Tex. Occ. Code § 601.402 · Subchapter I. ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER PENALTY PROVISIONS
CRIMINAL OFFENSES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who is required to be certified under this chapter commits an offense if the person:
(1) knowingly administers a radiologic procedure to another person without holding a valid certificate issued by the advisory board;
(2) practices radiologic technology without holding a certificate under this chapter;
(3) uses or attempts to use a suspended or revoked certificate;
(4) knowingly allows a student enrolled in an education program to perform a radiologic procedure without direct supervision;
(5) obtains or attempts to obtain a certificate through bribery or fraudulent misrepresentation;
(6) uses the title or name "certified medical radiologic technologist" or any other name or title that implies the person is certified to practice radiologic technology, unless the person is certified under this chapter;
(7) knowingly conceals information relating to enforcement of this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; or
(8) employs a person not certified by or in compliance with this chapter for the purpose of applying ionizing radiation to a person.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.047, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.601.htm
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- sha256 96c673f2f0ed404a0c219b2174c329edd202379c743e14f08f038054ac031341
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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