22 Tex. Admin. Code § 189.8 - Temporary License

(a) Applicants for a temporary license must meet the educational requirements under § 189.5 of this title.

(b) A temporary license shall be issued for each specialty for a one-year period.

(c) The holder of a temporary license may apply for up to twelve temporary licenses.

(d) Upon application for the seventh temporary license, the Board shall perform an evaluation of an applicant's progress toward certification in a medical physicist area of specialty. This evaluation will include, but is not limited to:

(1) information on the applicant's current participation in any medical physicist training program;

(2) identification of the medical physicist specialty/specialties an applicant is working toward;

(3) the number of certification examinations taken during the previous six years and the results of said examinations;

(4) any medical physicist certification(s) successfully completed during the previous six years. If this evaluation determines that satisfactory progress has not been made toward completion of a medical physicist certification, an application for an additional temporary license may be denied.

(e) The board may, in its discretion, allow the holder of a temporary license to apply for more than twelve licenses.

(f) The application for a temporary license shall include information regarding the experience in the medical physics specialty completed by the renewal applicant during the previous one-year period.

(g) The work experience must be under the supervision of a licensed medical physicist holding a license in the specialty area. The work experience must be completed in accordance with a supervision plan approved by the board, signed by both the supervisor and the temporary license holder. In order to be approved as a supervisor, the licensed medical physicist must:

(1) have an unrestricted license or certificate in Texas;

(2) have no pending investigation;

(3) not be a relative or family member;

(4) have never had a license or certificate revoked, suspended, restricted, or cancelled for cause; and

(5) meet any other eligibility criteria established by the board.

(h) A supervisor shall supervise no more than two temporary license holders or their full-time equivalents, unless in a CAMPEP approved medical physics training.

(i) Applicants for a temporary license must submit:

(1) a board required application form; and

(2) the required fee of $130.00 for a single specialty, $50.00 for each additional specialty, and additional fees and surcharges as applicable.

(j) Temporary licenses will be terminated upon:

(1) issuance of a full license; or

(2) violation of conditions of a temporary license.

Notes

22 Tex. Admin. Code § 189.8

The provisions of this §189.8 adopted to be effective May 9, 2002, 27 TexReg 3776; amended to be effective May 2, 2010, 35 TexReg 3280; amended to be effective September 30, 2012, 37 TexReg 7486; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 50, Number 02, January 10, 2025, TexReg 0416, eff. 1/9/2025