Iowa Admin. Code r. 641-42.33 - Standards for formal education for X-ray equipment operators in bone densitometry
(1) The
following are the minimum standards:
a. A
principal instructor shall have at least two years of current experience in
radiography and bone densitometry and shall:
(1) Be an Iowa-permitted general radiologic
technologist ; or
(2) Hold a current
ARRT registration if the clinical site is located outside of
Iowa.
b. A clinical
instructor shall have at least two years of current experience in radiography
and bone densitometry and shall:
(1) Be an
Iowa-permitted limited radiologic technologist ; or
(2) Be an Iowa-permitted X-ray equipment
operator in bone densitometry ; or
(3) Be an Iowa-permitted general radiologic
technologist ; or
(4) Hold a current
ARRT registration if the clinical site is located outside of Iowa.
c. Clinical instructors shall be
supervised by the principal instructor.
d. A principal instructor shall also act as
clinical instructor, if applicable.
e. The following are classroom and clinical
standards:
(1) A minimum of 8.0 hours of
classroom instruction to include radiation safety, equipment operation, quality
control, patient care, and anatomy.
(2) Clinical instruction to include
positioning and a minimum of 10 projections excluding the competency
projections.
(3) Clinical
competency projections shall include 5 projections.
(4) All competency testing shall be directly
supervised by the principal or clinical instructor.
(5) Clinical instructors shall directly
supervise all students before the student 's competency for the specific
projection is documented and indirectly supervise after the student 's
competency for the specific projection is documented.
(2) Department approval is
required before implementing any formal education or making any changes to a
formal education offering.
(3)
Administrative items for all formal education :
a. The department reserves the right to audit
or evaluate any aspect of the formal education or student progress.
b. The department may at any time require
further documentation.
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