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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="14-5B-01" title_number="14" title_name="Physicians" subtitle_number="5B" subtitle_name="Radiation Therapy, Radiography, Nuclear Medicine Technology, and Radiology Assistance">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>“Board” means the State Board of Physicians.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>“Certification” means recognition of an individual who has satisfied certain standards required by a national certifying board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>“Committee” means the Radiation Therapy, Radiography, Nuclear Medicine Technology, and Radiology Assistance Advisory Committee of the Board.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>Repealed.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>“License” means a license issued by the Board to practice as a radiation therapist, radiographer, nuclear medicine technologist, or radiologist assistant.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="g">
    <text>“Licensed nuclear medicine technologist” means a nuclear medicine technologist who is licensed by the Board to practice nuclear medicine technology.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="h">
    <text>“Licensed radiation therapist” means a radiation therapist who is licensed by the Board to practice radiation therapy.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="i">
    <text>“Licensed radiographer” means a radiographer who is licensed by the Board to practice radiography.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="j">
    <text>“Licensed radiologist assistant” means an individual who is licensed to practice radiology assistance under the supervision of a licensed physician who:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Specializes in radiology; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Is certified by:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>The American Board of Radiology;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>The American Osteopathic Board of Radiology;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>The British Royal College of Radiology; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>The Canadian College of Physicians and Surgeons.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="k">
    <text>“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.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="l">
    <text>“National certifying board” means:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The Nuclear Medicine Technology Certifying Board; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Another certifying organization approved by the Board.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="m">
    <text>“Practice nuclear medicine technology” means to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Prepare and administer radiopharmaceuticals to human beings; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Conduct in vivo detection and measurement of radioactivity for medical purposes to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of disease or injury.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="n">
    <text>“Practice radiation therapy” means to perform tumor localization radiography and apply therapeutic doses of radiation for the treatment of disease or injury.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="o">
    <text>“Practice radiography” means to use ionizing radiation to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Demonstrate portions of the human body to assist in the diagnosis or localization of disease or injury; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Perform tumor localization radiography.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="p">
    <text>“Practice radiology assistance” means to practice radiography and to perform:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Fluoroscopy and selected radiology procedures;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Patient assessment; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Patient management.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="q">
    <text>“Supervision” means the responsibility of a licensed physician to exercise on–site or immediately available direction for licensees.</text>
  </level>
</section>
