Texas § 167.014 SURCHARGE TO ADMINISTER TEXAS PHYSICIAN HEALTH PROGRAM.

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§ 167.014 — SURCHARGE TO ADMINISTER TEXAS PHYSICIAN HEALTH PROGRAM.

Texas § 167.014

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Tex. Occupations Code Code Ann. § 167.014 (2026).

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Sec. 167.014. SURCHARGE TO ADMINISTER TEXAS PHYSICIAN HEALTH PROGRAM.

(a)The board shall collect an additional surcharge not to exceed $15 for each of the following fees:

(1)first license, certificate, registration, permit, or other form of authorization allowing an individual to engage in an occupation regulated by the board; and

(2)renewal of a form of authorization described by Subdivision (1).

(b)The board shall deposit each surcharge collected under this section to the credit of the Texas physician health program account. The Texas physician health program account is a special account in the general revenue fund. Money in the special account shall be appropriated only to the board to pay for administration of the Texas Physician Health Program under this chapter, including paying

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Sec. 167.014. SURCHARGE TO ADMINISTER TEXAS PHYSICIAN HEALTH PROGRAM. (a) The board shall collect an additional surcharge not to exceed $15 for each of the following fees:
(1) first license, certificate, registration, permit, or other form of authorization allowing an individual to engage in an occupation regulated by the board; and
(2) renewal of a form of authorization described by Subdivision (1).
(b) The board shall deposit each surcharge collected under this section to the credit of the Texas physician health program account. The Texas physician health program account is a special account in the general revenue fund. Money in the special account shall be appropriated only to the board to pay for administration of the Texas Physician Health Program under this chapter, including paying for an initial evaluation by the program's medical director or the director's designee. Money in the special account may not be used to pay for program participant costs incurred for monitoring or for a program participant's own medical costs, including any further required evaluations, primary treatment, or continuing care.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Occupations Code, Section 153.053 by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 906 (S.B. 2480 ), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2025.