Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 216 - Department of health › Chapter 40 - Professional licensing and facility regulation › Subchapter 05 - Professional Licensing › Part 34 - Licensing of Radiographers, Nuclear Medicine Technologists, and Radiation Therapists (216-RICR-40-05-34) › Section 216-RICR-40-05-34.2 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Wherever used in these Regulations, the
				  terms listed below shall be construed as follows:
1. "Act" means R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 5-68.1
				  entitled "Radiologic Technologists".
2. "Authorized user" means a licensed
				  practitioner who meets the training and experience requirements defined in
				  rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter
				  23-1.3.
3. "Board" means the Board
				  of Radiologic Technology.
4.
				  "Department" means the Rhode Island Department of Health.
5. "Director" means Director of the Rhode
				  Island Department of Health.
6.
				  "Financial interest" means being:
a. A
				  licensed practitioner of radiologic technology; or
b. A person who deals in goods and services
				  that are uniquely related to the practice of radiologic technology;
				  or
c. A person who has invested
				  anything of value in a business that provides radiologic technology
				  services.
7. "License"
				  means a license issued by the Department authorizing an individual to practice
				  radiologic technology.
8. "Licensed
				  practitioner" means an individual licensed to practice medicine, chiropractic,
				  podiatry or an individual licensed as a registered nurse practitioner or
				  physician assistant in Rhode Island.
9. "Medical physicist" means an individual,
				  other than a licensed practitioner, who practices independently one or more of
				  the subfields of medical physics, and is registered or licensed under rules and
				  regulations promulgated pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 23-1.3
10. "National organization" means a
				  professional association or registry, approved by the Director, that examines,
				  registers, certifies or approves individuals and education programs relating to
				  operators of sources of radiation.
11. "Nuclear medicine technologist" means an
				  individual, other than a licensed practitioner, who compounds, calibrates,
				  dispenses and administers radiopharmaceuticals, pharmaceuticals, and
				  radionuclides under the general supervision of an authorized user for benefit
				  of performing a comprehensive scope of nuclear medicine procedures, and who has
				  met and continues to meet the licensure standards of the Act and this
				  Part.
12. "Person" means any
				  individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public
				  or private institution, group, agency, political subdivision of this state or
				  any other state, or political subdivision of any agency thereof and any legal
				  successor, representative, agent, or agency of the foregoing.
13. "Radiation therapist" means an
				  individual, other than a licensed practitioner, who utilizes ionizing radiation
				  under the general supervision of an authorized user for the planning and
				  delivery of therapeutic procedures, and who has met and continues to meet the
				  licensure standards of the Act and this Part.
14. "Radiologic technologist" or
				  "radiographer" means an individual, other than a licensed practitioner, who
				  performs a comprehensive scope of diagnostic radiology procedures under the
				  general supervision of a licensed practitioner using external ionizing
				  radiation, resulting in radiographic or digital images, and who has met and
				  continues to meet the licensure standard of the Act and this Part.
15. "Radiologic technology" means a
				  scientific discipline that includes individuals licensed to practice as:
a. a radiologic technologist (radiographer);
				  or
b. nuclear medicine
				  technologist; or
c. radiation
				  therapist.
16.
				  "Radiologist" means a licensed practitioner specializing in radiology who is
				  certified by or eligible for certification by the American Board of Radiology
				  or the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology, the British Royal College of
				  Radiology, or the Canadian College of Physicians and Surgeons.
17. "Radiologist assistant" means an
				  unlicensed individual, other than a licensed practitioner, who performs as an
				  advanced-level radiologic technologist and works under the general supervision
				  of a radiologist to enhance patient care by assisting the radiologist in the
				  medical imaging environment, and who has met and continues to meet the
				  licensure standards of the Act and this Part.
18. "Source of radiation" means any substance
				  or device emitting or capable of producing ionizing radiation, for the purpose
				  of performing therapeutic or diagnostic radiologic procedures on human
				  beings.
19. "Student" means an
				  individual enrolled in a course of study for medicine or radiologic
				  technology.
20. "Supervision"
				  means:
a. "Direct supervision" means
				  supervision and control by a licensed practitioner who assumes legal liability
				  for the services rendered by the radiologic technologist, which supervision
				  requires the physical presence of the licensed practitioner for consultation
				  and direction of the actions of the radiologic technologist.
b. "General supervision" means supervision
				  whereby a licensed practitioner, who assumes legal liability for the services
				  rendered, authorizes the services to be performed by the radiologic
				  technologist, which supervision, except in cases of emergency, requires the
				  easy availability or physical presence of the licensed practitioner for
				  consultation and direction of the actions of the radiologic
				  technologist.