West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 18 - Medical Imaging And Radiation Therapy Technology Board Of Examiners › Title 18 - LEGISLATIVE RULES MEDICAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGISTS › Series 18-02 - Continuing Education › Section 18-2-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
2.1. "Approved
				academic course" means a formal course of study offered by an accredited
				postsecondary educational institution as it relates to the medical imaging or
				radiation therapy sciences.
2.2.
				"Approved provider" means a local, state or national agency, organization or
				association recognized by the Board.
2.3. "Audit" means the selection of licensees
				for verification of satisfactory completion of continuing education during a
				specified time period; or the selection of approved providers for verification
				of adherence to continuing education approved provider requirements during a
				specified time period.
2.4.
				"Biennium" means a two year period.
2.5. "Category A credit" means an educational
				activity that has been evaluated and approved by a Recognized Continuing
				Education Evaluation Mechanism (RCEEM). Also, activities approved by the
				American Medical Association (AMA Category 1) or the American Nurses
				Association (through the ANCC) receive Category A credit as long as they are
				relevant to the medical imaging or radiation therapy sciences.
2.6. "Contact hour or continuing education
				activity" means an unit of measure as explained in section 3.1.
2.7. "Contact person" means a person
				submitting Request for Approval Form.
2.8. "Continuing education" means planned,
				organized learning activities engaged in following initial licensure and
				designed to maintain, improve, or expand a Medical Imaging Technologist's and
				Radiation Therapist's knowledge and skills or to develop new knowledge and
				skills related to Medical Imaging/Radiation Therapy to enhance practice,
				education, or theory development to the end of improving the health of the
				public.
2.9. "Continuing education
				activity" means a learning activity that is planned, organized and administered
				to enhance the professional knowledge and skills underlying the professional
				performance that the technologist uses to provide services to patients, the
				public or the medical profession. To qualify as continuing education, the
				activity must provide sufficient depth and scope of a subject area.
2.10. "Continuing education credit" means
				credit earned for completing a continuing education activity.
2.11. "Directed reading" means a manuscript
				with appropriate post-test evaluation published in a peer-reviewed scholarly
				journal that meets the definition of a journal as outlined by the National
				Library of Medicine's journal selection criteria for Index
				Medicus/Medicine.
2.12.
				"Documentation" means proof of participation in a continuing education
				activity.
2.13 "Evidence of
				Continuing Education Program" means a comprehensive program providing
				technologists with continuing educational activities as well as a method of
				tracking them. All American Society of Radiologic Technology (ASRT) members are
				automatically enrolled in the Evidence of Continuing Education (ECE) program.
2.14. "Formal offering" means an
				extension course, independent study, or other course which is offered, for
				college credit, by a recognized educational institution.
2.15. "Homestudy or self-learning activity"
				means a stand-alone program developed for home study of self learning with the
				appropriate post-test evaluation. A self-learning activity cannot be printed,
				published or distributed as part any other publication.
2.16. "Independent study" means a program of
				learning designed by an approved provider for the Medical Imaging Technologist
				or Radiation Therapy Technologist who completes the program at the individual's
				pace, e.g., home study, programmed instruction.
2.17. "Informal offering" means a workshop,
				seminar, institute, conference, lecture, short term course, or organized
				independent study which is offered for credit in contact hours or continuing
				education units.
2.18.
				"Institutional provider" means a hospital, medical center, clinic, physician's
				office or institution that provides direct patient care that has applied for
				recognition as an institutional provider for the exclusive benefit of its
				employees.
2.19. "Institutional
				provider number" means an ASRT-assigned code number identifying a specific
				institutional provider.
2.20.
				"Objectives" means what the participant will learn as a result of the
				educational activity. Objectives must be expressed in measurable and observable
				terms.
2.21. "Medical imaging /
				radiation therapy practice" means performance of medical imaging/radiation
				therapy acts under the direction of a licensed radiologist/physician or
				licensed dentist, for which a license to practice is required.
2.22. "RCEEM" means Recognized Continuing
				Education Evaluation Mechanism which is a group or organization that evaluates
				the content and quality of continuing education activities. A RCEEM shall be
				national in scope, nonprofit and based in the medical imaging / radiation
				therapy sciences.
2.23. "Record
				keepers" means organizations that track continuing education credits for
				technologists.
2.24. "Registration"
				means Technologists are required to renew registration of their certificate(s)
				annually with the appropriate credentialing agency. This renewal process is
				called registration.
2.25. "Request
				for Approval" means a form submitted by the sponsor of an educational activity
				to RCEEM. The Request for Approval form shall be accompanied by the objectives
				of the educational activity, and outline of the educational activity, a
				schedule if the program exceeds two hours and the qualifications of the
				speakers. The RCEEM either approves or denies the request. If approved, the
				RCEEM assigns a reference number and determines the number of continuing
				education (CE) credits.
2.26. "Self
				study" means a program of learning designed by the licensee to enhance his or
				her knowledge and skill.
2.27.
				"Sponsor" means an organization that plans, organizes, supports, endorses,
				subsidizes and/or administers educational activities. Sponsors are responsible
				for the content, quality and integrity of the educational activity. Sponsors
				can include professional societies, academic institutions, health care
				facilities, individuals, corporations, or governmental
				agencies.