filed with the National
				Practitioner Data Bank. The Board shall assess the fee in accordance with the
				approved fees announced by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
				for query and monitoring of practitioners.
(e) The Board shall make available a list of
				all applicable fees under subsections (a) - (d) of this section to licensees
				and registrants on the public website of the Board, and shall provide a list of
				applicable fees upon written request. The Board shall provide a statement of
				due and payable fees to each licensee and registrant in advance of the
				applicable renewal period for license or registration renewal.
(f) Failure to timely renew a license or
				registration may subject the licensee or registrant to disciplinary action for
				practice with an expired license or registration, in addition to any late fees
				assessed by the Board for renewal of a license. For purposes of Board action,
				continuing to practice with an expired license or registration in excess of one
				hundred eighty days past the renewal date of the license or registration shall
				represent grounds for disciplinary action absent good cause shown by the
				licensee or registrant for failure to timely renew.