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§ 30426. Limited Permit X-Ray Technician Schools Teaching the DEXA Category.

17 CA ADC § 30426Barclays Official California Code of RegulationsEffective: July 1, 2023

Barclays California Code of Regulations
Title 17. Public Health
Division 1. State Department of Health Services (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 5. Sanitation (Environmental) (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter 4.5. Radiologic Technology
Group 2. Training of Students of Radiologic Technology
Article 4. Limited Permit X-Ray Technician Schools and Limited Podiatric Radiography Educational Programs
Effective: July 1, 2023
17 CCR § 30426
§ 30426. Limited Permit X-Ray Technician Schools Teaching the DEXA Category.
Currentness
(a) Approved limited permit X-ray technician schools teaching the DEXA category shall require that each student who graduates from the school complete the following educational program within two months of beginning the program. However, the program may not be less than three days:
(1) Eighteen (18) hours of formal classroom education consisting of the following:
Subject
Hours of Instruction
(A) Radiation physics, biology, and protection
 
 
3
(B) Bone biology, bone disease and therapy, and densitometry parameters
 
 
3
(C) DEXA equipment
 
 
4
(D) Computers and image formation
 
 
3
(E) Anatomy and positioning
 
 
4
(F) Ethics and patient handling
 
 
1
(2) Two hours of laboratory training during which each student shall perform quality assurance tests and experiments using phantoms and evaluate images.
(3) Supervised clinical education during which each student shall perform the following number of radiographic procedures:
Procedure
Number
(1) Posterior/Anterior spine
 
 
5
(2) Hip
 
 
5
(3) Forearms
 
 
5
(4) Other (e.g., whole body, hip, spine, extremity, vertebral fracture assessment)
 
 
5

Credits

Note: Authority cited: Sections 114870(a) and 131200, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 106975, 107045, 114850, 114870(c), 114870(d), 114880, 131050, 131051 and 131052, Health and Safety Code.
History
1. Amendment of article 4 heading and new section filed 7-1-2023; operative 7-1-2023. Exempt from the APA pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 114871 and submitted to OAL for filing and printing only pursuant to Government Code section 11343.8 (Register 2023, No. 26). For prior history of section 30426, see Register 98, No. 48.
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 17, § 30426, 17 CA ADC § 30426
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