1. License required. A person may not practice or profess to be authorized to practice after September 1, 1984, as a radiographer, a nuclear medicine technologist or a radiation therapist unless that person is licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.

[PL 2009, c. 112, Pt. A, §15 (AMD).]

Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9854

  • Board: means the Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9852
  • Dental radiographer: means a person, other than a licensed practitioner, whose duties include radiography of the maxilla, mandible and adjacent structures for diagnostic purposes and who is licensed under chapter 143. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9852
  • Ionizing radiation: means gamma rays and x rays; alpha and beta particles, high-speed electrons, neutrons, protons and other nuclear particles; but not ultrasound, sound or radio waves, magnetic fields or visible, infrared or ultraviolet light. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9852
  • License: means a certificate issued by the board authorizing the licensee to use radioactive materials or equipment emitting ionizing radiation on human beings for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes in accordance with the provisions of this Act. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9852
  • Licensed practitioner: means a person licensed to practice medicine, dentistry, chiropractic, podiatry or osteopathy in this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9852
  • Nuclear medicine technologist: means a person, other than a licensed practitioner, who uses radionuclide agents on human beings for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9852
  • Radiation therapist: means a person, other than a licensed practitioner, who applies ionizing radiation to human beings for therapeutic and simulation purposes, excluding the administration of radiopharmaceuticals. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9852
  • Radiographer: means a person, other than a licensed practitioner, who applies ionizing radiation to human beings for imaging purposes, excluding the administration of radiopharmaceuticals. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9852
  • Radiologic technology: means the use of a radioactive substance or equipment emitting ionizing radiation on human beings for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9852
  • United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
2. Effect of Act. Nothing in this Act may limit, enlarge or affect the practice of licensed practitioners.

[PL 1983, c. 524 (NEW).]

3. Exceptions. The requirement of a license does not apply to:
A. A dentist, dental hygienist or dental radiographer licensed under chapter 143; [PL 2015, c. 429, §19 (AMD).]
B. [PL 2015, c. 429, §20 (RP).]
C. A resident physician or a student enrolled in and attending a school or college of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, podiatry, dentistry or radiologic technology or an individual who is concurrently obtaining the education and clinical training required by the board by rule who applies ionizing radiation to a human being while under the supervision of a licensed practitioner; [PL 2023, c. 100, §1 (AMD).]
D. Any person serving in the United States Armed Services or public health service or employed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or other federal agency performing the person’s official duties as long as the duties are limited to that service or employment; or [PL 2023, c. 100, §1 (AMD).]
E. A cardiovascular technologist credentialed by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs, Cardiovascular Credentialing International or a successor organization who is performing the activities permitted under this paragraph and is acting under the delegated authority and direct supervision of a physician while the physician is performing cardiac catheterization or electrophysiology procedures. For the purposes of this paragraph, the activities permitted are limited to procedure table actions that are necessary during cardiac catheterization or electrophysiology procedures, including enabling fluoroscopy to start the procedure, changing the field of view, positioning the image intensifier, adjusting collimation, placing the wedge filter, panning the procedure table during exposure, stepping on the pedal at the physician’s direction when the physician cannot reach the pedal and performing other similar actions under the delegated authority and direct supervision of the physician. [PL 2023, c. 100, §1 (NEW).]

[PL 2023, c. 100, §1 (AMD).]

SECTION HISTORY

PL 1983, c. 524 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 166, §1 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 511, §5 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 112, Pt. A, §15 (AMD). PL 2015, c. 429, §§19, 20 (AMD). PL 2023, c. 100, §1 (AMD).