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TITLE 22 - EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 9 - TEXAS MEDICAL BOARD
CHAPTER 189 - MEDICAL PHYSICISTS
SUBCHAPTER 189.5.html - null
SECTION/RULE §189.5 - Acceptable Education for Licensure
Chapter Review Date 09/10/2012

(a) To be eligible for a license, an applicant must have earned a master's or doctoral degree from:(1) a medical physics program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (CAMPEP);(2) an accredited college or university in physics, medical physics, biophysics, radiological physics, medical health physics or equivalent courses; or(3) an accredited university in physical science (including chemistry), applied mathematics or engineering with 20 hours upper division or graduate level physics courses. For the purpose of this clause, upper division semester hour credits are defined as third-level or above (junior, senior, or graduate) course work completed from a regionally accredited college or university.(b) Degrees received at international universities shall be acceptable only if such course work could be counted as transfer credit by regionally accredited universities. An applicant with an international degree must provide:(1) an International Credential Evaluation from the Foreign Credential Service of America (FCSA);(2) a credential evaluation from an American Board of Radiology (ABR) approved Credentials Evaluation organization; or(3) another similar entity as approved by the board.

Source Note: The provisions of this §189.5 adopted to be effective January 9, 2025, 50 TexReg 415.

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