Sec. 601.252. REQUIREMENT TO ADOPT RULES. (a) Each agency subject to this subchapter, other than the Texas Board of Nursing and the Texas Physician Assistant Board, shall adopt rules to regulate the manner in which a person who holds a license issued by the agency may order, instruct, or direct another authorized person in the performance of a radiologic procedure.
(b) Rules adopted under Subsection (a) must allow a practitioner the right to delegate certain designated radiologic procedures to a person not certified under this chapter if the delegation is allowed by the regulatory board that licenses the practitioner.
(c) Rules adopted under this section must:
(1) require an authorized person, other than a registered nurse, to register with the agency that licenses the practitioner under whom the person performs radiologic procedures;
(2) establish reasonable and necessary fees to cover the administrative costs incurred by the agency in administering a registration program created under this subsection;
(3) establish grounds for the suspension, revocation, or nonrenewal of a registration issued under this subsection; and
(4) establish standards, in addition to those required by this chapter, for training and supervising the operators of the equipment.
(d) In adopting rules under Subsection (c), an agency may take into account whether the radiologic procedure will be performed by a registered nurse.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 889 (H.B. 2426), Sec. 49, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.032, eff. September 1, 2015.
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