22 Tex. Admin. Code § 189.11 - Biennial Continuing Education (CE) Requirements
(a) As part of registration renewal, a
license holder must complete Continuing Education (CE) as follows:
(1) A licensee must complete 24 contact hours
of CE recognized by the board. A contact hour shall be defined as 50 minutes of
attendance and participation.
(2)
Recognized CE includes:
(A) programs
sponsored by American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), American
College of Medical Physics (ACMP), American College of Radiology (ACR), Health
Physics Society (HPS), Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
(SNMMI), Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), American Society for
Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO), or other professional organizations
acceptable to the board;
(B) a
program of study in medical physics that is accredited by the American
Association of Physicists in Medicine Commission on Accreditation of Medical
Physicist Education Programs;
(C)
participation in medical physics related courses, refresher courses,
conferences, and seminars sponsored by state and private universities that have
an accredited graduate medical physics program;
(D) a course of study from an accredited
college or university in physics, medical physics, biophysics, radiological
physics, medical health physics or nuclear engineering; and
(E) other courses that enhance the practice
of medical physics and are acceptable to the board.
(3) A medical physicist shall be presumed to
have complied with this section if in the preceding 24 months, they obtain
board certification or recertification by the American Board of Radiology
(ABR), American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP), American Board of Science in
Nuclear Medicine (ABSNM), or American Board of Health Physics
(ABHP).
(b) Military
service members are subject to the same CE requirements but are allowed
extensions in accordance with §
55.003 of the Texas
Occupations Code, if applicable.
(c) Exemptions for CE requirements.
(1) Requests for exemptions from completing
the CE requirements must be made in writing at least 30 days prior to
expiration of the biennial renewal period for the following reasons:
(A) catastrophic illness;
(B) military service of longer than one
year's duration outside the state;
(C) licensee's residence of longer than one
year's duration outside the United States; or
(D) other good cause.
(2) Exemptions are subject to the approval of
the Executive Director of the board and may not exceed two
years.
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