West Virginia Code 30-23-19 – Requirements for an apprentice license for Nuclear Medicine Technologists and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists
(a) The board may issue an apprentice license to an individual who is practicing as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist or a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologist prior to July 1, 2007 but has not obtained certification in the discipline. A notarized letter, signed by the individual's supervising licensed physician, must be submitted with the individual's application, stating that the individual has performed the duties of a Nuclear Medicine Technologist or Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologist prior to July 1, 2007.
Terms Used In West Virginia Code 30-23-19
- Board: means the West Virginia Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Technology Board of Examiners. See West Virginia Code 30-23-4
- License: means a medical imaging and radiation therapy technology license issued under the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 30-23-4
- Licensed practitioner: means a person licensed in West Virginia to practice medicine, chiropractic, podiatry, osteopathy or dentistry. See West Virginia Code 30-23-4
- Medical Imaging: means the use of ionizing radiation, electromagnetic radiation, or radioactivity for evaluation of body tissue in order to diagnose injury and disease by means of image production. See West Virginia Code 30-23-4
- Nuclear Medicine Technologist: means a person holding a nuclear medicine license issued under the provisions of this article. See West Virginia Code 30-23-4
- Nuclear Medicine Technology: means the compounding, calibrating, dispensing and administrating of radio-pharmaceuticals, pharmaceuticals and radio-nuclides under the direction of an individual listed as an authorized user by the U. See West Virginia Code 30-23-4
- Supervision: means responsibility for and control of quality, safety and technical aspects in the application of medical imaging technology on human beings for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. See West Virginia Code 30-23-4
- Technology: means Medical Imaging Technology or Radiation Therapy Technology. See West Virginia Code 30-23-4
(b) The apprentice license is valid for one year. An apprentice license may be renewed annually for an additional four years, giving the individual a total of five years to complete the requirements and successfully pass the certification examination for a Nuclear Medicine Technologist license or a Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologist license. All individuals possessing an apprentice license must work under the supervision of a licensed practitioner for MRI, an authorized user for nuclear medicine or a technologist who is licensed in that discipline.
(c) Any individual possessing a valid Medical Imaging license issued by the board and seeks to cross-train in the discipline of Nuclear Medicine Technology or Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technology, may obtain an apprentice license in that discipline for the purpose of obtaining the necessary clinical experience requirements in order to qualify to sit for the required examination. This apprentice license will be valid for one year and renewable for four years, giving a cross-trained individual five years to obtain certification in the discipline.