1. (a) The State Board of Dental Examiners (Board), pursuant to the Occupations Code, Chapter 257, §257.001, Texas Civil Statutes has established a staggered license registration system comprised of initial dental license registration periods followed by annual registrations (i.e., renewals).

2. (b) The initial, staggered dental license registration periods will range from 6 months to 17 months. Each dentist for whom an initial dental license registration is issued will be assigned a computer-generated check digit. The length of the initial license registration period will be according to the assigned check digit as follows:

   1. (1) a dentist assigned to check digit 1 will be registered for 6 months;
   2. (2) a dentist assigned to check digit 2 will be registered for 7 months;
   3. (3) a dentist assigned to check digit 3 will be registered for 8 months;
   4. (4) a dentist assigned to check digit 4 will be registered for 9 months;
   5. (5) a dentist assigned to check digit 5 will be registered for 11 months;
   6. (6) a dentist assigned to check digit 6 will be registered for 12 months;
   7. (7) a dentist assigned to check digit 7 will be registered for 13 months;
   8. (8) a dentist assigned to check digit 8 will be registered for 14 months;
   9. (9) a dentist assigned to check digit 9 will be registered for 15 months; and
   10. (10) a dentist assigned to check digit 10 will be registered for 17 months.
   11. (11) Initial dental license registration fees will be prorated according to the number of months in the initial registration period.
3. (c) Subsequent to the initial registration period, a licensee's annual registration (renewal) will occur on the first day of the month that follows the last month of the licensee's initial dental license registration period.
4. (d) Approximately 60 days prior to the expiration date of the initial dental license registration period, a license renewal notice will be mailed to all dental licensees who have that expiration date.
5. (e) A license registration expired for one year or more may not be renewed.

Source Note:The provisions of this §101.5 adopted to be effective May 10, 2004, 29 TexReg 4473.