New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS › Subchapter 24 - NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND FUSION IMAGING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) TECHNOLOGY › Section 7:28-24.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Authorized medical user" means a licensed physician who is identified as an authorized user on a Department radioactive materials license that authorizes the medical use of naturally occurring or accelerator produced radioactive materials or on a Nuclear Regulatory Commission license that authorizes the medical use of by-product materials.
"Authorized user" means a licensed physician who is identified as an authorized user on a Department radioactive materials license pursuant to 7:28-55.1.
"Board" means the Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners created pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:2D-24 et seq.
"Clinical education center" means a facility (such as a medical office, hospital, or imaging center) where a person is permitted to engage in the practice of nuclear medicine technology or fusion imaging CT technology for the purposes of clinical education in these disciplines.
"Diagnostic dose" means a radionuclide or radiopharmaceutical which is intended for diagnostic purposes.
"Direct supervision" means being present in the room with the person to observe and supervise the nuclear medicine or CT procedure.
"Engage" means to perform or assist in the performance of an activity.
"Fusion imaging CT technology" means the use of CT equipment as part of a fusion imaging procedure.
"Fusion imaging procedure" means a medical imaging procedure that utilizes equipment capable of performing two or more types of medical imaging procedures simultaneously or in close sequence and merging the data to form a single composite image. For the purpose of this subchapter, fusion imaging procedures are limited to Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography (PET/CT) and Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography (SPECT/CT).
"Immediate supervision" means in-room presence for instruction, direction and guidance by an authorized medical user or a licensed nuclear medicine technologist, who is available to assume control of the given procedure.
"Indirect supervision" means being immediately available in the room or adjacent to the room where the person is performing the nuclear medicine procedure.
"Initial application" means the first application submitted by an individual to the Department for a license to practice nuclear medicine technology or fusion imaging CT technology.
"JRCNMT" means the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology.
"Licensed diagnostic radiologic technologist" means a person who possesses a valid license in diagnostic radiologic technology issued pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:28-19.
"Licensed fusion imaging CT technologist" means a licensed nuclear medicine technologist that holds an additional license issued by the Board that permits him or her to engage in the practice of fusion imaging CT technology.
"Licensed nuclear medicine technologist" (LNMT) means a person who possesses a valid license issued by the Department to engage in the practice of nuclear medicine technology.
"Licensed physician" means an individual who holds a plenary license to practice medicine issued by the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners.
"Operating CT equipment" means using or manipulating CT equipment in any way that leads to or causes the application of radiation to humans or affects the amount or quality of radiation that is received by a human. The term "operating" includes activating or terminating the radiation exposure, setting or adjusting technical factors, and setting or adjusting the size of the exposure field.
"Practice of nuclear medicine technology" means preparing radiopharmaceuticals for administration to humans, administering radiopharmaceuticals to humans, positioning of patients for examinations which require the administration of radiopharmaceuticals to humans, setting technical factors for examinations which require the administration of radiopharmaceuticals to humans, operating imaging and/or measuring equipment for examinations which require the administration of radiopharmaceuticals to humans, or acquiring and manipulating patient data, other than demographic and clinical data, with or without the use of computers for procedures requiring the administration of radiopharmaceuticals.
"Probationary approval" means approval which may be awarded by the Department to a school of nuclear medicine technology which is not in full compliance with 7:28-24.10 and 24.11 but which has entered into a written agreement, approved by the Commission, to correct the item(s) of noncompliance.
"Provisional approval" means approval which may be awarded by the Department to a new school of nuclear medicine technology which, upon review by the Commission of an application and self-study document, is found to be in compliance with 7:28-24.10 and 24.11. Provisional approval may be awarded to a new school of nuclear medicine technology prior to an on-site evaluation of its program.
"Radionuclide" means a radioactive element or a radioactive isotope.
"Radiopharmaceutical" means a radionuclide or radionuclide compound designed and prepared for administration to humans.
"Supervision" means guidance and instruction.
"Temporary license" means a license which has been issued by the Department to an individual to act as a nuclear medicine technologist for a limited period of time.
"Therapeutic dose" means a radionuclide or radiopharmaceutical which is intended for therapeutic purposes.
(b) Definitions for other terms used in this subchapter may be found in N.J.A.C. 7:28-1.