# 22 Tex. Admin. Code § 160.5: 22 TAC § 160.5. Exemptions from License Requirement

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## Section

- **Citation:** 22 Tex. Admin. Code § 160.5
- **Heading:** 22 TAC § 160.5. Exemptions from License Requirement
- **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 § 160.5

## Text

(a) This section sets out persons who are exempt from
 the Texas Medical Physics Practice Act (Act) and persons who must
 be licensed under the Act.
(b) Except as specifically exempted by subsection (c)
 of this section, the provisions of the Act and this chapter apply
 to any person who engages in the practice of medical physics.
(c) The Act and this chapter do not apply to:
(1) practitioners in the performance of radiological
 procedures;
(2) a person practicing under the Medical Radiologic
 Technologist Certification Act (Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 601);
(3) persons who perform radiological procedures under
 a practitioner's instruction or supervision;
(4) persons performing beam calibration and characterization,
 quality assurance, instrument specification, acceptance testing, shielding
 design, or protection analysis on radiation-emitting equipment or
 radiopharmaceuticals for procedures not involved with the diagnosis
 or treatment of disease or other medical or dental conditions in humans;
 or
(5) a person employed by a federal or state regulatory
 agency who is performing duties within the scope of his or her employment.
(d) Activities that do not fall within the definition
 of medical physics are not governed by the Act or this chapter.

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