Tex. Occupations Code § 601.002
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 601.002, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 601.002. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this chapter:
(1) "Advisory board" means the Texas Board of Medical Radiologic Technology.
(1-a) "Authorized person" means a person who meets or exceeds the minimum educational standards of the advisory board under Section 601.201.
(2) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.197(1), eff. September 1, 2015.
(3) "Direct supervision" means supervision and control by a medical radiologic technologist or a practitioner who:
(A) assumes legal liability for a student employed to perform a radiologic procedure and enrolled in a program that meets the requirements adopted under Section 601.052; and
(B) is physically present during the performance of the radiologic procedure to provide consultation or direct the action of the student.
(4) "Education program" means clinical training or any other program offered by an organization approved by the advisory board that:
(A) has a specified objective;
(B) includes planned activities for participants; and
(C) uses an approved method for measuring the progress of participants.
(4-a) "Hospital" has the meaning assigned by Section 157.051.
(4-b) "Medical board" means the Texas Medical Board.
(5) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.197(1), eff. September 1, 2015
(6) "Medical radiologic technologist" means a person certified under this chapter who, under the direction of a practitioner, intentionally administers radiation to another for a medical purpose. The term does not include a practitioner.
(7) "Practitioner" means a person who:
(A) is licensed in this state as a doctor of:
(i) medicine;
(ii) osteopathy;
(iii) podiatry;
(iv) dentistry; or
(v) chiropractic; and
(B) prescribes radiologic procedures for other persons.
(8) "Radiation" means ionizing radiation:
(A) in amounts beyond normal background levels; and
(B) from a source such as a medical or dental radiologic procedure.
(9) "Radiologic procedure" means a procedure or article, including a diagnostic X-ray or a nuclear medicine procedure, that:
(A) is intended for use in:
(i) the diagnosis of disease or other medical or dental conditions in humans; or
(ii) the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans; and
(B) achieves its intended purpose through the emission of radiation.
(10) "Radiologic technology" means the administration of radiation to a person for a medical purpose.
(10-a) "Radiologist" means a physician specializing in radiology certified by or board-eligible for the American Board of Radiology, the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology, the Royal College of Radiologists, or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
(10-b) "Radiologist assistant" means an advanced-level medical radiologic technologist who is certified as:
(A) a registered radiologist assistant by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists; or
(B) a radiology practitioner assistant by the Certification Board for Radiology Practitioner Assistants.
(11) "Registered nurse" means a person licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing to practice professional nursing.
(1) "Advisory board" means the Texas Board of Medical Radiologic Technology.
(1-a) "Authorized person" means a person who meets or exceeds the minimum educational standards of the advisory board under Section 601.201.
(2) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.197(1), eff. September 1, 2015.
(3) "Direct supervision" means supervision and control by a medical radiologic technologist or a practitioner who:
(A) assumes legal liability for a student employed to perform a radiologic procedure and enrolled in a program that meets the requirements adopted under Section 601.052; and
(B) is physically present during the performance of the radiologic procedure to provide consultation or direct the action of the student.
(4) "Education program" means clinical training or any other program offered by an organization approved by the advisory board that:
(A) has a specified objective;
(B) includes planned activities for participants; and
(C) uses an approved method for measuring the progress of participants.
(4-a) "Hospital" has the meaning assigned by Section 157.051.
(4-b) "Medical board" means the Texas Medical Board.
(5) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.197(1), eff. September 1, 2015
(6) "Medical radiologic technologist" means a person certified under this chapter who, under the direction of a practitioner, intentionally administers radiation to another for a medical purpose. The term does not include a practitioner.
(7) "Practitioner" means a person who:
(A) is licensed in this state as a doctor of:
(i) medicine;
(ii) osteopathy;
(iii) podiatry;
(iv) dentistry; or
(v) chiropractic; and
(B) prescribes radiologic procedures for other persons.
(8) "Radiation" means ionizing radiation:
(A) in amounts beyond normal background levels; and
(B) from a source such as a medical or dental radiologic procedure.
(9) "Radiologic procedure" means a procedure or article, including a diagnostic X-ray or a nuclear medicine procedure, that:
(A) is intended for use in:
(i) the diagnosis of disease or other medical or dental conditions in humans; or
(ii) the cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in humans; and
(B) achieves its intended purpose through the emission of radiation.
(10) "Radiologic technology" means the administration of radiation to a person for a medical purpose.
(10-a) "Radiologist" means a physician specializing in radiology certified by or board-eligible for the American Board of Radiology, the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology, the Royal College of Radiologists, or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
(10-b) "Radiologist assistant" means an advanced-level medical radiologic technologist who is certified as:
(A) a registered radiologist assistant by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists; or
(B) a radiology practitioner assistant by the Certification Board for Radiology Practitioner Assistants.
(11) "Registered nurse" means a person licensed by the Texas Board of Nursing to practice professional nursing.
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