(a) A renewal license is valid for two years. The new
licensure period begins the day after the previous license expires.
(b) Except as specified in §97.503 of this chapter
(relating to Exemption From a Survey), DADS may not renew an initial
license unless DADS conducts an initial survey of the agency. For
renewal of an initial license, an agency must:
  (1) meet the requirements for an initial survey as
specified in Subchapter E of this chapter (relating to Licensure Surveys);

  (2) demonstrate substantial compliance with the statute
and this chapter for the services authorized under the license as
confirmed by an initial survey; and
  (3) apply for renewal of the license in accordance
with §97.17 of this subchapter (relating to Application Procedures
for a Renewal License).
(c) For renewal of a license other than an initial
license, an agency must:
  (1) maintain substantial compliance with the statute
and this chapter for the services authorized under the license; and
  (2) apply for renewal of the license in accordance
with §97.17 of this subchapter.
(d) DADS may deny a renewal application:
  (1) if an agency fails to meet the eligibility criteria
in §97.11 of this subchapter (relating to Criteria and Eligibility
for Licensing);
  (2) if the agency fails to meet the requirements for
renewal of a license as specified in this section; or
  (3) for any of the reasons specified in §97.21
of this subchapter (relating to Denial of an Application or a License).
(e) A renewal license designates an agency's place
of business from which services are to be provided and designates
an agency's authorized category or categories of service.


Source Note: The provisions of this §97.19 adopted to be effective June 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 1455; amended to be effective December 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 9620; amended to be effective September 1, 2008, 33 TexReg 1149; amended to be effective July 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 4613