1. (a) At least 60 days before the date on which a physician's registration permit expires, the board shall send to each physician at the physician's last known address according to the board's records:

   1. (1) a registration permit renewal application notice; and
   2. (2) a renewal notice for the physician's registration with the Department of Public Safety under Subchapter C, Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code.
2. (b) The board shall provide for a 30-day grace period for renewing the registration permit from the date of the expiration of the permit.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.027(s), eff. Sept. 1, 2001;

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 202, Sec. 15, eff. June 10, 2003.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 956 (H.B. 1803), Sec. 6, eff. January 1, 2014.