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 18-01 - West Virginia Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Technology Board of Examiners › Section 18-1-2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
As used in this rule:
2.1. "Active duty" means when a member of the
				Armed Forces of the United States, the National Guard of this state or any
				other state, or any other military reserve component is deployed outside of
				this state, and for the following six months after discharge.
2.2. "Active license" means a current
				unexpired license.
2.3. "Expired
				license" means a license that has been expired less than or equal to 60
				days.
2.4. "Inactive license" means
				a license that has been expired greater than 60 days.
2.5. "Initial licensure" means obtaining a
				license for the first time.
2.6.
				"Ionizing Radiation (X-Ray)" means any type of radiation which, during its
				interaction with matter, can cause the formation of an ion pair. This ionizing
				radiation is used to generate an exposure for diagnostic or therapeutic
				purposes.
2.7. "JRCERT" means the
				Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology.
2.8 "JRCNMT" means the Joint Review Committee
				on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology.
2.9. "Local labor market" means every county
				in West Virginia and any county outside of West Virginia if any portion of that
				county is within 50 miles of the border of West Virginia.
2.10. "Low-income individual" means an
				individual in the local labor market whose household adjusted gross income is
				below 130 percent of the federal poverty line. This term also includes any
				person enrolled in a public assistance program including, but not limited to,
				the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANFP), Medicaid, or the
				Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
2.11. "Military families" means any person or
				the spouse of a person who serves as an active member of the Armed Forces of
				the United States, the National Guard, or a reserve component or who is an
				honorably discharged veteran of the forces. The term also includes surviving
				spouses of deceased service members who have not remarried.
2.12. "Reciprocity" means the granting of a
				license to persons who hold a license or certificate in another
				state.
2.13. "Reinstatement" means
				the conversion of an inactive license status to an active license
				status.
2.14. "Temporary Permit"
				means a permit granted and issued by the Board for the practice of medical
				imaging which is limited in duration.
2.15. "Unethical conduct" means, but is not
				limited to:
2.15.a. Engaging in the practice
				of medical imaging or radiation therapy while in an intoxicated condition,
				and/or under the influence of narcotic or any other drugs which impair
				consciousness, judgement, or behavior;
2.15.b. Immoral conduct while engaged in the
				practice of medical imaging or radiation therapy technology or behavior
				indicating an unfitness to practice medical imaging or radiation therapy
				technology;
2.15.c. Willful
				falsification, destruction, or theft of property or records relating to the
				practice of medical imaging or radiation therapy technology;
2.15.d. Failure to exercise due regard for
				the safety of the life or health of the patient;
2.15.e. Unauthorized disclosure of
				information relating to a patient or his or her records;
2.15.f. Discrimination in the practice of
				medical imaging or radiation therapy technology against any person based on
				that person's membership in a protected class, according to applicable state
				and federal laws.
2.15.g. Violating
				the provisions of the Rules of the Board; or
2.15.h. The grounds enumerated in W. Va. Code
				§
										30-23-24(a)(3).