To record fees for permits to administer medication to a resident of a convalescent and nursing facility, a patient of a home health agency, or as a home health medication aide. Fees are set to recover administration.

A combined permit application and examination fee is no more than $25 and renewal permit application fee no more than $15.

Renewal expired 90 days or less is 1.5 times normal renewal fee. More than 90 days but less than 1 year is 2 times normal renewal fee. Expired over 1 year may not renew and must reapply.       

Initial licenses fee was increased by $5 and renewal by $1, effective 9/1/2003 to fund the Office of Patient Protection within the Health Professions Council (364).   

Permits valid for one year; board may adopt staggered renewal system

Previously administered by the Department of Health (501).

Amended by H.B. 1593, 69th Leg., R.S.

H.B. 2117, 71st Leg., R.S. added home health care.

Amended by S.B. 404, 72nd Leg., R.S.

Amended by S.B. 285, 78th Leg., R.S.

$5 and $1 increase added by H.B. 2985, 78th Leg., R.S.

Transferred from the Department of Human Services (324) to Department of Aging and Disability Services (539) by H.B. 2292, 78th Leg., R.S.

S.B. 200, 84th Leg., R.S. abolished Department of Aging and Disability Services (539) and transferred programs to the Health and Human Services Commission (529) effective 9/1/17.