Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 17 - PROFESSIONS, OCCUPATIONS, AND BUSINESSES (§§ 17-1-101 — 17-107-311) › Subtitle 3 - MEDICAL PROFESSIONS (§§ 17-80-101 — 17-107-311) › Chapter 106 - CONSUMER-PATIENT RADIATION HEALTH AND SAFETY (§§ 17-106-101 — 17-106-204) › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 17-106-101 — 17-106-111) › Section 17-106-103 - Definitions

As used in this chapter:
(1)
"Consumer" means a person who is a resident of this state but who is not a licensed practitioner or radiologic technologist or licensed technologist or limited licensed technologist under this chapter;
(2)
"Direct supervision", pertaining to students, means responsibility for, and control of, radiation safety, protection, and technical aspects of the application of ionizing radiation to human beings for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes, with the parameters that are outlined by educational accreditation agencies that are recognized by the State Board of Health;
(3)
"Ionizing radiation" means gamma rays, X-rays, alpha and beta particles, high speed electrons, protons, neutrons, and other nuclear particles;
(4)
"License" means a certificate issued by the State Board of Health authorizing the licensee to use radioactive materials or medical equipment emitting or detecting ionizing radiation for human diagnostic or therapeutic purposes in accordance with this chapter;
(5)
"Licensed practitioner" means a person licensed to practice medicine, dentistry, podiatry, chiropractic, osteopathy, or optometry in this state;
(6)
"Licensed technologist" means a person other than a licensed practitioner who administers radioactive substances or uses medical equipment emitting or detecting ionizing radiation for human diagnostic or therapeutic purposes under the supervision of a licensed practitioner and who is "grandfathered" under this chapter;
(7)
"Limited license" means an authorization to perform radiologic procedures under the supervision of a licensed practitioner that are limited to specific parts of the human body, specifically of the chest and skeletal structures, or limited to specific procedures, or both;
(8)
"Limited licensed technologist" means a person, other than a licensed practitioner, radiologic technologist, or licensed technologist, who:
(A)
While under the supervision of a licensed practitioner, operates medical equipment emitting ionizing radiation for diagnostic purposes on human beings that are limited to specific body parts; and
(B)
Has successfully passed a limited scope examination deemed appropriate by the State Board of Health;
(9)
"Medical dosimetrist" means a person who is certified or eligible for certification by the Medical Dosimetrist Certification Board;
(10)
"Nuclear medicine technologist" means a person, other than a licensed practitioner, who performs therapeutic, in vivo, imaging, and measurement procedures, prepares radiopharmaceuticals, and administers diagnostic doses of radiopharmaceuticals to human beings while under supervision of a licensed practitioner who is licensed as required to possess and use radioactive materials;
(11)
"Radiation health/medical physicist" means a person who is certified or eligible for certification in radiologic physics by the American Board of Radiology, the American Board of Health Physics, the American Board of Medical Physics, or the American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine;
(12)
"Radiation practitioner" means a licensed practitioner who has completed a residency in radiology, nuclear medicine, or radiation oncology, or is certified by the American Board of Radiology, the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology, or the American Board of Nuclear Medicine or its equivalent;
(13)
"Radiation therapist" means a person, other than a licensed practitioner or nuclear medicine technologist, who applies radiation to humans for therapeutic purposes under the supervision of a licensed practitioner;
(14)
"Radiologic technologist" means a person, other than a licensed practitioner, licensed under this chapter who administers radioactive substances or uses medical equipment emitting or detecting ionizing radiation for human diagnostic or therapeutic purposes under the supervision of a licensed practitioner and holds a national certification obtained through education and examination;
(15)
"Radiologic technology" is the science of using a radioactive substance or medical equipment emitting or detecting ionizing radiation of humans for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes; and
(16)
"Temporary license" means a certificate issued by the Medical Ionizing Radiation Licensure Committee authorizing the applicant to use radioactive materials or medical equipment emitting or detecting ionizing radiation for human diagnostic or therapeutic purposes when licensure or relicensure is pending before the committee and when the issuance may be justified by special circumstances as determined by the committee.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 386,§ 63, eff. 7/24/2019.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 386,§ 62, eff. 7/24/2019.
Acts 1999, No. 1071, § 3; 2003, No. 1395, §§ 1-3.