Title OC, Occupations Code

Sec. 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 (a) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 , Sec. 2.197(8), eff.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 (b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 , Sec. 2.197(8), eff. September 1, 2015. (c) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 ,…

Sec. 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 its members and its industry or profession in dealing with mutual …

Sec. 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 is not eligible to serve more than two consecutive full terms. (c) If a vacancy occurs during a member's…

Sec. 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 required by Section 602.052 for appointment to the advisory committee; (2) does not maintain during service…

Sec. 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 engages in the business of the advisory committee. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts…

Sec. 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 serve in that capacity at the will of the president. The advisory commit…

Sec. 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 hearings, the issuance of cease and desist orders, and …

Sec. 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 filed with and resolved by the medical board. (b) The …

Sec. 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 on any issue relating to medical physicists. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, …

Sec. 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 tecum: (1) to conduct an investigation or a contested case pr…

Sec. 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 to the extent required by the medical board to keep the person's …

Sec. 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. (b) In its rules to prohibit false, misle…

Sec. 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 stricter than the requirements of Chapter 53. Added by Acts 2015, 84th …

Sec. 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 a license for that specialty: (1) diagnostic radiological physics; (2) me…

Sec. 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 practicing under Chapter 601; (3) a person who performs radio…

Sec. 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 by the medical board and must include: (1) evidence of relevant work experience, including a description of the…

Sec. 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 completed the experience and examination requirements of Section 602.207. A temporary license is valid…

Sec. 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 take the examination for the medical physics specialty requested by the applicant in the license ap…

Sec. 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 or university that signifies the completion of courses approved by the medical board in physics…

Sec. 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 is administered. If an examination is graded or reviewed by a national or state testing …

Sec. 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 the medical board, to the medical board or to the Department …

Sec. 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 license requirements. (b) Not later than the 30th day after the date the medical board makes a decisio…

Sec. 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 a system under which licenses expire on various dates during the year. (c) A person may renew an unexpired license by…

Sec. 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 applicant as provided by Section 602.2081. (b) The me…

Sec. 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 who holds a license to practice medical or radiological physics in another state, …

Sec. 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 in the license holder's address. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1…

Sec. 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 state and who: (1) has been licensed or certified in good standing as a practitioner of med…

Sec. 602.214. REFUSAL FOR VIOLATION OF BOARD ORDER. The medical board may refuse to renew a license issued under this chapter if the license holder is in violation of a medical board order. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 567 (S.B. 674), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2017. …

Sec. 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 or renewing a license by means of fraud, misrepresentation, or conce…

Sec. 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 which a formal complaint has been filed. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., c…

Sec. 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 proceedings held in compliance with Section 2001.054, Government Code. (b) Ru…

Sec. 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 person to: (1) report regularly to the medical board on matters that are the basis of the probation; (2) l…

Sec. 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 of a license holder if the medical board or panel determines from the evidence or info…

Sec. 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 Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.086, …

Sec. 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 exceed $5,000 a day. (b) At the request of the medical board, the attorney general shall bring an action to recover a civ…

Sec. 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 medical physics without holding a license for the specialty; (3) practices medical physics in violation o…

Sec. 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 order issued under this chapter. A penalty collected under this subchapter shall b…

Sec. 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 shall: (1) pay the penalty; or (2) file a pet…