Texas State Board of
Podiatric Medical Examiners

License Renewals & Updating Physician Profiles

♦ Thank You for renewing your Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM) license on-line with the State of Texas!

♦ The Board appreciates your timeliness and cooperation with this process!

► The "TexasOnline.com" renewal portal/system was Activated for use on Thursday September 1, 2011 @ 1:00 a.m.

► Licensees, make sure "Step 1 - Update Your Physician Profile" is completed before proceeding to "Step 2 - Renew Your Texas License." You are submitting information to two (2) separate "TexasOnline.com" databases which exist under separate authority of law. Therefore, you will experience some redundancy of entries.

► You will be completing "2 Steps" to "Renew Your Texas License." Please carefully review all information on this page.

► Be sure to "PRINT RECEIPT" at the end of  "Step 2 - Renew Your Texas License." License Renewals (i.e. "Step 2") will not be complete until the Board receives verification of payment through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and the annual registration number has been issued by the Board.

■ Web Browser Note: This Website & the "TexasOnline.com" portals are best viewed in Internet Explorer. If you are using Google Chrome or Safari, you may not be able to print your License Renewal Receipt. If that occurs, try disabling your Pop-Up Blocker or Ad Blocker in Chrome/Safari to allow the Receipt to print.

► License Renewals initiated on a non-business day (i.e. holiday, weekend or after 5:00 pm M-F) will not be processed until the next business day. Be advised, final payment verification of funds through the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts can take up to 24-72 hours (minimum) to process during business days. Accounts/credit cards with insufficient funds will be possibly rejected or will take longer than 72 hours to process dependent upon the availability of funds.

► Click on the gold buttons for "TexasOnline.com" access.

► Once "Step 1 - Update Your Physician Profile" is completed, then proceed to "Step 2 - Renew Your Texas License" below. Profiles need to be updated every year upon renewal. (You may also update your profile at any other time after renewals when changes occur.) This is self-reported licensee/office/practice information to the "Texas OnLine Occupational Profiling System" (TOPS; TexasOnline.com). The TOPS system allows the public to view additional information about you and is essentially a free advertising service for licensees.

► In order to fully complete "Step 2 - Renew Your Texas License," you will be prompted to RE-ENTER previous TOPS information from "Step 1 - Update Your Physician Profile." PLEASE NOTE: You MUST answer all questions each time you renew. If you answer with "Same As Last Year" or "No Changes," your renewal will NOT be processed until the correct responses are received by our office. You can pay by credit card or electronic check. If you do not have access to a computer and/or the internet, most local libraries have them available for public use.

1. Note: If you are unable to renew online, click here to Print Renewal Form and return the completed renewal form along with the appropriate fee to our office.
2. Note: As of September 1, 2008, TexasOnline.com began a new process where licensees are allowed three (3) login attempts. If you are unsuccessful after the third (3rd) attempt, you will be locked out of the system for 24 hours. You can only login after the 24 hour period has expired.
3. Note: There is an approximate 5-minute "time-out" period for inactivity. Should you not fully complete the process once started and leave the system dormant, your session will expire after 5-minutes at which point you will have to start over.
4. Note: If your license number only has three (3) digits, you must enter a leading zero ("0") in order to have a successful "4-digit" login.
5. Note: Please click on the highlighted links to obtain "National Provider Identifier" (NPI) information or to search the "NPI Registry."
6. Note: Please click on the highlighted link to obtain (state/federal) "Student Loan Default" information. Licensees must meet and pay all Student Loan obligations; failure to do so will result in investigation/disciplinary action of your license.
7. Note: Please click on the highlighted link to obtain "Child Support Default/Delinquency" information. Licensees must meet and pay all Child Support obligations; failure to do so will result in investigation/disciplinary action of your license.
8. Note: All license renewals are subject to reversal if payment is rejected by your financial institution for any reason; your license will be placed on a "Delinquent" status until full/complete/valid payment is submitted. Penalty fees will be applied/enforced.
9. Note: Please click on the highlighted link to obtain a "Duplicate License" (due to loss/destruction/theft) or an "Amended License" (due to lawful name change).

►Pursuant to acts of the 82nd Texas Legislature (i.e. effective 09/01/2011), the FY 2012/2013 renewal fee has been increased $15.00. This increase is necessary to ensure the Board's mandates are fully funded. Fees are: a) $470.00 renewal fee if received at Board office on or before November 1, 2011; b) $702.00 renewal fee plus late fee if received at Board office 1-90 days after expiration date and c) $934.00 renewal fee plus last fee if received at Board office more than 90 days after expiration date.

►All licenses expire ANNUALLY by November 1^st. Licenses not renewed by this deadline are subject to all administrative and criminal penalties of "Practicing Without A License." Renewal notices (the yellow postcards) will be mailed at the beginning of September of each year to your last known address of record. We recommend that licensees renew their licenses by mid-October each year to avoid processing delays and to ensure timely verification for insurance/surgical/facility/treatment/etc. privileges/purposes. We also recommend that licensees keep their addresses current by notifying the Board with use of the "Change Your Address" form. We also encourage all licensees to renew On-Line and to continually update your Physician Profile.

►It is the Licensee's Responsibility to Renew Your license On-Time! Failure to renew your license on-time will result in delays/consequences which is the licensee's responsibility and all licensees are afforded an ample opportunity to renew their license on-time beginning on September 1 of each year. Aside from the annual renewal notice (the yellow postcards), the annual renewal certificate cites the annual license expiration date of November 1^st.

►Due to the high volume of renewal applications, phone calls and for those licensees who failed to renew on-time, Board staff will NOT fax renewal certificates. Your certificate will be mailed to you or you can check the status of your renewal by clicking on the "License Verifications" link which is updated weekly by close of business each Friday through December 1^st and then monthly thereafter.

►Again, be sure to update your address with the Board. You may do that by clicking on the following "Change Your Address" link.

►We appreciate your attention to these considerations and your cooperation to renew your license ON-TIME! The sooner you renew your license, the sooner you will receive your renewal certificate. Board staff will attend to all calls in order of priority.

►Additional considerations, "CME" & "Expired/Delinquent/Cancelled" license status:

1. Effective March 4, 2008 (to be accrued on/after 11/01/2008 for "Even" year licensees and on/after 11/01/2009 for "Odd" year licensees), you must have obtained your 50 hours of C.M.E. each biennium in order to renew your license.
2. If you were originally licensed in an "Even" year, your C.M.E. biennium begins on November 1 and ends on October 31^st of the next "Even" year. For example, Jane Doe, D.P.M. was originally licensed in 2006. Her "Even" year C.M.E. biennium is "11/01/2006 - 10/31/2008" and follows thereafter.
3. If you were originally licensed in an "Odd" year, your C.M.E. biennium begins on November 1 and ends on October 31^st of the next "Odd" year.  For example, John Doe, D.P.M. was originally licensed in 2007. His "Odd" year C.M.E. biennium is "11/01/2007 - 10/31/2009" and follows thereafter.
4. All licensees are subject to random C.M.E. audits in accordance with Board rules.
5. All "Even" year licensees audited after October 31, 2010 must be able to produce proof of 50 hours of C.M.E. beginning with the "11/01/2008 - 10/31/2010" biennium and thereafter.
6. All "Odd" year licensees audited after October 31, 2011 must be able to produce proof of 50 hours of C.M.E. beginning with the "11/01/2009 - 10/31/2011" biennium and thereafter.

7. In addition to the March 4, 2008 C.M.E. rule changes also mandating a "Two (2)-Hour Ethics / Rules-Regulations / Healthcare Fraud / Professional Boundaries / Risk Management / Jurisprudence" requirement, licensees are now afforded greater community opportunities to obtain C.M.E. as set forth below. Be engaged in your community!

   ● Board Rule §378.1 "Continuing Education Requirement" provides, in part, that:

   (a) Each person licensed to practice podiatric medicine in the State of Texas is required to have 50 hours of continuing education every two years for the renewal of the license to practice podiatric medicine. Two hours of the required 50 hours of biennial continuing education (CME) shall be a course, class, seminar, or workshop in: Ethics in the Delivery of Health Care Services and/or Rules and Regulations pertaining to Podiatric Medicine in Texas. Topics on Healthcare Fraud, Professional Boundaries, Practice Risk Management or Podiatric Medicine related Ethics or Jurisprudence courses, including those sponsored by an entity approved by CPME, APMA, APMA affiliated organizations or governmental entities, are acceptable towards fulfilling this 2 hour requirement.

   (b) A licensee shall receive 100% credit for each hour of training (one hour of training equals one hour of CME) for podiatric medical meetings and training sponsored by APMA, APMA affiliated organizations, TPMA, state, county or regional podiatric medical association podiatric medical meetings, university sponsored podiatric medical meetings, hospital podiatric medical meetings or hospital podiatric medical grand rounds, medical meetings sponsored by the Foot & Ankle Society or the orthopedic community relating to foot care, and others at the discretion of the Board. If a podiatric physician gives a lecture, he/she can receive the same CME credit that a podiatrist attending the lecture obtains.

   (c) A licensee shall receive 100% credit for each hour of training (one hour of training equals one hour of CME) for non-podiatric medical sponsored meetings that are relative to podiatric medicine. The method used to determine whether the training is "relative" to podiatric medicine is: "will the training enhance the knowledge and abilities of the podiatric physician in terms of improved quality and delivery of patient care?" One hundred percent credit shall also be assigned to hospital grand rounds, hospital CME programs, corporate sponsored meetings, and meetings sponsored by the American Medical Association, the orthopedic community, the American Diabetes Association, the Nursing Association, the Physical Therapy Association, and others at the discretion of the Board.

8. If your license is EXPIRED ("DELINQUENT") or CANCELLED please read the following carefully.
9. Licensees who have submitted late renewals or have yet to submit a renewal have been placed in a “Delinquent” status. Please call the Board (512-305-7000) to determine if the renewal was received and if the license is “Active.” PENALTY FEES ACCRUE AFTER November 1^st of each year.
10. Subject to certain limitations, a licensee in a “Delinquent” status is not fully prohibited from practicing during a 30-day grace period from November 1^st - December 1^st. If any entity providing the licensee clinical privileges wishes to restrict a licensee in a “Delinquent” status, for liability reasons, they may do so. Beginning on December 1^st of each year, the Board will enforce practicing without a license penalties to include the issuance of "Cease & Desist Notices or Orders." There will NO longer be a one year grace period. However, "Delinquent" license holders will have one year to renew their license with PENALTY FEES from November 1^st before their license is "Cancelled." [Posted 09/09/2007 @ 5:00 pm]
11. Again, a licensee can be in a “Delinquent” status for one year from the time of the renewal period (deadline is November 1^st of each year) expiration, accruing penalty fees. [Posted 09/09/2007 @ 5:00 pm]
12. All "Delinquent" licenses are nevertheless subject to all administrative/criminal penalties of "Practicing Without A License." Any licensee in a "Delinquent" status shall not practice Podiatric Medicine after December 1^st; criminal act pursuant to Texas Occupations Code §202.605.  [Posted 09/09/2007 @ 5:00 pm]
13. If a person's "Delinquent" license has been expired for one year or longer, the person may not renew the license. For purposes of public verification, the license is then considered to have been "Cancelled." [Posted 09/09/2007 @ 5:00 pm]
14. Any licensee in a "Cancelled" status shall not practice Podiatric Medicine; criminal act pursuant to Texas Occupations Code §202.605. "Cancelled" licensees are required to fully re-apply for licensure. That includes re-taking the TSBPME jurisprudence examination and having completed a one-year residency program accredited by CPME. [Posted 09/09/2007 @ 5:00 pm]