Sec. 601.302. GROUNDS FOR CERTIFICATE DENIAL OR DISCIPLINARY ACTION. The advisory board may take action under Section 601.301 against a person subject to this chapter for:
(1) obtaining or attempting to obtain a certificate issued under this chapter by bribery or fraud;
(2) making or filing a false report or record made in the person's capacity as a medical radiologic technologist;
(3) intentionally or negligently failing to file a report or record required by law;
(4) intentionally obstructing or inducing another to intentionally obstruct the filing of a report or record required by law;
(5) engaging in unprofessional conduct, including the violation of the standards of practice of radiologic technology established by the advisory board;
(6) developing an incapacity that prevents the practice of radiologic technology with reasonable skill, competence, and safety to the public as the result of:
(A) an illness;
(B) drug or alcohol dependency; or
(C) another physical or mental condition or illness;
(7) failing to report to the advisory board the violation of this chapter by another person;
(8) employing, for the purpose of applying ionizing radiation to a person, a person who is not certified under or in compliance with this chapter;
(9) violating this chapter, a rule adopted under this chapter, an order of the advisory board previously entered in a disciplinary proceeding, or an order to comply with a subpoena issued by the advisory board;
(10) having a certificate revoked, suspended, or otherwise subjected to adverse action or being denied a certificate by another certification authority in another state, territory, or country; or
(11) being convicted of or pleading nolo contendere to a crime directly related to the practice of radiologic technology.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 5.142, eff. April 2, 2015.
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.036, eff. September 1, 2015.
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