1. (a) An applicant having earned credit under this Act or a prior Act and who has two testing quarters remaining before the expiration of credits earned shall be notified prior to each UCPAE of these facts.
2. (b) An applicant failing to receive credit for all sections within the time limitation of this Act shall be notified that credits have expired.
3. (c) The expiration of credits shall not hinder an applicant from reapplying for the examination.

4. (d) Within 90 days of the date of expiration, the executive director may consider reinstatement of expired credits, provided the applicant substantiated unforeseeable and uncontrollable extreme hardship event(s), including:

   1. (1) the health of the applicant;
   2. (2) serious illness or death of an applicant's immediate family, that includes a spouse, child, sibling or parent;
   3. (3) accidents limiting the applicant;
   4. (4) military service; or
   5. (5) natural disasters that contributed to the expiration of credits.

5. (e) An extreme hardship event that limits the applicant is defined as:

   1. (1) a serious illness of an applicant or member of the immediate family, which includes a spouse, child, sibling or parent;
   2. (2) death of an immediate family member; or
   3. (3) accidents that impacts the applicant.

Source Note:The provisions of this §511.87 adopted to be effective January 1, 1990, 14 TexReg 6647; amended to be effective February 4, 2004, 29 TexReg 967; amended to be effective February 9, 2006, 31 TexReg 700; amended to be effective February 17, 2008, 33 TexReg 1104; amended to be effective August 8, 2012, 37 TexReg 5773; amended to be effective June 2, 2021, 46 TexReg 3405; amended to be effective February 7, 2024, 49 TexReg 553; amended to be effective June 3, 2026, 51 TexReg 3709.