(1) “Act” means the Radiologic Technology Act as defined in section 27 of the Health and Safety Code.
(2) “Affiliated clinical site” means a clinical site approved by the Department pursuant to sections 30412 or 30414 in which students perform radiologic technology for purposes of establishing eligibility to obtain either a certificate issued pursuant to sections 30440 or 30455.1, or a limited permit issued pursuant to sections 30444 or 30451.
(3) “Affiliation agreement” means a formal, written understanding between an approved school and a clinical site, containing the information required pursuant to section 30415.
(4) “Approved continuing education credit” means 50 to 60 minutes of instruction received in subjects related to the application of X-ray to the human body and accepted for purposes of credentialing, assigning professional status, or certification by the:
(A) American Registry of Radiologic Technologists;
(B) Medical Board of California;
(C) Osteopathic Medical Board of California;
(D) California Board of Chiropractic Examiners;
(E) Board of Podiatric Medicine; or
(F) Board of Dental Examiners.
(5) “Approved school” means a radiologic technology certification school, limited permit X-ray technician school, or a radiologic technologist fluoroscopy permit school.
(6) “Approval to operate” or “approval” means authorization granted pursuant to sections 30412 or 30427.2 to offer a course of instruction in radiologic technology meeting the requirements of this subchapter, as well as the written document issued to an entity signifying its approval to operate.
(7) “Approved to operate” or “approved” means that an entity has received authorization pursuant to sections 30412 or 30427.2 to offer a course of instruction in radiologic technology meeting the requirements of this subchapter.
(8) “Certified diagnostic radiologic technologist” means a CRT who holds a current and valid diagnostic radiologic technology certificate issued pursuant to section 30440.
(9) “Certified radiologic technologist,” for purposes of this subchapter, means any person other than a licentiate of the healing arts performing radiologic technology who possesses a certificate issued pursuant to section 30440.
(10) “Certified supervisor and operator,” for purposes of this subchapter, means a licentiate of the healing arts who possesses, as issued pursuant to section 30466, a current and valid:
(A) Radiology supervisor and operator certificate;
(B) Radiography supervisor and operator permit;
(C) Fluoroscopy supervisor and operator permit;
(D) Dermatology supervisor and operator permit; or
(E) X-ray bone densitometry supervisor and operator permit.
(11) “Certified therapeutic radiologic technologist” means a CRT who holds a current and valid therapeutic radiologic technology certificate issued pursuant to section 30440.
(12) “Clinical coordinator” means that individual who is responsible for those items specified in section 30419(b) and who meets the requirements of section 30418.
(13) “Clinical site” means a hospital, outpatient department, clinic, radiology practice, an office of a physician and surgeon, podiatrist or chiropractor, or any other place or building in which a person conducts radiologic technology.
(14) “Credentialing examination pass rate” (CEPR) means the number of examinations administered to a school's graduates who, on the first attempt, pass a required certification or permitting examination, compared with the total number of examinations administered to a school's graduates then taking the required examinations. For limited permit X-ray technician schools, CEPR is determined for each limited permit category.
(15) “CRT” means a certified radiologic technologist.
(16) “Department” means the California Department of Public Health.
(17) “DEXA” means dual energy X-ray absorptiometry.
(18) “Diagnostic radiologic technology” means the application of X-rays on human beings for diagnostic purposes.
(19) “Digital radiography” means radiography wherein the image is visualized through electronic means (e.g., computed radiography, direct digital radiography, direct image capture, scanned projection radiography) but does not include either fluoroscopy or the digitization of a radiograph or film.
(20) “Direct oversight” means that a qualified practitioner is physically present to observe, and to correct as needed, the performance of a student who is performing the radiographic procedure.
(21) “Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry” means a radiologic examination of all or part of the skeleton or body, utilizing X-rays from an X-ray source which is mechanically joined to a detector for scanning all or part of the skeleton or body under computer control, to measure bone density or total and regional whole body fat and lean tissue mass.
(22) “Educational program” means a planned sequence composed of a single course or module, or a set of related courses or modules, that is designed to provide the education, training, skills, and experience leading to the award of a certificate or diploma issued pursuant to section 30437.
(23) “Film-screen radiography” means radiography in which the image is visualized through chemical processing (e.g., fluorescent screens, X-ray film, radiographic film), but does not include digitization of a radiograph or film.
(24) “Fluoroscopy” means a technique for obtaining, continuously or periodically, a sequence of X-ray patterns and presenting them directly, or through a transfer and optional processing, simultaneously and continuously as visible images.
(25) “Indirect oversight” means that a qualified practitioner is physically present adjacent to the room or location where the student is performing the radiographic procedure.
(26) “Lead supervising licentiate” means that supervising licentiate, designated by the clinical site, who ensures compliance with both section 30417 and the clinical site's affiliation agreement.
(27) “Lead training instructor” means that individual who is responsible for those items specified in section 30419(d), and who meets the requirements of section 30418.
(28) “Licentiate of the healing arts,” for purposes of this subchapter, means any licensed physician and surgeon, licensed podiatrist, or licensed chiropractor.
(29) “Limited permit,” for purposes of this subchapter, means authorization for the holder to conduct radiologic technology limited to the permit's scope as specified in section 30443, and subject to the restrictions contained in section 30447.
(30) “Limited permit X-ray technician” means an individual who holds a current and valid limited permit issued pursuant to section 30444.
(31) “Limited permit X-ray technician school” means an entity approved pursuant to section 30412 that provides to individuals an educational program designed to establish eligibility for a limited permit in any category specified in section 30442.
(32) “Limited podiatric radiography educational program,” means an entity approved pursuant to section 30427.2 that provides to individuals an educational program designed to establish eligibility for a limited permit in podiatric radiography specified in section 30443.
(33) “LPREP” means limited podiatric radiography educational program.
(34) “Mammogram” means an X-ray image of the human breast.
(35) “Mammography” means the procedure for creating a mammogram.
(36) “Mammographic examination” means the performance of mammography on a human being.
(37) “Mammographic radiologic technology” means the performance of radiologic technology for purposes of obtaining a mammogram.
(38) “Outside of Department jurisdiction” means any location within the State that is not subject to the laws and regulations of the Department.
(39) “Podiatric Office” means the physical location of the podiatrist's place of private practice, or if the approved podiatrist is part of a podiatric medical group, that group's physical place of private practice. Podiatric office does not include an office of a medical group that includes a podiatrist, an office within a hospital of a podiatrist who provides services to the hospital patients, or a mobile office.
(40) “Program director” means that individual who is responsible for those items specified in section 30419(a), and who meets the requirements of section 30418.
(41) “Qualified practitioner” means any certified supervisor and operator, CRT or XT acting within the scope of the individual's certificate or permit.
(42) “Radiography” means the procedure for creating an X-ray image, and includes one or more of the following:
(A) Positioning the patient;
(B) Selecting exposure factors; or
(C) Exposing the patient and the recording medium to X-rays.
(43) “Radiologic technology” means the application of X-rays on human beings for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
(44) “Radiologic technology certification school” means an entity approved pursuant to section 30412 that provides to individuals an educational program designed to establish eligibility for a certificate in:
(A) Diagnostic Radiologic Technology issued pursuant to section 30440; or
(B) Therapeutic Radiologic Technology issued pursuant to section 30440.
(45) “Radiologic technologist fluoroscopy permit school” means an entity approved pursuant to section 30412 that provides to individuals an educational program designed to establish eligibility for a radiologic technologist fluoroscopy permit issued pursuant to section 30451.
(46) “Supervising licentiate” means a certified supervisor and operator who is responsible for supervision of X-ray machine use at a clinical site.
(47) “Supervision” means responsibility for, and control of, quality, radiation safety, and technical aspects of all X-ray examinations and procedures.
(48) “Therapeutic radiologic technology” means the performance of radiologic technology for therapeutic purposes.
(49) “X-ray bone densitometry” means a radiologic examination of all or part of the skeleton, utilizing X-rays from an X-ray source which is mechanically joined to a detector for scanning all or part of the skeleton under computer control.
Credits
Note: Authority cited: Sections 114870(a), 114871 and 131200, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 106990, 114850, 114870, 114871, 131050, 131051 and 131052, Health and Safety Code.
History
1. New section filed 10-11-2013; operative 10-11-2013 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2013, No. 41). For prior history, see Register 2001, No. 44.
2. New subsections (a)(17) and (a)(21), repealer of subsection (a)(43) and subsection renumbering filed 6-7-2018; operative 10-1-2018 (Register 2018, No. 23).
3. Amendment of subsections (a)(8), (a)(11) and (a)(37) and repealer of subsections (a)(37)(A)-(B) filed 8-18-2020; operative 10-1-2020 (Register 2020, No. 34).
4. Amendment of subsections (a)(6)-(7), (a)(19) and (a)(21), new subsections (a)(27), (a)(32)-(33) and (a)(39), subsection renumbering and amendment of Note filed 7-1-2023; operative 7-1-2023. Amendments 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; additional changes without regulatory effect to subsections (a)(19) and (a)(23) submitted pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2023, No. 26).
This database is current through 4/26/24 Register 2024, No. 17.
