Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 007 - ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Division 35 - Center for Health Protection › Rule 007.35.23-005 - Rules Pertaining to Radiologic Technology Licensure

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
SECTION I.
AUTHORITY
These Rules pertaining to Radiologic Technology Licensure are
				duly adopted and promulgated by the Arkansas State Board of Health pursuant to
				the authority expressly conferred by the Laws of the State of Arkansas
				including, without limitation, Act 1071 of 1999, as amended, (Ark. Code Ann.
				17-106-101 -111) and Act 96 of
				1913 (Ark. Code Ann.
				20-7-101 et seq).
SECTION II.
PURPOSE
These Rules are adopted for the purpose of regulating and
				licensing persons administering ionizing radiation to human beings to help keep
				the radiation dose to patients as low as reasonably achievable.
SECTION III.
DEFINITIONS
A. 'Act' means Act
			 1071 of 1999, as amended (Ark. Code Ann. §
									17-106-111);
B. 'ACRRT' means the American Chiropractic
			 Registry of Radiologic Technologists;
C. 'Administering Ionizing Radiation' means
			 the application of a prescribed dose of ionizing radiation to the human body
			 for the purposes of diagnosis or treatment. Several factors determine the dose
			 received by the patient and these include but are not limited to the
			 positioning of the patient in a radiation field, the exposure to or
			 introduction of ionizing radiation, and the final image production. Each of
			 these factors are prime determinates in the total dose received by the
			 patient;
D. 'Advanced practice
			 nursing' means the delivery of health care services for compensation by
			 professional nurses who have gained additional knowledge and skills through
			 successful completion of an organized program of nursing education that
			 certifies nurses for advanced practice roles as advanced nurse practitioners,
			 certified nurse anesthetists, certified nurse midwives, and clinical nurse
			 specialists.
E. 'Apprenticeship'
			 means a program that meets the federal guidelines set out in 29 C.F.R. Part 29,
			 as existing on March 1, 2021, and approved by the United States Office of
			 Apprenticeship as meeting the requirements of an apprenticeship
F. 'ARRT' means the American Registry of
			 Radiologic Technologists;
G. 'ASCP'
			 means the American Society of Clinical Pathologists;
H. 'Automatic licensure' means granting the
			 occupational licensure without an individual having met occupational licensure
			 requirements provided under the Arkansas Code or by other provisions in these
			 Rules.
I. 'Board' means the
			 Arkansas State Board of Health;
J.
			 'Category' means a specific area of radiologic sciences, for which there is an
			 identified license and licensing requirements;
K. 'CCI', means Cardiovascular Credentialing
			 International;
L. 'Committee' means
			 the Medical Ionizing Radiation Licensure Committee;
M. 'Consumer' means a person who is a
			 resident of the state of Arkansas and who is not a Licensed Practitioner or
			 Radiologic Technologist or Licensed Technologist or Limited Licensed
			 Technologist under the Act;
N.
			 'Continuing Education Hour' means a period of instruction at least fifty to
			 sixty minutes in length;
O.
			 'Contrast Media' means material intentionally administered to the human body to
			 better define a part or parts radiographically;
P. 'Department' means the Arkansas Department
			 of Health;
Q. 'Direct Supervision
			 of 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
			 Board;
R. 'Fluoroscopy' means a
			 radiological examination that uses a fluorescent screen or image intensifier on
			 which the internal structure of the human body may be continuously viewed by
			 transmission of x-rays through the body;
S. 'Formal Education' means education
			 obtained through an approved United States Department of Education
			 Institution;
T. 'Formal
			 Examination' means an examination or evaluation specific to a profession which
			 tests the knowledge base in all three domains of learning: cognitive,
			 affective, and psychomotor;
U.
			 'Ionizing Radiation' means gamma rays, x-rays, alpha and beta particles, high
			 speed electrons, protons, neutrons, and other nuclear particles;
V. 'JRCERT' means the Joint Review Committee
			 for Education in Radiologic Technology;
W. 'Lapsed Licensee' means a licensee who has
			 let his/her Licensed Technologist License or Limited Licensed Technologist
			 License, Radiologic Technologist License, Radiation Therapy Technologist
			 License, or Nuclear Medicine Technologist License expire for more than five
			 years;
X. 'License' means a
			 certificate issued by the Committee authorizing the licensee to use radioactive
			 materials or medical equipment emitting or detecting ionizing radiation for
			 human diagnostic or therapeutic purposes in accordance with these
			 rules;
Y. 'Licensed Practitioner'
			 means a person licensed to practice medicine, dentistry, podiatric medicine,
			 chiropractic
,
osteopathy, or optometry in this state;
Z. 'Licensed Radiologic Technologist' means a
			 person who holds a national registry with the ARRT, ACRRT, NMTCB, and/or ASCP,
			 and who is licensed in the State of Arkansas;
AA. 'Licensed Technologist' means a person
			 other than a Licensed Practitioner, who is grandfathered under the Act and can
			 perform specific radiologic procedures and exams identified by a specific
			 license and who administers radioactive substances or uses medical equipment
			 emitting or detecting ionizing radiation for human diagnostic or therapeutic
			 purposes while under the supervision of a Licensed Practitioner;
BB. 'Limited License' means an authorization
			 to perform radiologic procedures under the supervision of a Licensed
			 Practitioner and are limited to specific parts of the human body, specific
			 procedures, or both, specifically of the chest and skeletal structures
			 excluding fluoroscopy and contrast studies;
CC. 'Limited Licensed Technologist' means a
			 person, other than a Licensed Practitioner, Radiologic Technologist, or
			 Licensed Technologist, while under the supervision of a Licensed Practitioner
			 and operates medical equipment emitting ionizing radiation for diagnostic
			 purposes on human beings that are limited to specific body parts, and who has
			 successfully passed a limited scope examination deemed appropriate by the
			 Board;
DD. 'Medical Dosimetrist'
			 means a person who is certified or eligible for certification by the Medical
			 Dosimetry Certification Board;
EE.
			 'NMTCB' means Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board;
FF. 'Nuclear Medicine Technologist' means a
			 person, other than a Licensed Practitioner, who performs therapeutic, in vivo,
			 imaging, 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;
GG.
			 'Occupational or professional license' means a license, certificate,
			 registration, permit, or other form of authorization required by law or rule
			 for an individual to engage in a particular occupation or profession
HH. "Occupational or professional licensing
			 entity" means an office, board, commission, department, council, bureau, or
			 other agency of state government having authority to license, certify,
			 register, permit, or otherwise authorize an individual to engage in a
			 particular occupation or profession.
II. 'PET/CT License' means an authorization
			 to perform radiologic procedures under the supervision of a Licensed
			 Practitioner that is limited to radiologic procedures performed for PET/CT
			 procedures;
JJ. 'PET/CT
			 Technologist' means a person other than a Licensed Practitioner, who has
			 specific qualifications, education, certification, and responsibilities as
			 recognized by the Committee;
KK.
			 '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/Medical Physics, or the American Board
			 of Science in Nuclear Medicine;
LL.
			 'Radiation Practitioner' means a Licensed Practitioner that has completed a
			 residency in radiology, nuclear medicine, or radiation oncology, and is
			 certified by the American Board of Radiology, the American Osteopathic Board of
			 Radiology, the American Board of Nuclear Medicine, or its equivalent;
MM. '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;
NN.
			 'Radiographer' means a person other than a Licensed Practitioner, who uses
			 medical equipment emitting ionizing radiation for human diagnostic purposes
			 under the supervision of a Licensed Practitioner and holds a national
			 certification obtained through education and examination, licensed under the
			 Act;
OO. 'Radiography' means the
			 practice of the theory and technical aspects of the use of x-rays which are
			 used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease;
PP. 'Radiologic Technologist' means a person
			 other than a Licensed Practitioner, who is identified by category and 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, licensed under the Act;
QQ. '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;
RR. 'Radiologic Technology Student' means an
			 individual currently enrolled in and attending a school of radiologic
			 technology, radiation therapy, or nuclear medicine with recognized educational
			 accreditation who uses radioactive material on or applies ionizing radiation to
			 a human being while under the supervision of a Licensed Practitioner or a
			 Licensed Radiologic Technologist;
SS. 'RCIS' means Registered Cardiovascular
			 Invasive Specialist;
TT. 'RCIS
			 License' means an authorization to perform radiologic procedures under the
			 supervision of a Licensed Practitioner that are limited to fluoroscopic
			 radiologic procedures performed for cardiovascular interventional
			 procedures;
UU. 'RCIS Technologist'
			 means a person other than a Licensed Practitioner, Radiologic Technologist, or
			 Licensed Technologist, while under the supervision of a Licensed Practitioner
			 and operates medical equipment emitting ionizing radiation for fluoroscopic
			 cardiovascular interventional radiologic purposes on human beings that are
			 limited to specific body parts and only for cardiovascular interventional
			 procedures, who has successfully completed educational requirements and passed
			 an examination deemed appropriate by the Committee;
VV. 'Reciprocity' means the Board may accept
			 an applicant's current certificate, registration, or license issued by another
			 state, provided that it is substantially similar and meets the requirements of
			 Section VIII of these Rules;
WW.
			 'Retired' means a license holder who notifies the Department in writing that
			 the individual will cease the practice of Radiologic Technology;
XX. 'Scaled Score' means a score that is
			 consistent from exam to exam despite differences in difficulty that may be
			 present among the exams. A scaled score takes into account any differences in
			 exam difficulty. A scaled score represents the same level of performance for
			 all exams.
YY. 'Skeletal
			 Structures' means extremities, skull, sinuses, spine, ankle, and foot of the
			 human body;
ZZ. 'Suspended
			 licensee' means a license holder who after sixty days of expiration date,
			 failed to pay the renewal fee and/or provide documentation of six hours of
			 continuing education credits;
AAA.
			 'Temporary License' means a certificate issued by the Board, 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 Board and when the issuance may
			 be justified by special circumstances as determined by the Board.
BBB. 'Uniformed service member' means an
			 active or reserve component member of the United States Air Force, United
			 States Army, United States Coast Guard, United States Marine Corps, United
			 States Navy, United States Space Force, or National Guard; an active component
			 member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned
			 Officer Corps; or an active or reserve component member of the United States
			 Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service.
CCC. 'Uniformed service veteran' means a
			 former member of the United States uniformed services discharged under
			 conditions other than dishonorable.