This chapter does not prohibit the professional use of the term "fire engineer" by a member of a fire department in a municipality with a population of one million or more that has adopted Chapter 143, Local Government Code, and to which Subchapter G of that chapter does not generally apply, who:
(1) holds the position of fire apparatus operator; and
(2) is not otherwise engaged in the practice of engineering.
Official text of the Texas Occupations Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.