Terms Used In New York Laws > Public Health > Article 35 > Title 2 - Licensing and Registration

• 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.
• Intravenous contrast administration certificate: means a certificate granted and issued by the department under this article to administer and inject contrast media. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3501
• 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.
• License: means a license granted and issued by the department under this article to practice radiography, radiation therapy technology or nuclear medicine technology. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3501
• Nuclear medicine technologist: means a person who is licensed under this article to practice nuclear medicine technology. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3501
• Nuclear medicine technology: means the use of radiopharmaceuticals administered to human beings for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes under the supervision of a physician authorized by a radioactive materials license. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3501
• Radiation therapy: means the use of external beam and remote afterloading brachytherapy equipment for the application of ionizing radiation to human beings for therapeutic purposes under the supervision of a radiation oncologist. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3501
• Radiography: means the use of x-rays or x-ray producing equipment on human beings for diagnostic purposes under the supervision of a licensed practitioner. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3501
• Radiologic technologist: means a person who is licensed under this article to practice radiography or radiation therapy or nuclear medicine. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3501
• Radiologic technology: means the practice of radiography, radiation therapy and nuclear medicine technology. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3501
• Supervision: means the oversight of a licensed radiologic technologist by a licensed practitioner acting within the limits specified in the law under which the practitioner is licensed. See N.Y. Public Health Law 3501