# 22 Tex. Admin. Code § 160.1: 22 TAC § 160.1. Purpose

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## Section

- **Citation:** 22 Tex. Admin. Code § 160.1
- **Heading:** 22 TAC § 160.1. Purpose
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Texas Administrative Code / Title 22 EXAMINING BOARDS / Part 9 TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD / Chapter 160 MEDICAL PHYSICISTS / 22 TAC § 160.1

## Text

(a) These rules are promulgated under the authority
 of the Medical Practice Act Title 3, Subtitle B, Texas Occupations
 Code and the Medical Physics Practice Act, Texas Occupations Code
 Annotated Chapter 602, concerning the licensure and regulation of
 medical physicists. The purpose of these rules is to:
(1) protect the health, safety, and welfare of the
 citizens of this state from harmful effects of radiation;
(2) protect the public from the practice of medical
 physicists by incompetent licensees.
(b) This chapter will protect the public from the dangers
 described by subsection (a)(1) and (2) of this section by:
(1) establishing minimum standards of education, training,
 and competency for persons engaged in the practice of medical physics;
 and
(2) ensuring that the privilege of practicing in the
 field of medical physics is entrusted only to those persons licensed
 under the Act.

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