Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH › Title 105 CMR 125.000 - Licensing of Radiologic Technologists › Section 125.003 - Definitions

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
As used in
				105 CMR 125.000:
ACR
means the American College of
				Radiology.
ACRT
means the Advisory Commission for
				Radiologic Technologists.
Advanced Practice Discipline
means an
				area of medical imaging or radiation therapy practice in which a radiologic
				technologist has successfully completed a post-primary certification and
				registration.
AED
means Automated External
				Defibrillator.
ARRT
means the American Registry of
				Radiologic Technologists.
BLS
means Basic Life Support.
Bone Densitometry
means the practice
				and performance of those activities, actions, duties, and responsibilities
				contained within, and defined by, the
Practice Standards for Medical
				Imaging and Radiation Therapy, Bone Densitometry Practice Standards,
as published by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists, or
				equivalent publication approved by the Department.
CBRPA
means the Certification Board
				for Radiology Practitioner Assistants.
CEU
means continuing education unit
				which equals one contact hour per credit. One contact hour equals 50 minutes of
				educational instructional activity.
Commissioner
means the Commissioner of
				the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Computed Tomography (CT)
means the
				practice and performance of those activities, actions, duties, and
				responsibilities contained within and defined by the
Practice Standards
				for Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy, Computed Tomography Practice
				Standards,
as published by the American Society of Radiological
				Technologists or equivalent publication approved by the Department. For the
				purposes of
				105 CMR 125.000, licensing
				in CT refers to Diagnostic CT, and excludes CT exams performed for therapeutic
				radiation treatment planning of delivery (CT simulators), or for calculating
				attenuation coefficients for Nuclear Medicine and PET studies (PET-CT and
				SPECT-CT), or dental cone beam CT, or Cone Beam CT utilized for external beam
				radiation therapy planning.
CPR
means Cardiopulmonary
				Resuscitation.
Department
means the Massachusetts
				Department of Public Health.
JRCERT
means the Joint Review
				Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology.
JRCNMT
means the Joint Review
				Committee on educational programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology.
Mammography
means the practice and
				performance of those activities, actions, duties, and responsibilities
				contained within the
Practice Standards of Medical Imaging and
				Radiation Therapy, Mammography Practice Standards,
as published by the
				American Society of Radiological Technologist or equivalent publication
				approved by the Department.
Mammography Radiologic Technologist
means the individual who holds a license to practice within the mammography
				radiography category.
Medical Radiography
means the practice
				and performance of those activities, actions, duties, and responsibilities
				contained within and defined by the
Practice Standards of Medical
				Imaging and Radiation Therapy, Radiography Practice Standards,
as
				published by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists, or equivalent
				publication approved by the Department.
NMTCB
means the Nuclear Medicine
				Technology Certification Board.
Nuclear Medicine
means the practice
				and performance of those activities, actions, duties, and responsibilities
				contained within, and defined by, the
Practice Standards for Nuclear
				Medicine as published by the Society of Nuclear Medicine, American Society of
				Radiologic Technologist,
or equivalent publication approved by the
				Department.
Nuclear Medicine Advanced Associate
				(NMAA)
means the advanced practice and performance of those
				activities, actions, duties, and responsibilities contained within, and
				defined, by the scope of practice of the
Nuclear Medicine Advanced
				Associate
as published by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and
				Molecular Imaging, or equivalent publication approved by the Department.
Nuclear Medicine
includes the performance of PET
				procedures.
PET
means Positron Emission
				Tomography.
Radiation Therapy
means the practice
				and performance of those activities, actions, duties, and responsibilities
				contained within, and defined by, the
Practice Standards for Medical
				Imaging and Radiation Therapy, Radiation Therapy Practice Standards
as
				published by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists, or equivalent
				publication approved by the Department.
Radiologic Technologist
means the
				individual who practices radiologic technology in Radiography, Nuclear
				Medicine, Radiation Therapy, Mammography, Computed Tomography, Positron
				Emission Tomography, or any combination thereof.
Radiologist Assistant
means those
				Radiologic Technologists who have successfully completed an educational program
				recognized by the Department for Radiologist Assistant and who may perform
				non-invasive and invasive radiology procedures using image guidance as
				appropriate and follows the
Practice Standards for Medical Imaging and
				Radiation Therapy, Radiologist Assistant Practice Standards
as
				published by the American Society of Radiologic
				Technologists.