(a) Auxiliary personnel who take the ARRT
Examination in Radiography, and who pass that examination as determined by
ARRT, or who have been certified by ARRT, or by another certifying body
recognized by the Board, as the result of satisfactory completion of a test and
an educational course accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the
Board, as a radiologic technologist in radiography, may apply ionizing
radiation to human beings for diagnostic purposes on the premises of a medical
doctor under the direct supervision of that medical doctor. The medical doctor
is not required to personally observe performance of the procedure.
(b) Auxiliary personnel who take the ARRT
Examination in Radiation Therapy Technology, and who pass that examination as
determined by ARRT, or who have been certified by ARRT, or by another
certifying body recognized by the Board, as the result of satisfactory
completion of a test and an educational course accredited by an accrediting
body recognized by the Board, in radiation therapy technology, may apply
ionizing radiation to human beings for therapeutic purposes on the premises of
a medical doctor under the direct supervision of that medical doctor. The
medical doctor is not required to personally observe performance of the
procedure. The medical doctor shall be on the premises when a radiographic
procedure is performed for a therapeutic purpose by an auxiliary
person.
(c) Auxiliary personnel who
take the ARRT Examination in Nuclear Medicine Technology, and who pass that
examination as determined by ARRT, or who have been certified by ARRT, or by
another certifying body recognized by the Board, as the result of satisfactory
completion of a test and an educational course accredited by an accrediting
body recognized by the Board, in nuclear medicine technology, may use
radionuclide agents on human beings for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes on
the premises of a medical doctor under the direct supervision of that medical
doctor. The medical doctor is not required to personally observe performance of
the procedure. The medical doctor shall be on the premises when a radionuclide
agent is used by an auxiliary person for a therapeutic purpose.
(d) Auxiliary personnel who take the
ARRT
Limited Examination in Radiography, and who receive a score of 70 or higher on
that examination as determined by
ARRT, may use ionizing radiation on the
thorax and extremities of human beings for diagnostic purposes on the premises
of a medical doctor under the direct supervision of that medical doctor. The
medical doctor is not required to personally observe the performance of the
procedure. The use of ionizing radiation is restricted to producing radiographs
of the thorax and the extremities to demonstrate the following:
(1) Ankle.
(2) Chest.
(3) Clavicle.
(4) Elbow.
(5) Femur.
(6) Foot.
(7) Hand.
(8) Humerus.
(9) Knee.
(10) Radius and ulna.
(11) Scapula.
(12) Shoulder.
(13) Soft tissue (foreign body
localization).
(14) Tibia and
fibula.
(15) Wrist.
(e) Auxiliary personnel who take
the
ARRT Limited Examination in Radiography-Skull and Sinuses, and who receive
a score of 70 or higher on that examination as determined by
ARRT, may use
ionizing radiation on the skull and sinuses of human beings for diagnostic
purposes on the premises of the medical doctor under the direct supervision of
that medical doctor. The medical doctor is not required to personally observe
the performance of the procedure. The use of ionizing radiation is restricted
to producing radiographs of the skull and sinuses to demonstrate the following:
(i) Facial bones.
(ii) Mandible.
(iii) Paranasal sinuses.
(iv) Skull.
(f) Auxiliary personnel who take the
Examination in Nuclear Medicine Technology of the Nuclear Medicine Technology
College Board, and who pass that examination as determined by the Nuclear
Medicine Technology College Board, or who have been certified by the Nuclear
Medicine Technology College Board as a radiologic technologist in nuclear
medicine technology as the result of satisfactory completion of a test and an
educational course accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the Board,
may use radionuclide agents on human beings for diagnostic or therapeutic
purposes on the premises of a medical doctor under the direct supervision of
that medical doctor. The medical doctor is not required to personally observe
performance of the procedure. The medical doctor shall be on the premises when
a radionuclide agent is used by an auxiliary person for a therapeutic
purpose.
(g) A person licensed by
the State Board of Dentistry as a dental hygienist may use ionizing radiation
on the maxilla, mandible and adjacent structures of human beings, to produce
radiographs of those structures for diagnostic purposes, on the premises of a
medical doctor under the direct supervision of that medical doctor. The medical
doctor is not required to personally observe the performance of the
procedure.