Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0880-05-.05 - EDUCATIONAL COURSE, APPROVAL AND CURRICULUM FOR LIMITED CERTIFICATION
(1) Course approval
(a) To be approved to provide limited
radiological certification training the educational course director must obtain
Board approval by submitting the following information to the Board
Administrative Office:
1. Location of the
course; and
2. Names of physicians,
A.R.R.T. technologists, physicists, or other work qualified personnel who are
acting as instructors. Individuals with just a limited x-ray certification,
without further credentials that this rule allows or the Board feels uniquely
qualifies them to instruct students in a particular subject, may not under any
circumstances teach or otherwise provide limited radiological certification
training; and
3. Course description
and curriculum.
(b) If
the substance of the requirements in subparagraph (1) (a) changes the course
provider must submit, within fifteen (15) days of the change, a new request for
course approval. Course approval may be withdrawn for failure to timely submit
the new request and/or for changes that result in the course no longer meeting
the requirements of subparagraph (1) (a).
(c) To remain approved to provide limited
radiological certification training the educational course director must obtain
Board approval every two (2) years by submitting the information required in
subparagraph (1) (a).
(2) The following curriculum is mandatory for
all limited certification education programs and course approval shall be based
upon the level of radiological education obtainable through the program courses
according to the following:
(a) Basic Course
- Defined as the core, theory or foundation education basic to radiography. The
basic course is prerequisite to any specialty area certification but need be
successfully completed only once. The basic radiological course shall include,
but not be limited to, imaging equipment, principles of radiographic exposure,
radiation protection, radiographic quality and radiographic film processing.
This course shall consist of fifty (50) clock hours. Successful completion of
this basic course can be substituted for the course required for limited
certification in bone densitometry.
(b) Specialty Areas - Defined as the study of
radiography of a particular anatomical part including human structure and
function, radiographic positioning and procedures, and evaluation of
radiographs. Each separate specialty area course shall minimally consist of the
following amount of classroom clock hours:
1.
Chest - ten (10) classroom clock hours;
2. Extremities - until June 1, 2008 ten (10)
classroom clock hours and thereafter forty (40) classroom clock
hours;
3. Skull and Sinuses - ten
(10) classroom clock hours; and
4.
Spine - until June 1, 2008 ten (10) classroom clock hours and thereafter thirty
(30) classroom clock hours.
(c) Clinical Training - Defined as "hands-on"
observation and participation in the production of diagnostic radiographs.
Clinical training must be supervised by either a residency-trained radiologist,
or by a licensed physician in conjunction and consultation with a
fully-licensed and registered operator (A.R.R.T. technologist) with at least
three (3) years experience when appropriate. This training shall minimally
consist of the following amount of clinical clock hours for each specialty area
in which certification is sought:
1. Chest -
until June 1, 2008 sixty (60) clinical clock hours and thereafter thirty (30)
clinical clock hours;
2.
Extremities - until June 1, 2008 sixty (60) clinical clock hours and thereafter
eighty (80) clinical clock hours;
3. Skull and Sinuses - until June 1, 2008
sixty (60) clinical clock hours and thereafter thirty (30) clinical clock
hours; and
4. Spine - until June 1,
2008 sixty (60) clinical clock hours and thereafter eighty (80) clinical clock
hours.
(d) Specialty
areas defined
1. Chest - includes visceral
thorax only; routine projections are PA, AP, Lateral, Oblique, Decubitus, and
Apical Lordotic, but does not include ribs or sternum.
2. Extremities
(i) Upper Extremity - includes all routine
views of the fingers up through the pectoral girdle.
(ii) Lower Extremity includes the toes up
through the femur including routine unilateral hip joint views, but not the
pelvis.
3. Skull and
Sinuses
(i) Skull - includes AP/PA, Townes and
Lateral.
(ii) Sinuses - includes
upright PA/Caldwell, Lateral, and Waters.
4. Spine - Prior to June 1, 2008 shall be
limited to only the AP/PA and Lateral Lumbar Spine but thereafter for those who
have complied with rule 0880-5-.04(1) (c) shall include the following:
(i) Cervical - includes AP/PA, lateral,
obliques, and open mouth odontoid.
(ii) Thoracic- includes AP/PA, lateral, and
Swimmers.
(iii) Lumbar - includes
AP/PA, lateral, spot lateral of L5-S1, and obliques.
(3) Course approval may
be withdrawn if the Board finds the course is in violation of any of its
statutes or regulations or if the Board finds the course inadequate for
certification purposes based upon random auditing of the course and/or its
effectiveness in producing qualified graduates. The minimum standard for
continued course approval shall be based upon at least a sixty-five percent
(65%) graduate pass rate for first time takers on the examinations over at
least a six (6) month period.
(4)
The Board of Medical Examiner's designee may issue course approval subject to
subsequent Board ratification.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. ยงยง 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 63-6-101, and 63-6-224.
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