(a) A
person may apply to take one or more of the following examinations by securing
an application from the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, and by
submitting the application and the fee required under §
16.13 (relating to licensure,
certification, examination and registration fees) to Health Boards, Bureau of
Professional and Occupational Affairs, Post Office Box 2649, Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania 17105-2649:
(1) ARRT Examination
in Radiography.
(2) ARRT
Examination in Radiation Therapy Technology.
(3) ARRT Examination in Nuclear Medicine
Technology.
(4) ARRT Limited
Examination in Radiography.
(5)
ARRT Limited Examination in Radiography-Skull and Sinuses.
(b) The examinations listed in subsection (a)
are administered in this Commonwealth on the third Thursday of March, July and
October. Applications to the Board for the March examination shall be received
by December 31, applications for the July examination shall be received by
April 30 and applications for the October examination shall be received by July
31.
(c) Applications for the ARRT
examinations in radiography, radiation therapy technology and nuclear medicine
technology may be filed directly with ARRT. ARRT is a private certifying body
and may require the satisfaction of minimum education and training criteria for
certification purposes. An examination application may not be filed with ARRT
if the applicant wishes to take the ARRT Limited Examination in Radiography or
the ARRT Limited Examination in Radiography-Skull and Sinuses, or if the
applicant does not qualify for or desire private certification of competence to
perform the radiologic procedures covered by the other ARRT certification
examinations. Alternatively, an application shall be filed with ARRT and not
with the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs if the applicant
desires to not only perform radiologic procedures as authorized in §
18.202 (relating to auxiliary
personnel performing radiologic procedures), but also desires certification by
ARRT in the field of radiologic procedures covered by the
examination.
Notes
The
provisions of this § 18.203 adopted July 17, 1987, effective
7/18/1987, 17 Pa.B. 3021;
amended May 24, 1991, effective 5/25/1991, 21 Pa.B.
2489.
The provisions of this § 18.203 issued under
sections 6 and 8 of the Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63 P. S.
§§
422.6 and
422.8); section 812.1 of The
Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. §
279.3a); and amended under sections 6, 8 and
25 of the Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63 P. S. §§
422.6,
422.8 and
422.25).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code §
18.204 (relating to effective
date).
