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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".13" citation="COMAR 10.32.10.13" title_num="10" subtitle_num="32" chapter_num="10" heading="Renewal and Reinstatement.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Renewal.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Board may not renew a license until the Comptroller of Maryland has verified that the individual has paid all undisputed taxes and unemployment insurance contributions, or arranged for repayment, as required by COMAR 10.31.02.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>An individual who has been licensed by the Board as a radiation therapist, radiographer, or nuclear medicine technologist shall renew the license every 2 years on the date specified by the Board by:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Completing a renewal application on a form approved by the Board;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Paying a renewal fee as specified in Regulation .18 of this chapter; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Attesting to one of the following:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Completion of at least 24 hours of approved continuing education earned during the 2-year period preceding the expiration of the license for radiation therapist, radiographer, or nuclear medicine technologist, in accordance with the requirements specified in §A(5) of this regulation;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Current American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) registration; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Active certification by the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An individual who has been licensed by the Board as a radiologist assistant shall renew the license every 2 years on the date specified by the Board by:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Completing a renewal application on a form approved by the Board;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Paying a renewal fee as specified in Regulation .18 of this chapter;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Attesting to one of the following:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Completion of at least 50 hours of approved continuing education earned during the 2-year period preceding the expiration of the license for radiologist assistant, in accordance with the requirements specified in §A(5) of this regulation; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Current American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) registration as a radiologist assistant.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Continuing education hours that are used to satisfy the continuing education requirement for renewal of a license as a radiographer may also be used to satisfy the continuing education requirement for a radiologist assistant.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Approved continuing education is as follows:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>In-service programs at a hospital or related institution as defined in Health-General Article, §19-301, Annotated Code of Maryland, or a health maintenance organization certified by the State; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Programs relevant to the practice of a radiation therapist, radiographer, nuclear medicine technologist, or radiologist assistant approved by the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>American College of Radiology or its chapters;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Maryland Society of Radiologic Technologists;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Mideastern Chapter—Society of Nuclear Medicine — Technologist Section;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iv)">
          <text>Mideastern Chapter—Society of Nuclear Medicine or the District of Columbia Chapter of the American College of Radiology;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(v)">
          <text>American Medical Association;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vi)">
          <text>MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(vii)">
          <text>American Society of Radiologic Technologists.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The continuing education requirement applies to all renewal applications after the first renewal.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Reinstatement. The Board shall reinstate the license of a radiation therapist, radiographer, nuclear medicine technologist, or radiologist assistant if the individual:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Completes a reinstatement application on a form approved by the Board;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Pays a reinstatement fee as defined in Regulation .18 of this chapter; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Documents evidence of:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>For a radiographer, radiation therapist, or nuclear medicine technologist, at least one of the following requirements:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Completion of at least 24 hours of approved continuing education earned during the 2-year period preceding the date of the submission of the application for reinstatement of the license for radiation therapist, radiographer, or nuclear medicine technologist;</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Current ARRT registration; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(iii)">
          <text>Active certification by the NMTCB; or</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>For a radiologist assistant, at least one of the following requirements:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Completion of at least 50 hours of approved continuing education earned during the 2-year period preceding the date of the submission of the application for reinstatement of the license for radiologist assistant; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>Current ARRT registration as a radiologist assistant.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>