Section 72.16 - Inactive Status(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(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.22 Tex. Admin. Code § 72.16
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 04, January 23, 2015, TexReg 379, eff. 1/29/2015; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 02, January 12, 2018, TexReg 0233, eff. 3/1/2018; Transferred from 22 TAC § 75.4 by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 42, October 19, 2018, TexReg 6963, eff. 11/1/2018; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 24, June 12, 2020, TexReg 4023, eff. 6/30/2020