1. (a) If a physician's annual registration permit has been expired for one year due to failure to submit an application for registration and annual registration fee, it is considered to have been canceled, unless an investigation is pending, and the physician may not renew the annual registration permit. The physician may obtain a new license by submitting to reexamination and complying with the requirements and procedures for obtaining an original license.

   1. (1) The examinations required by this section are:

      1. (A) the Texas jurisprudence examination; and

      2. (B) SPEX, unless the Applicant:

         1. (i) has passed a licensure examination or has obtained specialty certification, recertification, or passed an examination of continued demonstration of qualifications by a board that is a member of the American Board of Medical Specialties or the Bureau of Osteopathic Specialists within the preceding ten years; or
         2. (ii) has been in a training program approved by the board within six months prior to application for relicensure.

   2. (2) The additional requirements for this new license shall be as required within the following sections:

      1. (A) Section 163.2 of this title (relating to Licensure for United States and Canadian Medical School Graduates);
      2. (B) Section 163.3 of this title (relating to Licensure for Graduates of Unapproved Medical Schools);
      3. (C) Section 163.4 of this title (relating to Procedural Rules for all Licensure Applicants); and
      4. (D) Section 163.5 of this title (relating to Licensure Documentation).
2. (b) A person may qualify for renewal of his or her original license without reexamination if that person's license is considered canceled for less than two years.

Source Note:The provisions of this §163.10 adopted to be effective November 10, 1999, 24 TexReg 9835; amended to be effective October 17, 2001, 26 TexReg 8069.