TITLE: Relating to the issuance by reciprocity of a license to practice medical physics to persons who hold a license from the United States armed forces.

SUMMARY: Relating to the issuance by reciprocity of a license to practice medical physics to persons who hold a license from the United States armed forces.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the issuance by reciprocity of a license to practice medical physics to persons who hold a license from the United States armed forces. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 602.211(a), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) On receipt of an application and fee under Section 602.203, the board may waive any prerequisite for obtaining a license to a person who holds a license to practice medical or radiological physics in:(1) another state, territory, or jurisdiction acceptable to the board that has requirements for the licensing of medical or radiological physicists that are substantially the same as the requirements of this chapter;or (2) the United States armed forces, including the United States Coast Guard.SECTION 2. The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall adopt rules to implement Section 602.211(a), Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.