New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 35 - BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS › Subchapter 6 - GENERAL RULES OF PRACTICE › Section 13:35-6.20 - Physician delegation of tasks to radiologic technologists and nuclear medicine technologists

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Authorized medical user" shall mean a licensed physician who is identified as an authorized user on a New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 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 byproduct radioactive materials.
"Diagnostic x-ray technologist license" shall mean a license for general diagnostic radiology (LRT(R)).
"Direct physician supervision" shall mean instruction, direction and guidance by a physician who is personally aware of the procedure intended for a given patient; who is present in the facility and is readily available to physically attend to the patient; and who has assured that emergency equipment shall be available for immediate use by a licensed physician trained to use that equipment. All tasks which this section permits a physician to delegate may be performed in a licensed hospital or in a licensed outpatient facility or in the physician's private office, unless otherwise specified.
"Licensed nuclear medicine technologist" or "LNMT" shall mean an individual holding a license issued directly by the Department of Environmental Protection.
"Limited technologist license" shall mean a license in chest x-ray (LRT(C)), dental x-ray (LRT(D)), podiatric x-ray (LRT(P)), orthopedic x-ray (LRT(O)) or urologic x-ray (LRT(U)) issued by the New Jersey Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners.
"Medical resident" shall mean a graduate physician who is authorized to practice medicine and surgery by means of a valid permit issued by the Board of Medical Examiners to a person authorized to engage in the practice of medicine and surgery while in the second year or beyond of a graduate medical education program pursuant to 13:35-1.5.
"Physician," unless otherwise specified, shall mean an individual holding a plenary license to practice medicine and surgery issued by the State Board of Medical Examiners.
"Technologist" shall mean an individual who holds a current license in a specific category of radiologic practice from the New Jersey Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners or the Department of Environmental Protection, as applicable.
(b) A physician may direct a technologist holding the license for general diagnostic radiology (LRT(R)) from the New Jersey Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners to perform the tasks set forth in (c) below provided that:
1. The physician (or another plenary-licensed physician in the office or, in a licensed health care facility, the head of the pertinent Department) has personally certified and documented the radiologic technologist's training and competency to perform the task. The documents shall be preserved in the personnel record and retained for at least the duration of such technologist's employment by or for that physician or facility;
2. A physician or a medical resident is on the premises and immediately available to physically attend to the patient;
3. The physician is responsible for the choice and ordering of all pharmaceuticals and contrast materials and for the determination of dosage and route of administration; and
4. For pediatric patients, the physician shall have experience in the performance of the pertinent procedures with such patients.