| 1 | 1 | | 89R2748 JTZ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Johnson S.B. No. 1328 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to requiring an occupational license to practice magnetic |
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| 10 | 10 | | resonance imaging physics. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 602.002, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 13 | | amending Subdivisions (5-a) and (12) and adding Subdivision (5-b) |
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| 14 | 14 | | to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (5-a) "Magnetic resonance imaging physics" means the |
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| 16 | 16 | | branch of medical physics that deals with radiofrequency radiation |
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| 17 | 17 | | and the use of equipment associated with the production and use of |
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| 18 | 18 | | radiofrequency radiation. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (5-b) "Medical board" means the Texas Medical Board. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (12) "Radiological physics" means the branch of |
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| 21 | 21 | | medical physics that includes: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (A) diagnostic radiological physics; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (B) magnetic resonance imaging physics; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (C) medical health physics; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (D) [(C)] medical nuclear physics; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (E) [(D)] therapeutic radiological physics. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. Section 602.201(b), Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 28 | 28 | | to read as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (b) A medical physicist may not practice the following |
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| 30 | 30 | | specialties unless the person holds a license for that specialty: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) diagnostic radiological physics; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (2) magnetic resonance imaging physics; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (3) medical health physics; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (4) [(3)] medical nuclear physics; or |
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| 35 | 35 | | (5) [(4)] therapeutic radiological physics. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 37 | 37 | | of this Act, the Texas Medical Board shall adopt rules necessary to |
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| 38 | 38 | | implement the changes in law made by this Act to Chapter 602, |
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| 39 | 39 | | Occupations Code. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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