1. (a) The Board shall inform a licensee or registrant of the impending expiration of a license, registration or endorsement by sending written notice at least 30 days before its expiration date to the licensee's last known mailing address according to Board records.
2. (b) A licensee or registrant may renew an unexpired license, registration or endorsement before its expiration date by meeting all renewal requirements and paying the fee required by the Board.
3. (c) The licensee's or registrant's failure to receive the notice of expiration will not alter the licensee's or registrant's responsibility to renew the license or registration each year or endorsement every three years by its expiration date.
4. (d) Any Journeyman Plumber, Master Plumber, Tradesman Plumber-Limited Licensee, Drain Cleaner, Drain Cleaner-Restricted Registrant, Residential Utilities Installer, or Plumbing Inspector wishing to renew a license or registration must have proof submitted to the Board of successful completion of the required continuing professional education (CPE) course or courses, subject to the additional requirement in subsection (e) of this section.
5. (e) Any license holder with a medical gas endorsement must complete a Board approved medical gas continuing professional education class within the three-year period of the endorsement. The classroom hours shall consist of instruction of the most current edition of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 99C, Standard on Gas and Vacuum Systems, and the changes therein. No license holder with a medical gas endorsement may count the same medical gas continuing professional education class twice towards meeting the continuing professional education requirements for renewal of the medical gas endorsement on a plumbing license.
6. (f) Any license or endorsement holder who lives in a county having no city with a population in excess of 100,000, or resides out of state, or who submits written proof to the Board from a physician stating the medical reason that the licensee is unable to attend a CPE class, may fulfill the continuing professional education requirements by completing a correspondence course approved by the Board.

7. (g) A person who holds a license and is:

   1. (1) a member of the United States armed forces, a reserve component of the United States armed forces or the state military forces;
   2. (2) is ordered to active duty by proper authority; and

   3. (3) submits documentation acceptable to the Board which demonstrates the person was unable to renew the license in a timely manner due to the active duty service is:

      1. (A) exempt from paying a late renewal fee; and
      2. (B) entitled to an additional amount of time, equal to the total number of years or parts of years that the person serves on active duty, to complete any continuing education requirements and any other requirements related to the renewal of the person's license.

8. (h) Under §1301.404(f) of the Plumbing License Law, the following individuals may be credited as having fulfilled their continuing professional education (CPE) requirements for the current CPE course year, in order to renew a license issued by the Board:

   1. (1) Any CPE Course Instructor who is fully approved under §365.14 of this chapter (relating to Continuing Professional Education Programs); and

   2. (2) any employee of the Board who:

      1. (A) monitors a current CPE class for compliance with the Plumbing License Law and these sections; or
      2. (B) reviews all approved Course Materials under §365.14 of this chapter and completes the current Course Instructor Certification Workshop conducted by the Board.

Source Note:The provisions of this §365.5 adopted to be effective May 18, 1982, 7 TexReg 1748; amended to be effective August 25, 1993, 18 TexReg 5399; amended to be effective December 8, 1993, 18 TexReg 8786; amended to be effective April 15, 1994, 19 TexReg 2280; amended to be effective June 7, 1996, 21 TexReg 4688; amended to be effective December 5, 1996, 21 TexReg 11485; amended to be effective April 9, 1998, 23 TexReg 3446; amended to be effective October 11, 1998, 23 TexReg 9979; amended to be effective December 18, 2000, 25 TexReg 12388; amended to be effective December 30, 2001, 26 TexReg 10587; amended to be effective October 30, 2007, 32 TexReg 7688; amended to be effectiveFebruary 2, 2009, 34 TexReg 596; amended to be effective February 3, 2011, 36 TexReg 422.