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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" citation="COMAR 10.32.12.02" title_num="10" subtitle_num="32" chapter_num="12" heading="Definitions.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Terms Defined.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>“Assistant” means an individual to whom only routine technical acts are delegated by a licensed physician and who is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Trained as defined in §B(17) of this regulation and not certified, registered, or licensed by the Board or any other State health occupation board; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Certified, registered, or licensed by the Board or any other State health occupation board and is not acting under the authority of that certification, registration, or license granted by a State health occupation board.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>“Board” means the State Board of Physicians.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>“CLIA” means the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (42 U.S.C. §263a) and the regulations promulgated under them, and 42 CFR Part 493, Subparts B and M.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>“Delegating physician” means a physician possessing an active license to practice medicine in this State who directs an assistant or RCIS to perform technical acts.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>“Direct supervision” means oversight exercised by a delegating physician who is:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Personally treating the patient; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>In the presence of the patient and the:</text>
        <paragraph num="(i)">
          <text>Assistant; or</text>
        </paragraph>
        <paragraph num="(ii)">
          <text>RCIS.</text>
        </paragraph>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>“Fluoroscopy” means a technique for generating x-ray images and presenting them simultaneously and continuously as visible images.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(7)">
      <text>“Hospital” has the meaning stated in Health-General Article, §19-301, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(8)">
      <text>“Licensed physician” means, unless the context requires otherwise, a physician, including a doctor of osteopathy, who is licensed by the Board to practice medicine.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(9)">
      <text>“MDE” means the Maryland Department of the Environment.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(10)">
      <text>“Microdermabrasion” means the use of a minimally invasive technique to gently exfoliate the dead, outermost layer of skin and is a method for improving superficial, environmental, aging, and hereditary skin changes by superficial, mechanically powered abrasion, often combined with application of topical crystals such as vitamin C.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(11)">
      <text>“On-site supervision” means oversight exercised by a delegating physician who is present at the site and able to be immediately available in person during the course of the performance of a delegated act.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(12)">
      <text>“Perform fluoroscopy” means the energizing of a fluoroscopic x-ray system by an individual authorized in accordance with MDE regulations.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(13)">
      <text>“Readily retrievable” means maintained in a method by which a hospital can retrieve and produce the record for the Board upon request.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(14)">
      <text>“Registered cardiovascular invasive specialist (RCIS)” means an individual who is credentialed by Cardiovascular Credentialing International or another credentialing body approved by the Board to assist in cardiac catheterization procedures under the direct, in-person supervision of a licensed physician.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(15)">
      <text>“Site” means any facility or location including those defined in Health-General Article, §§19-114 and 19-3B-01(b), Annotated Code of Maryland, used for the delivery of health services not covered in this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(16)">
      <text>“Technical act” means a routine medical or surgical act which does not require medical judgment and is performed with the supervision as specified within this chapter.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(17)">
      <text>“Trained” means possessing the knowledge, skills, and abilities, as determined by the licensed physician, to perform delegated acts.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>