PART 18. TEXAS STATE BOARD OF PODIATRIC MEDICAL EXAMINERS
Chapter 371. EXAMINATION AND LICENSURE
The Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners adopts, on an emergency basis, amendments to §371.3, concerning Fees.
The amendments to §371.3 are being adopted, on an emergency basis, to cover the contingent revenue as stipulated by the 81st Texas Legislature which requires the board to assess or increase fees sufficient to generate during the FY2010-2011 biennium $17,875 in excess of $862,000 (Object Code 3562), contained in the Comptroller of Public Accounts biennial revenue estimate for FY2010-2011. Texas Occupations Code, §202.153, Fees, states that the board, by rule, shall establish fees in amounts reasonable and necessary to cover the cost of administering this chapter. The reason for the emergency, in response to Texas Online and Texas Department of Information Resources schedules, the fee increase (also for USAS changes) must be in place by Friday, July 17, 2009, to ensure that the Texas Online vendor can make the requisite online application changes by September 1, 2009. FY2010 license renewal notices are to be mailed out on September 1, 2009, for the November 1, 2009 (online) license renewal deadline.
The amendments are adopted, on an emergency basis, under Texas Occupations Code, §202.151, which provides the Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners with the authority to adopt reasonable or necessary rules and bylaws consistent with the law regulating the practice of podiatry, the laws of this state, and the law of the United States to govern its proceedings and activities, the regulation of the practice of podiatry and the enforcement of the law regulating the practice of podiatry.
The emergency amendments for §371.3 implement Texas Occupations Code §202.153, Fees.
§371.3.Fees.
(a) (No change.)
(b) Fees are as follows:
(1) - (6) (No change.)
(7) Initial Licensing Fee--$459 (i.e. $454 plus
$5 Office of Patient Protection fee for HB2985 - 78th Session) [
$444 plus $5 fee for HB2985]
(8) Annual Renewal--$455 (i.e. $454 plus $1 Office
of Patient Protection fee for HB2985 - 78th Session) [$444
plus $1 fee for HB2985]
(9) - (18) (No change.)
This agency hereby certifies that the emergency adoption 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 August 13, 2009.
TRD-200903567
Janie Alonzo
Staff Services Officer V
Texas State Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners
Effective Date: September 1, 2009
Expiration Date: December 29, 2009
For further information, please call: (512) 305-7000