Part 3. TEXAS BOARD OF CHIROPRACTIC EXAMINERS
The Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners (TBCE or Board) proposes an amendment to §75.7 (Required Fees and Charges) to adopt two new fees: a new $10.00 fee for the sale of copies of the statutes and rules and a second new $55.00 fee for an online jurisprudence course (seminar) to be presented by the Board. The Board also proposes to reformat the graphic which lists agency fees, with the only fee changes being the addition of the two new fees referenced above.
The action is proposed to improve services for agency licensees, the public, and other stakeholders and to generate additional revenue sufficient to at least cover the anticipated direct and indirect costs of providing these services.
Glenn Parker, Executive Director, has determined that, for the first five-year period the amended rule is in effect, there will be no fiscal impact for local government as a result of enforcing or administering the rule. There will be no mandatory cost to the general public or to small or micro-businesses or individuals associated with this rule amendment. Persons who wish to purchase a copy of the statutes and rules would have to pay the $10 fee. The statutes and rules are also available for free on the web: statutes, http://t1o2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/statutes.html; rules, http://www.sos.state.tx.us/tac/index.shtml. Licensed doctors of chiropractic that choose to take advantage of the seminar would be required to pay the fee.
Mr. Parker has determined that the financial impact on state revenues or expenditures will be an increase of $10,500 in both revenues and expenditures for each fiscal year the fees are in effect.
In addition, Mr. Parker has determined that, for the first five-year period the rule is in effect, the public benefit will be that agency licensees, the public, and other stakeholders can more easily obtain printed copies of the statutes and rules that govern the practice of chiropractic in Texas. In addition, the seminar will allow licensed doctors of chiropractic in Texas to be better informed on the current statutes and rules under which they practice, thereby enhancing adherence to state law and better protection of patients.
Comments on the proposed amendment to the rule may be submitted in writing within 30 days after the publication of the proposal in the Texas Register to Glenn Parker, Executive Director, Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners, 333 Guadalupe, Suite 3-825, Austin, Texas 78701.
The amendment is proposed under the Texas Occupations Code (TOC), §201.153 (Fees), which provides the Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners with the authority to set fees in amounts reasonable and necessary to cover the costs of administering TOC Chapter §201 (the Chiropractic Act).
No other code, article, or statute is affected by this proposed amendment.
§75.7.Required Fees and Charges.
(a) Current fees required by the board are as follows:
(b) - (e) (No change.)
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on April 2, 2007.
TRD-200701263
Glenn Parker
Executive Director
Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Earliest possible date of adoption: May 13, 2007
For further information, please call: (512) 305-6901