| (28) Physician--A licensee of the medical board.
(29) Pleading--Written documents filed by parties concerning
their respective claims.
(30) Presiding officer--The member of the acupuncture
board appointed by the governor to preside over acupuncture board
proceedings or the presiding officer's duly qualified successor in
accordance with Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised or board rules.
(31) Register--The Texas Register.
(32) Rule--Any agency statement of general applicability
that implements, interprets, or prescribes law or policy, or describes
the procedures or practice requirements of this board. The term includes
the amendment or repeal of a prior section but does not include statements
concerning only the internal management or organization of any agency
and not affecting private rights or procedures. This definition includes
substantive regulations.
(33) Secretary--The secretary-treasurer of the acupuncture
board.
(34) Substantially equivalent to a Texas acupuncture
school--A school or college of acupuncture that is an institution
of higher learning designed to select and educate acupuncture students;
provide students with the opportunity to acquire a sound basic acupuncture
education through training; to develop programs of acupuncture education
to produce practitioners, teachers, and researchers; and to afford
opportunity for postgraduate and continuing medical education. The
school must provide resources, including faculty and facilities, sufficient
to support a curriculum offered in an intellectual and practical environment
that enables the program to meet these standards. The faculty of the
school shall actively contribute to the development and transmission
of new knowledge. The school of acupuncture shall contribute to the
advancement of knowledge and to the intellectual growth of its students
and faculty through scholarly activity, including research. The school
of acupuncture shall include, but not be limited to, the following
characteristics:
(A) the facilities for didactic and clinical training
(i.e., laboratories, hospitals, library, etc.) shall be adequate to
ensure opportunity for proper education.
(B) the admissions standards shall be substantially
equivalent to a Texas school of acupuncture.
(C) the basic curriculum shall include courses substantially
equivalent to those delineated in the Accreditation Commission for
Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (ACAOM) core curriculum at the time
of applicant's graduation.
(D) the curriculum shall be of at least 1800 hours
in duration.
(35) Military service member--A person who is on active
duty.
(36) Military spouse--A person who is married to a
military service member.
(37) Military veteran--A person who served on active
duty and who was discharged or released from active duty.
(38) 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.
(39) 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.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §183.2 adopted to be effective May 16, 1994, 19 TexReg 3366; amended to be effective December 20, 1994, 19 TexReg 9598; amended to be effective January 12, 1996, 21 TexReg 108; amended to be effective October 22, 1996, 21 TexReg 9828; amended to be effective September 15, 1997, 22 TexReg 8998; amended to be effective May 10, 1998, 23 TexReg 4266; amended to be effective September 21, 2000, 25 TexReg 9217; amended to be effective May 6, 2001, 26 TexReg 3217; amended to be effective January 6, 2002, 26 TexReg 10866; amended to be effective March 6, 2003, 28 TexReg 1883; amended to be effective September 12, 2004, 29 TexReg 8511; amended to be effective January 9, 2005,29TexReg12188;amendedto be effective May 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 3534; amended to be effective January 4, 2007, 31 TexReg 10799; amended to be effective May 6, 2009, 34 TexReg 2675; amended to be effective July 7, 2016, 41 TexReg 4826 |
