Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 85 - BOARD OF MEDICINE › Chapter 101 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE PRACTICE OF RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY › Part VIII - Renewal of Licensure › Section 18VAC85-101-150 - Biennial renewal of license

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A.
				  A radiologist assistant, radiologic technologist, or radiologic
				  technologist-limited who intends to continue practice shall renew his license
				  biennially during his birth month in each odd-numbered year and pay to the
				  board the prescribed renewal fee.
B. A license that has not been renewed by the
				  first day of the month following the month in which renewal is required shall
				  be expired.
C. An additional fee as
				  prescribed in
				  18VAC85-101-25 shall be imposed by
				  the board.
D. In order to renew an
				  active license as a radiologic technologist, a licensee shall attest to having
				  completed 24 hours of continuing education as acceptable to the ARRT within the
				  last biennium.
E. In order to renew
				  an active license as a radiologic technologist-limited, a licensee shall attest
				  to having completed 12 hours of continuing education within the last biennium
				  that corresponds to the anatomical areas in which the limited licensee
				  practices. Hours shall be acceptable to the ARRT, or by the ACRRT for limited
				  licensees whose scope of practice is chiropractic, or by any other entity
				  approved by the board for limited licensees whose scope of practice is podiatry
				  or bone densitometry.
F. In order
				  to renew an active license as a radiologist assistant, a licensee shall attest
				  to having completed 50 hours of continuing education as acceptable to the ARRT
				  within the last biennium. A minimum of 25 hours of continuing education shall
				  be recognized by the ARRT as intended for radiologist assistants or
				  radiologists and shall be specific to the radiologist assistant's area of
				  practice. Continuing education hours earned for renewal of a radiologist
				  assistant license shall satisfy the requirements for renewal of a radiologic
				  technologist license.
G. Up to two
				  continuing education hours may be satisfied through delivery of radiological
				  services, without compensation, to low-income individuals receiving services
				  through a local health department or a free clinic organized in whole or
				  primarily for the delivery of health services. One hour of continuing education
				  may be credited for three hours of providing such volunteer services. For the
				  purpose of continuing education credit for voluntary service, documentation by
				  the health department or free clinic shall be acceptable.
H. Other provisions for continuing education
				  shall be as follows:
1. A practitioner shall
				  be exempt from the continuing education requirements for the first biennial
				  renewal following the date of initial licensure in Virginia.
2. The practitioner shall retain in his
				  records the Continued Competency Activity and Assessment Form available on the
				  board's website with all supporting documentation for a period of four years
				  following the renewal of an active license.
3. The board shall periodically conduct a
				  random audit of its active licensees to determine compliance. The practitioners
				  selected for the audit shall provide all supporting documentation within 30
				  days of receiving notification of the audit.
4. Failure to comply with these requirements
				  may subject the licensee to disciplinary action by the board.
5. The board may grant an extension of the
				  deadline for satisfying continuing competency requirements, for up to one year,
				  for good cause shown upon a written request from the licensee prior to the
				  renewal date.
6. The board may
				  grant an exemption for all or part of the requirements for circumstances beyond
				  the control of the licensee, such as temporary disability, mandatory military
				  service, or officially declared disasters.