Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 44 - RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY BOARD RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY RULES › Section 11-44-2 - Definitions

Current through June, 2024
As used in this chapter:
"Accreditation body" means the Joint Review Committee on
				  Education in Radiologic Technology or the Joint Review Committee on Education
				  in Nuclear Medicine.
"Approved school for radiologic technologists," "approved
				  training program for radiographers," "approved training program for radiation
				  therapists," or "approved training program for nuclear medicine technologists,"
				  mean a school or training program determined and accredited by the radiologic
				  technology board as providing a course of instruction in radiologic technology
				  which is adequate to meet the purposes of this chapter or one approved by the
				  appropriate accreditation body which meets the requirements of sections
				  11-44-10 and
				  11-44-11.
"Board" means radiologic technology board.
"Certified" means holding a license issued by the board when
				  used in conjunction with the title "radiation therapist/' "radiographer," or
				  "nuclear medicine technologist".
"Department" means the department of health.
"Director" means the director of health.
"Modality" means a diagnostic or therapeutic method
				  involving the use of radiation.
"Nuclear medicine technologist" means any person who
				  administers radiopharmaceuticals, or sources of radiation used in nuclear
				  medicine, to human beings and conducts in vivo or in vitro detection and
				  measurement of radioactivity for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes,
"Nuclear medicine technology" means the application of
				  radiopharmaceuticals, or sources of radiation used in nuclear medicine, to
				  human beings and the performance of in vivo or in vitro detection and
				  measurement of radioactivity for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
"Practice of nuclear medicine technology" means the
				  preparation and administration of radiopharmaceuticals or sources of radiation
				  used in nuclear medicine, the use of radiation detection devices and laboratory
				  equipment to measure and quantity and distribution of radionuclides deposited
				  in the patient or in a patient specimen, and the performance of in vivo or in
				  vitro procedures with strict adherence to principles of radiation protection.
				  The practice of nuclear medicine technology includes the modalities using
				  positron emission tomography, hybrid positron emission tomography and computed
				  tomography, and bone densitometry.
"Practice of radiation therapy technology" means the
				  administration of ionizing radiation to the human body, utilizing various
				  therapeutic equipment, including high energy linear accelerators, particle
				  generators, and radioactive materials, as prescribed by a physician (radiation
				  oncologist or therapeutic radiologist), for the purpose of therapy treatment,
				  performed with strict adherence to principles of radiation protection.
"Practice of radiography" means the imaging of anatomical
				  structures, produced by the combined application of x-rays to the human body
				  and the application of knowledge in the fields of anatomy, radiographic
				  positioning, and radiographic technique, for the purpose of medical diagnosis,
				  with strict adherence to principles of radiation protection. The practice of
				  radiography also includes the modalities of mammography, computed tomography,
				  interventional technology, cardiac interventional technology, and bone
				  densitometry.
"Radiation therapist" means any person engaged in the
				  practice of radiation therapy technology.
"Radiographer" means any person engaged in the practice of
				  radiography.
"Radiologic technologist" means any person engaged in the
				  practice of radiation therapy technology, or radiography, or nuclear medicine
				  technology.
"Radiologic technology" means the practice of radiation
				  therapy technology, or radiography, or nuclear medicine technology.
"Supervision" means responsibility for, and control of
				  quality, radiation safety, and technical aspects of all x-ray,
				  radiopharmaceutical, or ionizing radiation examinations and
				  procedures.