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<section article="gho" article_name="Health Occupations" number="14-5B-08" title_number="14" title_name="Physicians" subtitle_number="5B" subtitle_name="Radiation Therapy, Radiography, Nuclear Medicine Technology, and Radiology Assistance">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as otherwise provided in this subtitle or §§ 10–14A–03 and 10–14B–03 of the State Government Article, an individual shall be licensed by the Board before the individual may practice radiation therapy, radiography, nuclear medicine technology, or radiology assistance in this State.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A radiologist assistant may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Interpret images;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Make diagnoses; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Prescribe medications or therapies.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A radiation therapist, radiographer, nuclear medicine technologist, or radiology assistant employed in the service of the federal government while practicing within the scope of the employment; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A radiation therapy student, a radiography student, a nuclear medicine technology student, or a radiology assistant student enrolled in an education program which is accredited by an approved accrediting organization while practicing radiation therapy, radiography, nuclear medicine technology, or radiology assistance in that program.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
