Texas Administrative Code

(a) A licensed assistant in audiology (assistant) must be supervised by a licensed audiologist who has been approved by the department to serve as the assistant's supervisor (supervisor). (b) A supervisor must agree to assume responsibility for all services provided by the assist…

(a) A licensed assistant in audiology (assistant) must perform assigned duties under the supervision of a licensed audiologist who has been approved by the department to serve as the assistant's supervisor (supervisor). (b) The assistant may execute specific components of the cli…

(a) Unless otherwise indicated, an applicant must submit all required information and documentation of credentials on department-approved forms. (b) An applicant for an assistant in audiology license must submit the following required documentation: (1) a completed application on…

(a) Members of the advisory board serve staggered six-year terms. The terms of three members expire on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. (b) If a vacancy occurs during a member's term, the presiding officer of the commission, with the commission's approval, shall appoint a re…

(a) This subchapter constitutes the rules required by Texas Occupations Code § 401.2021 and § 402.1021 to be adopted by the commission with the assistance of the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Advisory Board and the Hearing Instrument Fitters and Dispensers Advisory Boar…

(a) A hearing instrument fitter and dispenser license is valid for two years from the date of issuance and may be renewed every two years. (b) Each license holder is responsible for renewing the license before the expiration date and shall not be excused from paying additional fe…

(a) This section applies to a hearing instrument fitter and dispenser license holder. (b) Except as provided under subsection (i), a license holder must complete 20 continuing education hours during each license term. The hours may be completed through the continuing education me…

The Board of Trustees of the Texas County and District Retirement System hereby establishes a qualified governmental excess benefit program in accordance with § 415(m) of the Internal Revenue Code and as authorized under § 845.504, Government Code. The program entitled as the "Te…

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) "Act" means the provisions of Texas Government Code, Title 8, Subtitle F, as amended from time to time, establishing the Texas County a…

(a) Eligibility to Receive Payments. If, at the time an Eligible Member becomes a Retiree or dies or at any time thereafter, the Unrestricted Benefit of the Benefit Recipient under the Retirement Plan of the Employer exceeds the Restricted Benefit payable to the Benefit Recipient…

(a) Administrator. TCDRS shall be the Administrator of the Arrangement and shall be responsible for the supervision and control of the operation and administration of the Arrangement, except as otherwise provided herein. Subject to the authority of the Board, TCDRS shall have the…

(a) Amendment and Termination of the Arrangement. The Board reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to amend or terminate the Arrangement at any time and from time to time. By way of example, and not limitation, the Arrangement may be amended or terminated to eliminate all pa…

(a) Applicable Law. (1) All questions pertaining to the validity, construction and administration of the Arrangement shall be determined in conformity with the laws of the State of Texas, except to the extent federal law preempts state law. (2) If any provision of the Arrangement…

Unless specifically defined in Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 382, also known as the Texas Clean Air Act (TCAA), or in the rules of the commission, the terms used by the commission have the meanings commonly ascribed to them in the field of air pollution control. In additi…

(a) To renew a certificate of registration issued under this chapter, a dental assistant must complete twelve (12) hours of continuing education biennially in areas covering dental assistant duties. At least six (6) of these twelve (12) hours must be clinical continuing education…

(a) A dental assistant may not position or expose dental x-rays unless the dental assistant holds a dental assistant radiology certificate issued by the State Board of Dental Examiners under this section. (b) To be eligible for a dental assistant radiology certificate under this …

Unless specifically defined in Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 382, also known as the Texas Clean Air Act (TCAA), or in the rules of the commission, the terms used by the commission have the meanings commonly ascribed to them in the field of air pollution control. In additi…

(a) The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) "Didactic education" requires the presentation and instruction of theory and scientific principles. (2) "Clinical education" requir…

(a) Applicability. The requirements of this section and those contained in the Texas Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) State Implementation Plan (SIP) must be applied to all gasoline-powered motor vehicles 2 - 24 years old and subject to an annual emissions inspection beginning wi…

(a) Any manufacturer or distributor of vehicle testing equipment may apply to the executive director of the commission or his appointee, for approval of an exhaust gas analyzer or analyzer system for use in the Texas Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) program administered by the Te…

(a) The following fees must be paid for an emissions inspection of a vehicle at an inspection station. This fee must include one free retest should the vehicle fail the emissions inspection provided that the motorist has the retest performed at the same station where the vehicle …

(a) Any person who desires to provide dental assistant services requiring registration or certification must obtain the proper registration or certification issued by the Board before providing the services, except as provided in Texas Occupations Code § 265.001(d) and § 114.11 o…

(a) The provisions of § 114.7 of this title (relating to Low Income Vehicle Repair Assistance, Retrofit, and Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program Definitions) and Division 2 of this subchapter (relating to Low Income Vehicle Repair Assistance, Retrofit, and Accelerated Vehicle …

(a) Implementation. Participation in the Low Income Vehicle Repair Assistance, Retrofit, and Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program (LIRAP) is voluntary. An affected county may choose to participate in the program at its discretion. Upon receiving a written request to participate…

(a) Vehicles retired under a Low Income Vehicle Repair Assistance, Retrofit, and Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program (LIRAP) may not be resold or reused in their entirety in this or another state. Any dismantling of vehicles or salvaging of steel under this section must be per…

(a) The executive director of the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners must authorize a qualified military service member or military spouse to perform delegated permitted duties as a dental assistant in Texas without obtaining a registration in accordance with § 55.0041(a), Tex…

Unless specifically defined in the Texas Clean Air Act (TCAA) or in the rules of the commission, the terms used in this chapter have the meanings commonly ascribed to them in the field of air pollution control. In addition to the terms which are defined by the TCAA, §§ 3.2, 101.1…

(a) The commissioners court of a participating county may appoint one or more local advisory panels to provide advice on Low Income Vehicle Repair Assistance, Retrofit, and Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program (LIRAP) and to assist in identifying vehicles with intrinsic value t…

(a) The requirements of this section apply only to counties that have adopted an early action compact (EAC) clean air action plan, and that along with the largest municipality in each county have submitted to the commission a resolution requesting implementation of a vehicle insp…

This section applies to all vehicles registered and primarily operated, as defined in § 114.2 of this title (relating to Inspection and Maintenance (I/M) Definitions), in the affected early action compact (EAC) program counties, except as provided in § 114.80 of this title (relat…

(a) No person or entity may operate, or allow the operation of, a motor vehicle registered in the affected early action compact (EAC) counties that does not comply with: (1) all applicable air pollution emissions control-related requirements included in the annual vehicle safety …

(a) No person may issue or allow the issuance of a vehicle inspection report, as authorized by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), unless all applicable air pollution emissions control-related requirements of the annual vehicle safety inspection and the vehicle emissions…

(a) The following fees must be paid for an emissions inspection of a vehicle at an inspection station in an affected early action compact program county. This fee must include one free retest if the vehicle fails the emissions inspection, provided that the motorist has the retest…

(a) The following exemptions apply in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, Dallas-Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria areas, as defined in § 115.10 of this title (relating to Definitions), except as noted in paragraphs (2), (4), (6), (7), and (9) - (11) of this subsection. (…

(a) The following requirements apply in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, Dallas-Fort Worth, and El Paso areas, as defined in § 115.10 of this title (relating to Definitions). The control requirements in this subsection no longer apply in the Dallas-Fort Worth area beginning March 1, 201…

(a) In Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, and Waller Counties, the compliance date has passed and the owner or operator of each storage tank in which any volatile organic compounds (VOC) are placed, stored, or held shall continue to comply with…

(a) For all persons in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, Dallas-Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria areas, the following control requirements shall apply. (1) Any vent gas streams affected by § 115.121(a)(1) of this title (relating to Emission Specifications) must be cont…

(a) Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. (1) Current registration--A registration or license that is: (A) issued by another state, the District of Columbia, or a t…

(a) The Dental Hygiene Advisory Committee is established pursuant to Texas Civil Statutes, § 262.054 for the purpose of advising the Board on matters relating to dental hygiene. (b) Members of the advisory committee serve staggered six-year terms. A member may not serve more than…

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Texas Administrative Code Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION Title 4 - AGRICULTURE Title 7 - BANKING AND SECURITIES Title 10 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Title 13 - CULTURAL RESOURCES Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION Title 19 - EDUCATION Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES Titl…

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION Title 4 - AGRICULTURE Title 7 - BANKING AND SECURITIES Title 10 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Title 13 - CULTURAL RESOURCES Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION Title 19 - EDUCATION Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES Titl…

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION Title 4 - AGRICULTURE Title 7 - BANKING AND SECURITIES Title 10 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Title 13 - CULTURAL RESOURCES Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION Title 19 - EDUCATION Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES Titl…

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION Title 4 - AGRICULTURE Title 7 - BANKING AND SECURITIES Title 10 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Title 13 - CULTURAL RESOURCES Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION Title 19 - EDUCATION Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES Titl…

Texas Administrative Code Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION Title 4 - AGRICULTURE Title 7 - BANKING AND SECURITIES Title 10 - COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Title 13 - CULTURAL RESOURCES Title 16 - ECONOMIC REGULATION Title 19 - EDUCATION Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES Titl…

Pursuant to § 262.002(a)(6), the placement and removal of site specific subgingival medicaments may be delegated to a Texas licensed dental hygienist under the general supervision of, and in the office of, a Texas licensed dentist, only after scaling and root planing. (1) The res…

The following exemptions apply in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, Dallas-Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria areas and in Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Gregg, Guadalupe, Hays, Nueces, Travis, Victoria, Williamson, and Wilson. (1) Any cold solvent cleaning system is e…

In the Beaumont/Port Arthur, Dallas/Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston/Galveston areas as defined in § 115.10 of this title (relating to Definitions) and in Gregg, Nueces, Victoria, Bexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson, Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties, the follo…

The testing requirements for degreasing processes in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, Dallas-Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria areas and in Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Gregg, Guadalupe, Hays, Nueces, Travis, Victoria, Williamson, and Wilson Counties are as follows…

The owner or operator of each degreasing process in Beaumont-Port Arthur, Dallas-Fort Worth, El Paso, and Houston-Galveston-Brazoria areas and in Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal, Gregg, Guadalupe, Hays, Nueces, Travis, Victoria, Williamson, and Wilson Counties shall maintain the …