1. (a) If an application is required, the date of licensing, certification, or acknowledgment will be either the receipt date or the acceptance date of the application, whichever is later.

   1. (1) The receipt date is the day the completed application is received by the commission and will be used if the commission has already received proof before that date that the applicant has met the required standards.

   2. (2) The acceptance date is the day proof of all required standards is received and accepted by the commission and will be used:

      1. (A) if the commission has already received the completed application; or
      2. (B) if no application is required.
2. (b) The commission may set a licensing, certification, or acknowledgment date or may issue any document before the date of appointment, but will never do so before the date of receipt or acceptance, whichever is later.

3. (c) A person is licensed, certified, or acknowledged by the commission on the date of such act by the commission whether or not:

   1. (1) any physical document has been or ever is issued; or
   2. (2) the person has such physical document in his possession.

4. (d) Any such document may expire or be cancelled, surrendered, suspended, revoked, deactivated, or otherwise invalidated. Mere possession of the physical document does not necessarily mean that the person:

   1. (1) currently holds, has ever held, or has any of the powers of the office indicated on the document; or
   2. (2) still holds a current, valid license, certificate, or acknowledgment.
5. (e) The effective date of this section is February 1, 1989.

Source Note:The provisions of this §211.23 adopted to be effective February 1, 1989, 13 TexReg 6278.