CHAPTER 328-J MEDICAL IMAGING AND RADIATION THERAPY
Section 328-J:1
328-J:1 Definitions. –
In this chapter:
I. "Board" means the advisory board of medical imaging and radiation therapy.
I-a. "Cardiac electrophysiology specialist" means the individual who assists a physician with diagnosing and treating the electrical activities of the heart, including procedures involving invasive (intracardiac) catheter recording of spontaneous activity as well as of cardiac responses to programmed electrical stimulation (PES).
I-b. "Cardiovascular invasive specialist" means the individual who assists a physician with cardiac catheterization procedures which can determine if a blockage exists in the blood vessels that supply the heart muscle and can help diagnose and treat other problems.
II. "Certification organization" means a national certification organization that specializes in the certification and registration of medical imaging and radiation therapy technical personnel that is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies, American National Standards Institute, the International Organization for Standardization, or other accreditation organization recognized by the executive director.
III. "Computed tomography" means the process of producing sectional and three-dimensional images using external ionizing radiation.
III-a. "Executive director" means the executive director of the office of professional licensure and certification or designee.
IV. "Fluoroscopy" means the exposure of a patient to ionizing radiation in a fluoroscopy mode, including the positions of the patient, positioning of the fluoroscopy equipment, and the selection of exposure factors.
V. "Licensed practitioner" means a person licensed to practice medicine, dentistry, chiropractic, podiatry, or osteopathy in New Hampshire.
VI. "Limited x-ray machine operator" means a person who is licensed under this chapter to perform, under the supervision of a licensed practitioner, limited diagnostic radiography procedures of specific parts of human anatomy or bone density measurements using equipment that emits external ionizing radiation.
VII. "Magnetic resonance technologist" means a person who is licensed under this chapter to perform magnetic resonance procedures using magnetic fields and radio frequency signals.
VIII. "Medical imaging" means any procedure intended for use in the diagnosis or visualization of disease or other medical conditions in human beings, including, but not limited to the following modalities, radiography, nuclear medicine, fluoroscopy, magnetic resonance, and other procedures using ionizing radiation, magnetic resonance, or ultrasound.
IX. "Medical imaging professional" means any person who is a magnetic resonance technologist, nuclear medicine technologist, radiographer, radiologist assistant, or sonographer licensed under this chapter.
X. "Nuclear medicine technologist" means a person who is licensed under this chapter to perform a variety of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging procedures using sealed and unsealed radiation sources, ionizing and nonionizing radiation, and adjunctive medicine and therapeutic procedures using unsealed radioactive sources.
XI. "Radiation therapist" means a person who is licensed under this chapter to administer ionizing radiation to human beings for therapeutic purposes.
XII. "Radiographer" means a person who is licensed under this chapter to perform a comprehensive set of diagnostic radiographic procedures using external ionizing radiation to produce radiographic, fluoroscopic, or digital images.
XIII. "Radiologist" means a physician certified by or board-eligible to be certified for the American Board of Radiology, the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology, the British Royal College of Radiology, or the Canadian College of Physicians and Surgeons in that medical specialty.
XIV. "Radiologist assistant" means a radiographer who has met additional qualifications and who is licensed under this chapter to perform a variety of activities under the supervision of a radiologist in the areas of patient care, patient management, radiologic imaging, or interventional procedures guided by radiologic imaging.
XV. "Sonographer" means a person who is licensed under this chapter to perform a comprehensive set of diagnostic sonography procedures using ultrasound to create medical images.
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