Section 14-5 - B-01. Definitions.
§ 14-5B-01. Definitions.
(a) In general.- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Board.- "Board" means the State Board of Physicians.
(c) Certification.- "Certification" means recognition of an individual who has satisfied certain standards required by a national certifying board.
(d) Committee.- "Committee" means the Radiation Therapy, Radiography, Nuclear Medicine Technology, and Radiology Assistance Advisory Committee of the Board.
(e) Holder of a temporary license.- "Holder of a temporary license" means an individual who is granted a temporary license to practice radiation therapy, radiography, or nuclear medicine technology pending fulfillment of the requirements under § 14-5B-09(c) of this subtitle.
(f) License.- "License" means a license issued by the Board to practice as a radiation therapist, radiographer, nuclear medicine technologist, or radiologist assistant.
(g) Licensed nuclear medicine technologist.- "Licensed nuclear medicine technologist" means a nuclear medicine technologist who is licensed by the Board to practice nuclear medicine technology.
(h) Licensed radiation therapist.- "Licensed radiation therapist" means a radiation therapist who is licensed by the Board to practice radiation therapy.
(i) Licensed radiographer.- "Licensed radiographer" means a radiographer who is licensed by the Board to practice radiography.
(j) Licensed radiologist assistant.- "Licensed radiologist assistant" means an individual who is licensed to practice radiology assistance under the supervision of a licensed physician who:
(1) Specializes in radiology; and
(2) Is certified by:
(i) The American Board of Radiology;
(ii) The American Osteopathic Board of Radiology;
(iii) The British Royal College of Radiology; or
(iv) The Canadian College of Physicians and Surgeons.
(k) Licensee.- "Licensee" means an individual who is licensed by the Board to practice as a radiation therapist, a radiographer, a nuclear medicine technologist, or radiologist assistant.
(l) National certifying board.- "National certifying board" means:
(1) The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists;
(2) The Nuclear Medicine Technology Certifying Board; or
(3) Another certifying organization approved by the Board.
(m) Practice nuclear medicine technology.- "Practice nuclear medicine technology" means to:
(1) Prepare and administer radiopharmaceuticals to human beings; or
(2) Conduct in vivo detection and measurement of radioactivity for medical purposes to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of disease or injury.
(n) Practice radiation therapy.- "Practice radiation therapy" means to perform tumor localization radiography and apply therapeutic doses of radiation for the treatment of disease or injury.
(o) Practice radiography.- "Practice radiography" means to use ionizing radiation to:
(1) Demonstrate portions of the human body to assist in the diagnosis or localization of disease or injury; or
(2) Perform tumor localization radiography.
(p) Practice radiology assistance.- "Practice radiology assistance" means to practice medical radiation technology and to perform:
(1) Fluoroscopy and selected radiology procedures;
(2) Patient assessment; and
(3) Patient management.
(q) Supervision.- "Supervision" means the responsibility of a licensed physician to exercise on-site or immediately available direction for licensees or holders of temporary licenses.
[2002, ch. 373, § 2; 2003, ch. 252, § 10; 2005, ch. 25, § 13; 2008, ch. 328.]