Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 201 - GENERAL GOVERNMENT CABINET › Chapter 46 - Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy › Section 201 KAR 46:010 - Definitions for 201 KAR Chapter 46

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				311B.020
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				311B.010 and
				311B.050 require
				the Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy to promulgate administrative
				regulations to regulate medical imaging, radiation therapy, and related
				occupations. This administrative regulation establishes definitions for terms
				used in 201 KAR Chapter 46.
Section 1.
			 Definitions.
(1) "Accredited educational
			 program" means an educational program accredited by the Joint Review Committee
			 on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT), the Joint Review Committee on
			 Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology (JRCNMT), or other
			 accrediting agencies recognized by the American Registry of Radiologic
			 Technologists (ARRT), which have been approved by the board.
(2) "Advanced imaging professional" means an
			 individual who holds credentialing by the American Registry of Radiologic
			 Technologists (ARRT) or by the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board
			 (NMTCB) as a registered radiologist assistant (R.R.A.) or nuclear medicine
			 advanced associate (NMAA).
(3)
			 "Alternate course of study" means an independent course of study that qualifies
			 an individual to take an examination approved by the board.
(4) "Authorized user" is defined by
			 KRS
			 311B.020(4).
(5) "Board" is defined by
			 KRS
			 311B.020(5).
(6) "Clinical education" means the component
			 of the educational program that provides for supervised, competency-based,
			 clinical education and experience.
(7) "Computed tomography" or "CT" means the
			 process of using specialized radiation producing equipment to create
			 cross-sectional images of any part of the body.
(8) "Computed tomography technologist" or "CT
			 technologist" means an individual who has obtained a post-primary certification
			 in computerized tomography from the American Registry of Radiologic
			 Technologists (ARRT) or the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board
			 (NMTCB).
(9) "Continuing education"
			 is defined by
			 KRS
			 311B.020(7).
(10) "Continuing education unit" or "CEU"
			 means fifty (50) contact minutes of participation in a continuing education
			 experience completed by:
(a) Attendance at a
			 professional meeting;
(b)
			 Documenting completed, approved independent study; or
(c) Documenting completed academic courses
			 applicable to health care, medical imaging, radiation therapy, or related
			 courses.
(11) "Contrast
			 procedure" means a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure performed while
			 administering contrast media into the human body to visualize anatomy not
			 otherwise demonstrated on an image receptor.
(12) "Course of study" means a curriculum in
			 radiologic technology, nuclear medicine technology, the advanced imaging
			 profession, limited x-ray machine operation, or radiation therapy approved by
			 the board.
(13) "Didactic
			 education" means the component of the educational program that provides formal
			 instruction with specific objectives and methods for assessing the student's
			 progress for entry-level competency.
(14) "Direct supervision" means supervised
			 by, and in the physical presence of, a licensed practitioner of the healing
			 arts.
(15) "Educational program"
			 means a board-approved, accredited educational program or limited x-ray machine
			 operator program.
(16) "Facility"
			 means a hospital, outpatient department, clinic, radiology practice, mobile
			 unit, or office of a physician or portion thereof, in which medical imaging or
			 radiation therapy are performed.
(17) "Indirect supervision" means supervised
			 by a licensed practitioner of the healing arts who is immediately available in
			 person or remotely via telecommunications device.
(18) "License" means the document issued to a
			 licensee to work as an advanced imaging professional, a medical imaging
			 technologist, a radiographer, a radiation therapist, a nuclear medicine
			 technologist, or a limited x-ray machine operator in Kentucky.
(19) "Licensed practitioner" or "licensed
			 practitioner of the healing arts" is defined by
			 KRS
			 311B.020(8).
(20) "Licensee" means an individual licensed
			 to perform the duties of an advanced imaging professional, a medical imaging
			 technologist, a radiographer, a radiation therapist, a nuclear medicine
			 technologist, or a limited x-ray machine operator.
(21) "Licensure" means the process by which a
			 license is issued by the board pursuant to 201 KAR Chapter 46 and in accordance
			 with KRS Chapter 311B.
(22)
			 "Limited radiographic procedures" means the following procedures:
(a) Radiography of the thorax, lungs, and
			 ribs;
(b) Radiography of the
			 abdomen;
(c) Radiography of the
			 skull and facial structures;
(d)
			 Radiography of the upper and lower extremities;
(e) Radiography of the pectoral girdle, hips,
			 and pelvis;
(f) Radiography of the
			 cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spines; and
(g) Bone densitometry procedures.
(23) "Limited x-ray machine
			 operator" is defined by
			 KRS
			 311B.020(9).
(24) "Medical Imaging" means producing visual
			 images of the human body utilizing various types of energy and technologies to
			 determine the presence of disease and injury. Medical imaging is used for
			 diagnostic, screening, treatment and monitoring purposes.
(25) "Medical imaging technologist" is
			 defined by
			 KRS
			 311B.020(10).
(26) "National organization" is defined by
			 KRS
			 311B.020(11).
(27) "Nuclear medicine advanced associate"
			 means an individual certified by the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification
			 Board (NMTCB) as a nuclear medicine advanced associate (NMAA) who works under
			 the supervision of a radiologist or nuclear medicine physician, in accordance
			 with practice standards.
(28)
			 "Nuclear medicine technologist" is defined by
			 KRS
			 311B.020(12).
(29) "Nuclear medicine technology" means
			 technology applied by a nuclear medicine technologist utilizing radioactive
			 material and with the nuclear medicine technologist being under the supervision
			 of an authorized user.
(30) "PET"
			 means the positron emission tomography.
(31) "Positron emission tomography" means the
			 utilization of positron-emitting radioactive material for medical imaging under
			 the supervision of an authorized user.
(32) "Practice standards" means the standards
			 established by board-approved professional organizations that define the
			 practice expectations of individuals within the professions.
(33) "Primary discipline" means radiography,
			 nuclear medicine, and radiation therapy.
(34) "Professional educational guidelines"
			 means curriculum and educational standards established by national
			 organizations and approved by the board.
(35) "Program director" means an individual
			 designated by a sponsoring institution to assure that the educational programs
			 for an advanced imaging professional, a medical imaging technologist, a
			 radiographer, a radiation therapist, a nuclear medicine technologist, and a
			 limited xray machine operator are properly conducted.
(36) "Provisional nuclear medicine technology
			 license" means a license issued by the board to an individual participating in
			 the alternate nuclear medicine course of study approved by the board.
(37) "Provisional training license" means a
			 license issued to a nuclear medicine technologist or a radiation therapist
			 pursuing post-primary certification in computed tomography or a license issued
			 to a radiographer or radiation therapist pursuing post-primary certification in
			 PET.
(38) "Radiation safety
			 officer" means an individual who has the training, knowledge, and
			 responsibility to apply appropriate radiation safety practices.
(39) "Radiation therapist" is defined by
			 KRS
			 311B.020(15).
(40) "Radiation therapy" means the
			 therapeutic administration of ionizing radiation by a radiation
			 therapist.
(41) "Radioactive
			 materials" means a solid, liquid, or gas that emits ionizing radiation
			 spontaneously.
(42) "Radiographer"
			 is defined by
			 KRS
			 311B.020(16).
(43) "Radiography" means:
(a) The utilization and administration of
			 ionizing radiation to produce medically relevant images for the diagnosis of
			 injury or disease; and
(b) Includes
			 a comprehensive scope of diagnostic-radiologic procedures.
(44) "Radiologist assistant" means an
			 individual certified by the American Registry of Radio-logic Technologists
			 (ARRT) as a registered radiologist assistant (R.R.A.) who works under the
			 supervision of a radiologist, in accordance with supervision guidelines jointly
			 established by the American College of Radiology (ACR), the American Society of
			 Radiologic Technologists (ASRT), and the ARRT.
(45) "Radionuclide" means a radioactive
			 element or a radioactive isotope.
(46) "Radiopharmaceuticals" means radioactive
			 drugs used for the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
(47) "Scope of practice" means the parameter
			 of the specific practice.
(48)
			 "Source of radiation" means a radioactive material, device, or equipment
			 emitting or capable of producing ionizing radiation.
(49) "Sponsoring institution" means an
			 institution recognized by the board to provide a post-secondary educational
			 program in medical imaging, limited x-ray machine operation, radiation therapy,
			 or advanced imaging professions.
(50) "Student" means an individual enrolled
			 in a board-recognized educational program.
(51) "Supervision of students" means
			 supervised by a licensed practitioner of the healing arts or a licensee in the
			 appropriate field of practice who directs the activity of students.
(52) "Temporary license" means a nonrenewable
			 license issued by the board as established in 201 KAR Chapter 46 permitting an
			 individual to practice for a specified period of time.
(53) "Therapeutic procedures" means medical
			 treatments that can help diagnose, cure, or treat a patient's
			 condition.