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§ 30425. Limited Permit X-Ray Technician Schools Teaching the Dental Laboratory Category.

17 CA ADC § 30425Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

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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
17 CCR § 30425
§ 30425. Limited Permit X-Ray Technician Schools Teaching the Dental Laboratory Category.
Currentness
(a) Approved limited permit X-ray technician schools teaching the Dental Laboratory category shall require that each student who graduates from the school complete the following educational program within 24 months of beginning the program:
(1) One hundred and twenty (120) hours of formal classroom education, extending over a period of no less than six months, which shall include the following:
Subject
Hours of Instruction
(A) Radiation protection and safety
 
 
30
(B) Radiological physics
 
 
15
(C) X-ray technical factors
 
 
15
(D) Equipment operation and care
 
 
10
(E) Darkroom, dental and medical film processing
 
 
10
(F) Professional ethics and hygienic procedures
 
 
4
(G) Cephalometrics
 
 
16
(H) Terminology
 
 
5
(I) Film critique
 
 
5
(J) Computers and image formation
 
 
10
(2) Forty-five (45) hours of specialized instruction in:
Subject
Hours of Instruction
(A) Intra-oral anatomy and physiology, and positioning
 
 
20
(B) Extra-oral anatomy and physiology, and positioning
 
 
20
(C) Anatomy of the hand and wrist, and positioning for dental bone age determination
 
 
5
(3) Twenty-five (25) hours of laboratory during which each student shall perform experiments using phantoms that demonstrate:
(A) Methods of reducing dose per exposure to the patient and operator.
(B) Effects of kilovoltage, milliamperage, filtration and distance on radiographic contrast and detail.
(C) Quality control.
(4) Supervised clinical education during which each student shall perform or assist in the performance of the following number of radiographic procedures:
Procedures
Minimum Number
(A) Peri-apical survey (consisting of at least 14 films)
 
 
100
(B) Bitewing survey (consisting of at least four films)
 
 
50
(C) Occlusal, mandible and maxilla
 
 
50
(D) Cephalometrics
 
 
100
(E) Panographic
 
 
100
(F) Temporo-mandibular joints
 
 
20
(G) Dental bone age studies
 
 
20

Credits

Note: Authority cited: Sections 114870(a) and 131200, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 106975, 107045, 114850, 114870(c), 114870(d), 131050, 131051 and 131052, Health and Safety Code.
History
1. Amendment of section heading, section and Note filed 10-29-2001; operative 11-28-2001 (Register 2001, No. 44).
2. Amendment of subsection (a), repealer of subsection (a)(4)(E), subsection relettering and amendment of Note filed 10-11-2013; operative 10-11-2013 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2013, No. 41).
This database is current through 5/10/24 Register 2024, No. 19.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 17, § 30425, 17 CA ADC § 30425
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