The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall
have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
(1) ABHES--Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools.
(2) Act--The Medical Radiologic Technologist Certification
Act, Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 601.
(3) Active duty--A person who is currently serving
as full-time military service member in the armed forces of the United
States or active duty military service as a member of the Texas military
forces, as defined by §437.001, Government Code, or similar military
service of another state.
(4) Agency--The divisions, departments, and employees
of the board, Texas Medical Board, Texas Physician Assistant Board,
Texas State Board of Acupuncture Examiners, Medical Physicist Licensure
Advisory Committee; Perfusionist Licensure Advisory Committee; and
Texas Board of Respiratory Care.
(5) APA--The Administrative Procedure Act, Texas Government
Code, Chapter 2001 as amended.
(6) Applicant--A person who files an application with
the board for a certificate, including a temporary certificate, general,
limited, or a provisional certificate; or a person or program who
files an application with the board for approval to act as an instructor
or educational program.
(7) Armed forces of the United States--Army, Navy,
Air Force, Coast Guard, or Marine Corps of the United States or a
reserve unit of one of those branches of the armed forces.
(8) ARRT--The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
and its predecessor or successor organizations.
(9) ASRT--The American Society of Radiologic Technologists
and its predecessor or successor organizations.
(10) Board--The Texas Board of Medical Radiologic Technology.
(11) Cardiovascular (CV)--Limited to radiologic procedures
involving the use of contrast media and or ionizing radiation for
the purposes of diagnosing or treating a disease or condition of the
cardiovascular system.
(12) CBRPA--Certification Board for Radiology Practitioner
Assistants.
(13) Certificate--A medical radiologic technologist
certificate, general, limited or provisional, issued by the board.
(14) Chiropractor--A person who is licensed by the
Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners as a doctor of chiropractic.
(15) Dentist--A person who is licensed by the Texas
State Board of Dental Examiners as a doctor of dentistry.
(16) Direct supervision--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 Texas Occupations Code 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.
(17) Education program--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.
(18) Executive director--The executive director of
the Agency or the authorized designee of the executive director.
(19) Federally qualified health center (FQHC)--A health
center as defined by 42 United States Code, §1396d(L)(2)(B).
(20) Fluorography--Hard copy of a fluoroscopic image;
also known as spot films.
(21) Fluoroscopy--The practice of examining tissues
using a fluorescent screen, including digital and conventional methods.
(22) General certification--An authorization to perform
radiologic procedures.
(23) Good professional character--An applicant for
licensure must not be in violation of or have committed any act described
in the Medical Radiologic Technologist Certification Act, §§601.302-.303,
Texas Occupations Code Annotated.
(24) Hospital--A facility that:
(A) is:
(i) a general hospital or a special hospital, as those
terms are defined by §241.003, Health and Safety Code, including
a hospital maintained or operated by the state; or
(ii) a mental hospital licensed under Chapter 577,
Health and Safety Code; and
(B) has an organized medical staff.
(25) Instructor--An individual approved by the board
to provide instruction and training in the discipline of medical radiologic
technology in an educational setting.
(26) JRCCVT--The Joint Review Committee on Education
in Cardiovascular Technology.
(27) JRCERT--The Joint Review Committee on Education
in Radiologic Technology.
(28) JRCNMT--The Joint Review Committee on Educational
Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology.
(29) Limited certification--An authorization to perform
radiologic procedures that are limited to specific parts of the human
body.
(30) Limited medical radiologic technologist (LMRT)--A
person who holds a limited certificate issued under the Act, and who
under the direction of a practitioner, intentionally administers radiation
to specific parts of the bodies of other persons for a medical purpose.
The limited categories are the skull, chest, spine, extremities, podiatric,
chiropractic and cardiovascular. The term does not include a practitioner.
(31) Medical Board--The Texas Medical Board.
(32) Medical radiologic technologist (MRT)--A person
who holds a general certificate issued under the Act, and who under
the direction of a practitioner, intentionally administers radiation
to other persons for medical purpose. The term does not include a
practitioner.
(33) Military service member--A person who is on active
duty.
(34) Military spouse--A person who is married to a
military service member.
(35) Military veteran--A person who served on active
duty and who was discharged or released from active duty.
(36) Mobile service operation--The provision of radiation
machines and personnel at temporary sites for limited time periods.
The radiation machines may be fixed inside a motorized vehicle or
may be a portable radiation machine that may be removed from the vehicle
and taken into a facility for use.
(37) NMTCB--Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification
Board and its successor organizations.
(38) Non-certified technician (NCT)--A person who has
completed a training program approved by the board and who is registered
with the board under this chapter. An NCT may not perform a radiologic
procedure which has been identified as dangerous or hazardous.
(39) Open Meetings Act--Texas Government Code Annotated,
Chapter 551 as amended.
(40) Party--The board and each person named or admitted
as a party in a hearing before the State Office of Administrative
Hearings.
(41) Pediatric--Pertaining to radiologic procedures
performed on a person who is between the age range of fetus to age
18 or as otherwise defined by Texas law, when the growth and developmental
processes are generally complete. These rules do not prohibit a practitioner
from taking into account the individual circumstances of each patient
and determining if the upper age limit requires variation by not more
than two years.
(42) Physician--A person licensed by the Texas Medical
Board as a doctor of medicine or osteopathy.
(43) Physician assistant--A person licensed by the
Texas Physician Assistant Board to practice as a physician assistant.
(44) Podiatrist--A person licensed by the Texas State
Board of Podiatric Medical Examiners as a doctor of podiatry.
(45) Practitioner--A chiropractor, dentist, physician,
or podiatrist who prescribes radiologic procedures for other persons.
(46) Presiding Officer--The person designated by the
Governor to serve as the presiding officer of the board.
(47) Provisional medical radiologic technologist (PMRT)--A
person who holds a provisional certificate issued under the Act, and
who, under the direction of a practitioner, intentionally administers
radiation to other persons for a medical purpose. The authorization
to perform radiologic procedures under the provisional certificate
shall not exceed 180 days from date of the certificate's issuance.
The term does not include a practitioner.
(48) Radiation--Ionizing radiation:
(A) in amounts beyond normal background levels; and
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