Under the temporary license provisions of TIC 4001.151-.156, at least what percentage of an agency's temporary licensees must take the licensing examination?

Why A is correct

Under TIC 4001.151-.156, the temporary license program is tightly controlled: at least 70 percent of an agency's temporary licensees must sit for the licensing examination, and at least 50 percent of those who take it must pass. Practically, these figures are a compliance quota rather than a goal, and an agency that uses temporary licenses as a permanent substitute for a properly licensed staff risks losing access to the program altogether, because the whole point of the temporary license is to bridge a short interruption, not to staff an agency indefinitely.

Why the other options are wrong

• B) Participation need not be unanimous; the statute requires at least 70 percent to sit for the examination, not every temporary licensee.
• C) Fifty percent is the pass requirement measured among those who actually sit for the examination, not the share who must sit for it.
• D) Ninety percent is not an examination threshold; ninety days appears elsewhere in Texas licensing as the renewal notice period and the post-expiry reinstatement deadline.

Memory hook

70 percent sit, 50 percent pass, 500 a year.