(a) The department may waive any prerequisite to obtaining a license for an applicant:
- (1) after reviewing the applicant's credentials and determining that the applicant holds a valid license from another state that has license requirements substantially equivalent to those of this state; or
- (2) after determining the applicant has a valid license from another state with which this state has a reciprocity agreement.
- (b) The department may enter into an agreement with another state to permit licensing by reciprocity.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1022, Sec. 44, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.