Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes > Title 32 > Chapter 103 - Medical Radiation Health and Safety Act

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
• Board: means the Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9852
• Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
• County commissioners: means the county commissioners in a county or the officers, under a charter, who exercise legislative powers within the county. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1302
• County legislative delegation: means all state legislators whose legislative districts, in whole or in part, lie within the boundaries of a county. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1
• County officers: means the commissioners, treasurer, sheriff, register of deeds and register of probate of a county. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1
• 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
• Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. ^Source:
• Domestic partner: means one of 2 unmarried adults who are domiciled together under long-term arrangements that evidence a commitment to remain responsible indefinitely for each other's welfare. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office.
• Germane: On the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance.
• Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
• 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 physician: means a person licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in this State. 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
• Municipal officers: means the mayor and municipal officers or councilors of a city, the members of the select board or councilors of a town and the assessors of a plantation. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
• 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
• Nuclear medicine technology: means the use of radionuclides on human beings for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes under the supervision of a licensed physician. 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
• Radiation therapy technology: means the use of ionizing radiation on human beings for therapeutic and simulation purposes, excluding the administration of radiopharmaceuticals, under the supervision of a licensed physician. 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
• Radiography: means the use of ionizing radiation on human beings for imaging purposes, excluding the administration of radiopharmaceuticals, under the supervision of a licensed practitioner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9852
• Radiologic technologist: means any person who is a radiographer, a radiation therapist or a nuclear medicine technologist licensed under this chapter. 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
• Radiological physicist: means a person who has successfully completed education and training in medical radiological physics or one of the subspecialties of radiological physics. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9852
• Radiologist: means a physician, certified by the American Board of Radiology or the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology, the British Royal College of Radiology or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, who is licensed in this State or who has completed or who is actively pursuing the course of training equivalent to the course of training required for admission to these boards. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9852
• Radiopharmaceutical: means a radioactive substance approved for administration to a patient to provide diagnostic information or deliver treatment for a specific disease. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9852
• Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.
• Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
• use: means all activities involved in the application of radioactive material. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 32 Sec. 9852
• Voter: means a person registered to vote. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 30-A Sec. 1