Tex. Occupations Code § 351.307
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 351.307, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 351.307. GOVERNMENTAL SERVICE, TRAINING, OR EDUCATION.
Official statutory text
An optometrist or therapeutic optometrist may obtain reinstatement of an expired license without paying a lapsed renewal fee or other fee and without passing an examination if:
(1) the license holder's license expired while the license holder was engaged in:
(A) active duty with a United States military service or with the United States Public Health Service;
(B) full-time federal service; or
(C) training or education under the supervision of the United States, before induction into a United States military service;
(2) termination of the license holder's service, training, or education occurred other than by dishonorable discharge; and
(3) not later than the first anniversary of the date of termination of the service, training, or education, the license holder provides the board with an affidavit stating that:
(A) the license holder was engaged in the service, training, or education; and
(B) termination of the service, training, or education occurred other than by dishonorable discharge.
(1) the license holder's license expired while the license holder was engaged in:
(A) active duty with a United States military service or with the United States Public Health Service;
(B) full-time federal service; or
(C) training or education under the supervision of the United States, before induction into a United States military service;
(2) termination of the license holder's service, training, or education occurred other than by dishonorable discharge; and
(3) not later than the first anniversary of the date of termination of the service, training, or education, the license holder provides the board with an affidavit stating that:
(A) the license holder was engaged in the service, training, or education; and
(B) termination of the service, training, or education occurred other than by dishonorable discharge.
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