(a) All applicants for certification must meet the requirements in §601.105 of the Act and submit:
- (1) the board required application form;
(2) payment of the required fee and additional fees and surcharges as applicable:
- (A) Radiologist Assistant fee of $140.00;
- (B) General or Limited Medical Radiologic Technologist fee of $80.00;
- (C) Temporary General or Temporary Limited Medical Radiologic Technologist fee of $30.00;
- (D) Non-Certified Radiologic Technician fee of $60.00; and
(3) required documentation including, but not limited to:
- (A) an educational transcript;
- (B) a current national certification, if applicable;
- (C) a certified transcript of specialty examination scores, if applicable;
- (D) a birth certificate or other similar proof of age;
- (E) Professional or Work History Evaluation forms demonstrating or relating to the practice of radiologic technology for the preceding five years from the date of the application;
- (F) National Practitioner Data Bank/Health Integrity and Protection Data Bank report (NPDB-HIPDB), if applicable;
- (G) FBI/DPS Fingerprint Report;
- (H) documentation of alternate name or name change, if applicable;
- (I) arrest records, if applicable;
- (J) malpractice records, if applicable;
- (K) treatment records for alcohol or substance use disorder or any physical or mental illness impacting the ability practice, if applicable;
- (L) military orders or DD214, if applicable;
- (M) evidence of passage of the Texas Jurisprudence examination with at least a score of 75; and
- (N) any other documentation deemed necessary by the board to process an application.
(b) Applications are valid for one year from the date of submission. The one-year period can be extended for the following reasons:
- (1) delay in processing an application;
- (2) referral to the Licensure Committee;
- (3) unanticipated military assignments, medical reasons, or catastrophic events; or
- (4) other extenuating circumstances.
(c) In accordance with Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 55, military service members, veterans, and spouses must:
- (1) meet the general requirements as set forth in subsection (a) of this section; and
- (2) submit a completed application on the board-approved form and all additional documentation as required, with the exception of the application fee.
- (d) The board may allow substitute documents where exhaustive efforts on the applicant's part to secure the required documents are presented.
Source Note:The provisions of this §186.10 adopted to be effective January 9, 2025, 50 TexReg 394.