Texas Behavior Analyst license lookup — free

A Behavior Analyst license is held by ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) therapists treating autism and other developmental disabilities — a license type TDLR handles differently from almost everything else it regulates, since the agency doesn't set its own continuing-education hour count for this one. Instead, TDLR verifies that the license holder maintains an active national certification, either BACB® or QABA®, and treats that certification's own requirements as the substitute for TDLR-set CE hours. Families and clinics rely on this license number to confirm a therapist is both nationally certified and state-authorized to practice in Texas. Because renewal depends partly on an external certification staying active, it's worth tracking both credentials, not just the Texas license.

This license renews every two years, according to TDLR's own program pages. On top of holding an active BACB or QABA certification, TDLR also requires an HHSC-approved human trafficking prevention course as part of keeping the license current. The renewal page directly states TDLR's standard tiered late fee structure against a $165 base renewal fee — 1.5 times normal within 90 days of expiration, 2 times normal from 91 days to 18 months, and that doubled rate through a mailed Executive Director approval request out to three years — though the page doesn't separately state what happens if a license has been expired longer than that, so check TDLR's page directly if it's been lapsed that long.