(a) The occupation of medical laboratory practitioner is approved for inclusion on the registry.     
      (b) Inclusion of an occupation of providers of a specific health-related service on a registry does not constitute an evaluation of a provider's training or competency or a regulation of the scope of the practice of the provider, and is not a requirement that a provider within the included occupation actually register. A provider's participation on a registry is voluntary.     
      (c) A provider placed on a registry may not represent in any manner that the provider is licensed, certified, inspected or otherwise regulated by the Texas Department of Health (department). A provider in violation of this subsection may be referred to the appropriate governmental agency for action under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act, Business and Commerce Code, Chapter 17, or other applicable law.     
      (d) A medical laboratory practitioner is eligible for placement on the registry if the person is a clinical laboratory director, a clinical laboratory supervisor, a medical technologist (clinical laboratory scientist), a medical laboratory technician (clinical technician), or any other individual who performs technical procedures in a clinical laboratory.     
      (e) Once an occupation is approved for placement on a registry, a minimum of 50 persons must be maintained on the registry or the occupation will be removed.     
     Source Note:        The provisions of this §127.2 adopted to be effective February 23, 1990, 15 TexReg 708; amended to be effective July 23, 1990, 15 TexReg 3855; amended to be effective March 17, 1992, 17 TexReg 1630; amended to be effective September 26, 2002, 27 TexReg 8933