Issue Date: 1995-09-01
Revised Date: 2025-09-01

Legal Citations

Object Type

Cash — Health

Origin Date

September 1, 1991 by H.B. 11, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S.

Description

Doctors, physician assistants and certain other medical professionals pay an additional surcharge of $80 for each first registration permit and renewal of a registration permit. Used to pay for the board’s enforcement program, including the expert physician panel.

A surcharge to cover administration of the National Practitioner Databank and a $15 surcharge for the administration of the Texas Physician Health Program (GR Account 5147).

Due Date

At time fee is due.

Collecting Agencies

Note

Fee renamed a "surcharge" for doctors only in S.B. 1207, 76th Leg., R.S.

A $200 increase in license and renewal fees doctors, dentists, optometrists and chiropractors was passed in 1991 by H.B. 11, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S. The increase was allocated, 25% to Foundation School Account (0193) and 75% to General Revenue, but this dedication was abolished August 31, 1995 per § 403.094 Government Code. This increase was recorded under revenue objects 3560 or 3562 from 1991 through August 31, 1995.

Revenue object 3572 was established in 1995 to record the $200 increase separately.

A court case (Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation v. Lewellen 952 S.W.2d 454, 461 (Tex. 1997)) determined the additional $200 was an occupation tax. Therefore, it was subject to art. VII, sec. 3 of the Texas Constitution which requires 25% of all occupation taxes go to public education. Subsequently, this revenue was deposited to General Revenue and $50 of each fee was allocated to the Foundation School Fund (0193) through transfer code 7911/3911 - Allocations from Fund 0001 (Dedicated Receipts). The remaining $150 of each fee remained in General Revenue.

$80 surcharge added by S.B. 104, 78th Leg., R.S.

H.B. 7, 84th Leg., R.S. repealed $200 fee increase created by H.B. 11, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S. Revenue object name was changed to reflect repeal of $200 fee.

National Practitioner Databank and Physician Health Program surcharges added by H.B. 1998, 88th Leg., R.S.

S.B. 2480, 89th Leg., R.S. expanded the surcharge to medical professionals, rather than only doctors, and moved sec. 153.053 to sec.167.014.

USAS Values

Appropriation Year 26
USAS Title HEALTH REL PROF FEES SURCHARGE
Receipt Category 12 – Health
Receipt Type 10 – Business/Professional Fees
Object Group 30 – Revenues
USAS Status A
Rev/Exp Category 01 – LICENSES, FEES, FINES, AND PENALTIES