Section 601.6 - Application Procedures(a) General. (1) Unless otherwise indicated, an applicant must submit all required information and documentation of qualifications on forms prescribed by the board.(2) The board shall not consider an application as officially submitted until the applicant has paid the application fee.(3) The executive secretary shall send a notice listing the required additional materials to an applicant who does not complete the application in a timely manner. An application that has not been completed within 30 days after the date of the notice may be invalidated.(b) Required application materials. (1) Application form. The application form may include the following: (A) specific information regarding personal data, social security number, birth month and day, place of employment, other state licenses and certifications held, misdemeanor and felony convictions, educational and training background, and work experience;(B) a statement that the applicant has read the Act and this chapter and agrees to abide by them;(C) the applicant's permission to the board to seek any information or references it deems necessary to determine the applicant's qualifications;(D) a statement that the applicant, if issued a license, shall return the license to the board should the license be revoked or suspended;(E) a statement that the applicant understands that materials submitted become the property of the board and are nonreturnable;(F) a statement that the information in the application is truthful and that the applicant understands that providing false information of any kind may result in the voiding of the application and failure to be granted a license, or the revocation of any license issued;(G) a statement that if issued a license, the applicant shall keep the board apprised of his or her current mailing address; and(H) the dated signature of the applicant.(2) Required documentation. Applicants for a license must submit: (A) evidence of relevant work experience, including a description of the applicant's responsibilities and of the duties that were performed;(B) an official transcript from a college or university granting the applicant's degree or certificate of completion of training course or if a college or university does not issue an official transcript, the board may accept another form of official documentation or sworn evidence of the degree or successful completion of courses;(C) a statement of the medical physics specialty for which the application is submitted;(D) three current professional references as follows:(i) two medical physicists. If the applicant is applying for one specialty, both physicists must be practicing in that specialty area. If the applicant is applying for two or more specialties, one physicist must be practicing in one of those specialties and the other physicist must be practicing in another one of the specialties for which the applicant is making application;(ii) one licensed physician practicing in at least one of the specialties for which the applicant is making application; however, if the applicant is applying for a license in the specialty area of medical health physics, the physician may be practicing in diagnostic radiology, radiation oncology, or nuclear medicine;(iii) if applying for a temporary license, post-secondary academic references may be substituted; and(E) the fee as prescribed by the board; and(F) the completion of the current open book examination relating to the practice of medical physics in this state. The applicant is responsible for verifying that he or she has taken and submitted the most current version of the open book examination.(c) Consideration of application. This subsection is intended to address the applications procedures required by the Act, § 602.204 and § 602.209. (1) The board or the executive secretary may require an applicant to appear before the board or executive secretary to present further information in support of the application.(2) At any time before the board issues or renews a license, the applicant may request in writing that the board withdraw its consideration of the application, but the board shall retain the application and accompanying fee. To reapply, the applicant must submit a new application and fee.(3) If an applicant meets all requirements of the Act and this chapter, the executive secretary shall approve the application and issue a license. The credentials committee of the board shall review a summary of each application and approve or disapprove the actions of the executive secretary. The credentials committee will report its actions in summary form to the board, which will ratify or disaffirm them.(d) Disapproved applications.(1) The appropriate committee of the board may propose disapproval and the board may disapprove the application if the person:(A) does not meet the qualifications for a license as set forth in the Act or this chapter;(B) has not passed the open book portion of the examination with a passing score of 80% or better;(C) has failed to pass an accepted specialty examination described in § 601.8(d) of this title (relating to Licensure Qualifications);(D) has deliberately presented false information to the board to verify the applicant's qualifications;(E) has obtained or renewed a license by means of fraud, misrepresentation, or omission of material facts;(F) has made application for or held a license issued by the licensing authority of another state, territory, or jurisdiction that was denied, suspended, or revoked by that licensing authority;(G) has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor that involved moral turpitude or that directly relates to the duties and responsibilities of a licensed medical physicist;(H) has otherwise violated this Act, a lawful order or rule of the board, or the board's code of ethics; or(I) lacks the necessary skills, abilities and professional ethics to engage in the practice of medical physics in the specialty area requested.(2) An applicant whose application has been formally denied under paragraph (1)(F) - (H) of this subsection shall be permitted to reapply after a period of not less than one year from the date of the disapproval and shall submit with the reapplication, proof satisfactory to the board of compliance with all of the rules of the board and with the provisions of the Act in effect at the time of reapplication.22 Tex. Admin. Code § 601.6
The provisions of this §601.6 adopted to be effective December 15, 1992, 17 TexReg 8440; amended to be effective June 27, 1995, 20 TexReg 4344; amended to be effective February 4, 1999, 24 TexReg 559; amended to be effective August 5, 2001, 26 TexReg 5808; amended to be effective January 2, 2008, 32 TexReg 10003; amended to be effective August 30, 2012, 37 TexReg 6594