Pennsylvania Code › Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS › Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 18 - STATE BOARD OF › Subchapter E - PERFORMANCE OF RADIOLOGIC PROCEDURES BY AUXILIARY PERSONNEL › Section 18.202 - Auxiliary personnel performing radiologic procedures

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) Auxiliary personnel who take the ARRT
					 Examination in Radiography, and who pass that examination as determined by
					 ARRT, or who have been certified by ARRT, or by another certifying body
					 recognized by the Board, as the result of satisfactory completion of a test and
					 an educational course accredited by an accrediting body recognized by the
					 Board, as a radiologic technologist in radiography, may apply ionizing
					 radiation to human beings for diagnostic purposes on the premises of a medical
					 doctor under the direct supervision of that medical doctor. The medical doctor
					 is not required to personally observe performance of the procedure.
(b) Auxiliary personnel who take the ARRT
					 Examination in Radiation Therapy Technology, and who pass that examination as
					 determined by ARRT, or who have been certified by ARRT, or by another
					 certifying body recognized by the Board, as the result of satisfactory
					 completion of a test and an educational course accredited by an accrediting
					 body recognized by the Board, in radiation therapy technology, may apply
					 ionizing radiation to human beings for therapeutic purposes on the premises of
					 a medical doctor under the direct supervision of that medical doctor. The
					 medical doctor is not required to personally observe performance of the
					 procedure. The medical doctor shall be on the premises when a radiographic
					 procedure is performed for a therapeutic purpose by an auxiliary
					 person.
(c) Auxiliary personnel who
					 take the ARRT Examination in Nuclear Medicine Technology, and who pass that
					 examination as determined by ARRT, or who have been certified by ARRT, or by
					 another certifying body recognized by the Board, as the result of satisfactory
					 completion of a test and an educational course accredited by an accrediting
					 body recognized by the Board, in nuclear medicine technology, may use
					 radionuclide agents on human beings for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes on
					 the premises of a medical doctor under the direct supervision of that medical
					 doctor. The medical doctor is not required to personally observe performance of
					 the procedure. The medical doctor shall be on the premises when a radionuclide
					 agent is used by an auxiliary person for a therapeutic purpose.
(d) Auxiliary personnel who take the ARRT
					 Limited Examination in Radiography, and who receive a score of 70 or higher on
					 that examination as determined by ARRT, may use ionizing radiation on the
					 thorax and extremities of human beings for diagnostic purposes on the premises
					 of a medical doctor under the direct supervision of that medical doctor. The
					 medical doctor is not required to personally observe the performance of the
					 procedure. The use of ionizing radiation is restricted to producing radiographs
					 of the thorax and the extremities to demonstrate the following:
(1) Ankle.
(2) Chest.
(3) Clavicle.
(4) Elbow.
(5) Femur.
(6) Foot.
(7) Hand.
(8) Humerus.
(9) Knee.
(10) Radius and ulna.
(11) Scapula.
(12) Shoulder.
(13) Soft tissue (foreign body
					 localization).
(14) Tibia and
					 fibula.
(15) Wrist.