§ 32-2811 Ionizing radiation; prohibitions; limitations; exceptions
§ 32-2812 Applications for certificate; qualifications; fees; examination; denial
§ 32-2813 Examination; contents; subsequent examinations
§ 32-2814 Initial certificates; special permits; temporary certificates
§ 32-2815 Rules; bone densitometry certification; nuclear medicine certification; continuing education
§ 32-2816 Certificates; fee; terms; registration; renewal; cancellation; waiver
§ 32-2817 Use of title; display of certificate or permit
§ 32-2818 Lapsed certification; inactive status; reinstatement
§ 32-2819 Radiologist assistants; certification; rules; scope of practice

Terms Used In Arizona Laws > Title 32 > Chapter 28 > Article 2 - Certification

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Certificate: means a certificate that is granted and issued by the department. See Arizona Laws 32-2801
  • Certified technologist: means a person holding a certificate that is granted and issued by the department. See Arizona Laws 32-2801
  • Department: means the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 32-2801
  • Direction: means responsibility for and control of the application of ionizing radiation to human beings for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. See Arizona Laws 32-2801
  • Director: means the director of the department of health services. See Arizona Laws 32-2801
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Ionizing radiation: means gamma rays and x-rays, alpha and beta particles, high speed electrons, neutrons, protons and other nuclear particles or rays. See Arizona Laws 32-2801
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Licensed practitioner: means a person who is licensed or otherwise authorized by law to practice medicine, dentistry, osteopathic medicine, podiatry, chiropractic or naturopathic medicine in this state. See Arizona Laws 32-2801
  • Nuclear medicine technologist: means a person who uses radiopharmaceutical agents on humans for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes as set forth in rules adopted pursuant to section 32-2815. See Arizona Laws 32-2801
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Practical technologist in bone densitometry: means a technologist who holds a certificate to apply ionizing radiation to a person's hips, spine and extremities through the use of a bone density machine. See Arizona Laws 32-2801
  • Practical technologist in podiatry: means a person holding a practical technologist in podiatry certificate that is granted and issued by the department. See Arizona Laws 32-2801
  • Practical technologist in radiology: means a person holding a practical technologist in radiology certificate that is granted and issued by the department. See Arizona Laws 32-2801
  • Radiation therapy technologist: means a person who uses radiation on humans for therapeutic purposes. See Arizona Laws 32-2801
  • Radiologic technologist: means a person who holds a certificate that is issued by the department and that allows that person to apply ionizing radiation to individuals at the direction of a licensed practitioner for general diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. See Arizona Laws 32-2801
  • Radiologic technology: means the science and art of applying ionizing radiation to human beings for general diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. See Arizona Laws 32-2801
  • Radiologist: means a licensed practitioner of medicine or osteopathic medicine who has undertaken a course of training that meets the requirements for admission to the examination of the American board of radiology or the American osteopathic board of radiology. See Arizona Laws 32-2801
  • Radiologist assistant: means a person who holds a certificate pursuant to section 32-2819 and who performs independent advanced procedures in medical imaging and interventional radiology under the guidance, directions, supervision and discretion of a licensed practitioner of medicine or osteopathic medicine specializing in radiology as set forth in section 32-2819 and the rules adopted pursuant to that section. See Arizona Laws 32-2801
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Unlimited practical technologist in radiology: means a person holding an unlimited practical technologist in radiology certificate that is granted and issued by the department. See Arizona Laws 32-2801
  • Writing: includes printing. See Arizona Laws 1-215