California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 1 - State Department of Health Services › Chapter 5 - Sanitation (Environmental) › Subchapter 4.5 - Radiologic Technology › Group 2 - Training of Students of Radiologic Technology › Article 4 - Limited Permit X-Ray Technician Schools and Limited Podiatric Radiography Educational Programs › Section 30425 - Limited Permit X-Ray Technician Schools Teaching the Dental Laboratory Category

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Approved limited
						permit X-ray technician schools teaching the Dental Laboratory category shall
						require that each student who graduates from the school complete the following
						educational program within 24 months of beginning the program:
(1) One hundred and twenty (120) hours of formal
						classroom education, extending over a period of no less than six months, which shall
						include the following:
Subject
Hours of
									 Instruction
(A) Radiation protection and
								  safety..........................
..........................30
(B) Radiological
								  physics..........................
..........................15
(C) X-ray technical
								  factors..........................
..........................15
(D) Equipment operation and
								  care..........................
..........................10
(E) Darkroom, dental and medical film
								  processing..........................
..........................10
(F) Professional ethics and hygienic
								  procedures..........................
..........................4
(G)
								  Cephalometrics..........................
..........................16
(H)
								  Terminology..........................
..........................5
(I) Film
								  critique..........................
..........................5
(J) Computers and image
								  formation..........................
..........................10
(2)
						Forty-five (45) hours of specialized instruction in:
Subject
Hours of
									 Instruction
(A) Intra-oral anatomy and physiology, and
								  positioning..........................
..........................20
(B) Extra-oral anatomy and physiology, and
								  positioning..........................
..........................20
(C) Anatomy of the hand and wrist, and
								  positioning for dental bone age
								  determination..........................
..........................5
(3)
						Twenty-five (25) hours of laboratory during which each student shall perform
						experiments using phantoms that demonstrate:
(A)
						Methods of reducing dose per exposure to the patient and operator.
(B) Effects of kilovoltage, milliamperage,
						filtration and distance on radiographic contrast and detail.
(C) Quality control.
(4) Supervised clinical education during which
						each student shall perform or assist in the performance of the following number of
						radiographic procedures:
Procedures
Minimum
									 Number
(A) Peri-apical survey (consisting of at
								  least 14
								  films)..........................
..........................100
(B) Bitewing survey (consisting of at least
								  four films)..........................
..........................50
(C) Occlusal, mandible and
								  maxilla..........................
..........................50
(D)
								  Cephalometrics..........................
..........................100
(E)
								  Panographic..........................
..........................100
(F) Temporo-mandibular
								  joints..........................
..........................20
(G) Dental bone age
								  studies..........................
..........................20