Texas Administrative Code › Title 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS › Part 9 - TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD › Chapter 194 - MEDICAL RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY › Subchapter A - CERTIFICATE HOLDERS, NON-CERTIFIED TECHNICIANS, AND OTHER AUTHORIZED INDIVIDUALS OR ENTITIES › Section 194.2 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
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.