Sec. 601.203.  HARDSHIP EXEMPTION.  (a)  On application to the advisory board by a hospital, a federally qualified health center as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 1396d, or a practitioner, the advisory board shall exempt the applicant from the requirements of Section 601.201 in employing a person certified under this chapter or trained as required by Section 601.201 if the applicant shows a hardship in employing a person certified under this chapter or trained as required by Section 601.201.
(b)  The following conditions are considered to be a hardship for the purposes of Subsection (a):
(1)  that the applicant:
(A)  reports an inability to attract and retain medical radiologic technologists; and
(B)  is located in a county with a population of less than 50,000;
(2)  that the applicant is located at a great distance from a school of medical radiologic technology;
(3)  that there is a list of qualified persons who have applied to a school of medical radiologic technology whose admissions are pending because of a lack of faculty or space;
(4)  that the school of medical radiologic technology produces an insufficient number of graduates in medical radiologic technology to meet the needs of the applicant; or
(5)  any other criteria determined by advisory board rule.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.030, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 567 (S.B. 674), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2017.