Section 745.477 - What happens after Licensing receives my renewal application?(a) After receiving your renewal application, we evaluate whether: (1) You completed the renewal application as required by §745.475 of this division (relating to What does a completed renewal application for a permit include?);(2) We have cited you for repeated deficiencies or a pattern of deficiencies during the previous five [two] years; (3) You have corrected each deficiency with an expired compliance date that is not pending due process, including an administrative review, a due process hearing, or any subsequent rights of appeal;(4) You currently meet all background check requirements in Subchapter F of this chapter (relating to Background Checks);(5) You have paid: (A) All fees required by Subchapter E of this chapter (relating to Fees); and(B) Each administrative penalty that you owe after waiving or exhausting any due process provided under Texas Human Resources Code § 42.078; (6) We must visit your operation to determine your eligibility for renewal, such as to review records to determine whether you have corrected all relevant deficiencies; and (7) We must hold a public hearing as required by §745.487 of this division (relating to Is a public hearing required for the renewal of a license?).(b) Within 30 days of receiving your renewal application, we will send you written notice that: (1) We have renewed your permit;(2) Your renewal application is incomplete as further described in subsection (c) of this section; or(3) We refuse to renew your permit as provided in § 745.8655 of this chapter (relating to When may Licensing refuse to renew my permit?).(c) If your renewal application is incomplete, the written notice will include: (1) Our evaluation that you did not complete one or more of the renewal application requirements at §745.475 of this division (relating to What does a completed renewal application for a permit include?);(2) A list of the requirements that must be completed before we can renew your permit, which may include: (A) Correcting a deficiency with an expired compliance date that is not pending due process;(B) Meeting a certain background check requirement; or(C) Paying any of the following: (i) A fee required by Subchapter E of this chapter (relating to Fees); or(ii) An administrative penalty that you owe after waiving or exhausting any due process provided under Texas Human Resources Code § 42.078; and(3) A statement that we must hold a public hearing required by §745.487 of this division (relating to When is a public hearing required for the renewal of a license?), if applicable. (d) If your renewal application is incomplete and you submitted it during the renewal period, you have unlimited attempts to submit the missing information and to correct the deficiencies until your permit expires.(e) If your renewal application is incomplete and you submitted it during the late renewal period, you have 15 days to submit a completed renewal application from the date it was rejected.26 Tex. Admin. Code § 745.477
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 33, August 12, 2016, TexReg 6086, eff. 12/1/2017; transferred effective July 15, 2019, as published in the June 14, 2019 issue of the Texas Register, 44 TexReg 2963; amended by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 15, April 9, 2021, TexReg 2444, eff. 4/12/2021; amended to be effective April 25, 2021, 46 TexReg 2437; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 11, March 17, 2023, TexReg 1565, eff. 3/20/2023