Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS › Part XLV - Medical Professions › Subpart 2 - Licensure and Certification › Chapter 29 - Private Radiologic Technologists › Subchapter A - General Provisions › Section XLV-2903 - General Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
Applicant
- a person who has applied to
						the board for a certificate to perform diagnostic or therapeutic radiological
						examinations or treatments or both in the private office of a physician or in
						clinics in which a physician practices and under the direct supervision of a
						physician licensed to practice medicine by the board.
Application
- a written request directed
						to and received by the board upon forms supplied by the board, for a
						certificate to perform radiological examinations or treatments in the private
						office of a physician or in clinics in which a physician practices in the state
						of Louisiana, together with all information, certificates, documents, and other
						materials required by the board.
Board
- the Louisiana State Board of
						Medical Examiners created pursuant to R.S. 37:1261-1291, as hereafter amended
						or supplemented,
Certificate
- the lawful authority of a
						person to use radioactive materials or equipment emitting or detecting ionizing
						radiation on humans to perform a diagnostic or therapeutic examination or
						treatment or both in the private office of a physician or in a clinic in which
						a physician practices and under the direct supervision of a physician licensed
						to practice medicine by the board, said authority being evidenced by a
						certificate of proficiency duly issued by and under the official seal of the
						board.
Clinic
- a facility where patients are
						studied or treated on an outpatient basis by physicians specializing in various
						or particular ailments and practicing as a group.
Direct Supervision of a Physician
-
						pursuant to specific instructions, oral or in writing, or otherwise according
						to prescription given directly by the physician to the private radiologic
						technologist.
Education Program
- a set of formally
						structured activities designed to provide students with the knowledge and
						skills necessary to perform diagnostic or therapeutic radiological examinations
						or treatments or both, with evaluation of student performance according to
						predetermined objectives.
Formal Training
- training or education,
						including either didactic or clinical practicum or both, which has a specified
						objective, planned activities for students, and suitable methods for measuring
						student attainment, and which is offered, sponsored, or approved by an
						organization or institution able to meet or enforce these criteria.
Good Moral Character
- as applied to an
						applicant, means that:
a. the applicant has not, prior to or during the pendency
						of an application to the board, been guilty of any act, omission, condition, or
						circumstance which would provide legal cause under
						R.S.
						37:1285 for the suspension or revocation of
						certification;
b. the applicant has not prior to or in connection with
						his application, made any representation to the board, knowingly or
						unknowingly, which is in fact false or misleading as to a material fact or
						omits to state any fact or matter that is material to the application;
						and
c. the applicant has not made any representation or
						failed to make a representation or engaged in any act or omission which is
						false, deceptive, fraudulent, or misleading in achieving or obtaining any of
						the qualifications for certification required by this Chapter.
Ionizing Radiation
- any electromagnetic
						or particulate radiation (X-rays, gamma rays, alpha and beta particles, high
						speed electrons, neutrons, and other nuclear particles) which interacts to
						produce ion pairs in matter.
Physician
- a person possessing a current
						license to practice medicine in the state of Louisiana.
Private Nuclear Medicine Technologist
- a
						private radiologic technologist who conducts in vivo or in vitro detection and
						measurement of radioactivity for medical purposes or administers
						radiopharmaceuticals to human beings.
Private Radiologic Technologist
- a
						person who is authorized to perform radiological examinations or treatment or
						both in the private office of a physician or in clinics in which a physician
						practices and under the direct supervision of a physician.
Private Radiation Therapy Technologist
-
						a private radiologic technologist who utilizes radiation-generating equipment
						for therapeutic purposes on human beings.
Private Radiographer
- a private
						radiologic technologist who performs a comprehensive scope of diagnostic
						radiological procedures employing equipment which emits ionizing radiation and
						is responsible for operation of radiation generating equipment, the shielding
						of patient and staff from unnecessary radiation, the appropriate exposure of
						radiographs, or other procedures which contribute to any significant extent to
						the site or dosage of ionizing radiation to which a patient is exposed.
Radiologic Technology Board of
						Examiners
- agency created pursuant to R.S. 37:3200-3219, as hereafter
						amended or supplemented.
Radiological Examination
or
Treatment
- the use of radioactive materials or of equipment
						emitting or detecting ionizing radiation on humans for diagnostic or
						therapeutic purposes under direct prescription and supervision or a
						physician.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
						Promulgated in accordance with
						R.S.
						37:1270(B)(6) and
						37:1292.