Texas Occupations Code Title 3, Chapter 602 - Medical Physicists

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 602.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Medical Physics Practice Act. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

SUBCHAPTER B MEDICAL PHYSICIST LICENSURE ADVISORY COMMITTEE

• Texas Section 602.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Advisory committee" means the Medical Physicist Licensure Advisory Committee. (1-a) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 , Sec....
• Texas Section 602.051 - Advisory Committee
  (a) The advisory committee is an informal advisory committee to the medical board and is not subject to Chapter 2110, Government Code. (b) The advisory...
• Texas Section 602.052 - Appointment Of Advisory Committee
  (a) The advisory committee consists of seven members appointed by the president of the medical board as follows: (1) four medical physicists licensed in this...
• Texas Section 602.053 - Public Member Eligibility
  (a) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 , Sec. 2.197(8), eff. September 1, 2015. (b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S.,...
• Texas Section 602.054 - Membership Restrictions
  (a) In this section, "Texas trade association" means a cooperative and voluntarily joined association of business or professional competitors in this state designed to assist...
• Texas Section 602.055 - Terms; Vacancy
  (a) Members of the advisory committee serve two-year terms. The terms of the members expire on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. (b) A person...
• Texas Section 602.056 - Grounds For Removal
  (a) It is a ground for removal from the advisory committee that a member: (1) does not have at the time of appointment the qualifications...
• Texas Section 602.057 - Compensation
  A member of the advisory committee is entitled to a per diem in an amount set by the legislature for each day that the member...

SUBCHAPTER D MEDICAL BOARD POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 602.058 - Advisory Committee Officers; Meetings
  (a) The president of the medical board shall biennially designate a member of the advisory committee as the presiding officer of the advisory committee to...
• Texas Section 602.151 - General Powers And Duties
  (a) The medical board shall: (1) adopt rules reasonably necessary to properly perform its duties under this chapter, including: (A) procedural rules governing investigations, informal...
• Texas Section 602.152 - Consumer Interest Information; Complaints
  (a) The medical board shall prepare information of consumer interest describing the regulatory functions of the medical board and the procedures by which complaints are...
• Texas Section 602.1521 - Public Participation
  The medical board shall develop and implement policies that provide the public with a reasonable opportunity to appear before the medical board and to speak...
• Texas Section 602.1525 - Subpoenas; Confidentiality Of Information
  (a) The executive director of the medical board, the director's designee, or the secretary-treasurer of the medical board may issue a subpoena or subpoena duces...
• Texas Section 602.153 - Continuing Education
  The medical board shall recognize, prepare, or administer continuing education programs for persons licensed under this chapter. A license holder must participate in the programs...
• Texas Section 602.154 - Rules Relating To Advertising Or Competitive Bidding
  (a) The medical board may not adopt rules restricting advertising or competitive bidding by a license holder except to prohibit false, misleading, or deceptive practices....

SUBCHAPTER E LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

• Texas Section 602.156 - Rules On Consequences Of Criminal Conviction
  The medical board shall adopt rules and guidelines as necessary to comply with Chapter 53, except to the extent the requirements of this chapter are...
• Texas Section 602.201 - License Required; Specialty License
  (a) A person may not practice medical physics without a license. (b) A medical physicist may not practice the following specialties unless the person holds...
• Texas Section 602.202 - Exemptions From License Requirement
  This chapter does not apply to: (1) a practitioner engaged in the performance of radiological procedures; (2) a person certified as a medical radiological technologist...
• Texas Section 602.203 - License Application
  (a) A person may apply for a license by filing an application with the medical board. (b) An application must be on a form prescribed...
• Texas Section 602.205 - Temporary License
  The medical board may issue a temporary license to an applicant who has satisfied the educational requirements for a license but who has not yet...
• Texas Section 602.206 - Examination
  (a) The medical board shall administer a written examination for a license to qualified applicants at least two times each year. (b) Each applicant shall...
• Texas Section 602.207 - Eligibility For Examination
  (a) To be eligible to take an examination for a license, an applicant must: (1) have a master's or doctoral degree from an accredited college...
• Texas Section 602.208 - Examination Results; Reexamination
  (a) The medical board shall notify each examinee of the results of the examination not later than the 30th day after the date the examination...
• Texas Section 602.2081 - Criminal History Record Information Requirement For License
  (a) The medical board shall require that an applicant for a license submit a complete and legible set of fingerprints, on a form prescribed by...
• Texas Section 602.209 - License Issuance
  (a) The medical board may issue a license to an eligible applicant who: (1) passes the examination under Section 602.206; and (2) meets all other...
• Texas Section 602.210 - License Term And Renewal
  (a) A license is valid for two years from the date of issuance and may be renewed. (b) The medical board by rule may adopt...
• Texas Section 602.2101 - Criminal History Record Information Requirement For Renewal
  (a) An applicant renewing a license shall submit a complete and legible set of fingerprints for purposes of performing a criminal history check of the...
• Texas Section 602.211 - License By Endorsement Or Reciprocity
  (a) On receipt of an application and fee under Section 602.203, the medical board may waive any prerequisite for obtaining a license to a person...
• Texas Section 602.212 - License Holder Duties
  A license holder shall: (1) publicly display the license holder's license in an appropriate manner; and (2) report immediately to the medical board any change...

SUBCHAPTER F LICENSE DENIAL AND DISCIPLINARY ACTION

• Texas Section 602.213 - Provisional License
  (a) The medical board may issue a provisional license to an applicant currently licensed or certified in another jurisdiction who seeks a license in this...
• Texas Section 602.251 - Grounds For License Denial Or Disciplinary Action
  The medical board may refuse to issue or renew a license, suspend, restrict, or revoke a license, or reprimand a license holder for: (1) obtaining...
• Texas Section 602.252 - Administrative Procedure For Contested Case Hearing
  Chapter 2001, Government Code, and medical board rules for a contested case hearing apply to a proceeding by the medical board under this chapter in...
• Texas Section 602.2521 - Informal Procedures
  (a) The medical board by rule shall adopt procedures governing: (1) informal disposition of a contested case under Section 2001.056, Government Code; and (2) informal...
• Texas Section 602.253 - Probation
  The medical board may place on probation a person whose license is suspended. If a license suspension is probated, the medical board may require the...

SUBCHAPTER G ENFORCEMENT

• Texas Section 602.254 - Emergency Suspension
  (a) The medical board or a three-member panel of medical board members designated by the president of the medical board shall temporarily suspend the license...
• Texas Section 602.301 - Injunction
  The medical board shall prosecute or file suit to enjoin a violation of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter. Acts 1999, 76th...
• Texas Section 602.3015 - Civil Penalty
  (a) A person who violates this chapter or a rule adopted or order issued under this chapter is liable for a civil penalty not to...

SUBCHAPTER H ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY

• Texas Section 602.302 - Offense
  (a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) practices medical physics without holding a license under this chapter; (2) practices a specialty of...
• Texas Section 602.351 - Imposition Of Administrative Penalty
  (a) The medical board may impose an administrative penalty on a person licensed under this chapter who violates this chapter or a rule adopted or...
• Texas Section 602.352 - Payment And Collection Of Administrative Penalty; Judicial Review
  (a) Within 30 days after the date an order of the medical board under Section 602.351(k) that imposes an administrative penalty becomes final, the person...

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