Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 44 - RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY BOARD RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY RULES
Section 11-44-2 - Definitions
As used in this chapter:
"Accreditation body" means the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology or the Joint Review Committee on Education in Nuclear Medicine.
"Approved school for radiologic technologists," "approved training program for radiographers," "approved training program for radiation therapists," or "approved training program for nuclear medicine technologists," mean a school or training program determined and accredited by the radiologic technology board as providing a course of instruction in radiologic technology which is adequate to meet the purposes of this chapter or one approved by the appropriate accreditation body which meets the requirements of sections 11-44-10 and 11-44-11.
"Board" means radiologic technology board.
"Certified" means holding a license issued by the board when used in conjunction with the title "radiation therapist/' "radiographer," or "nuclear medicine technologist".
"Department" means the department of health.
"Director" means the director of health.
"Modality" means a diagnostic or therapeutic method involving the use of radiation.
"Nuclear medicine technologist" means any person who administers radiopharmaceuticals, or sources of radiation used in nuclear medicine, to human beings and conducts in vivo or in vitro detection and measurement of radioactivity for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes,
"Nuclear medicine technology" means the application of radiopharmaceuticals, or sources of radiation used in nuclear medicine, to human beings and the performance of in vivo or in vitro detection and measurement of radioactivity for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
"Practice of nuclear medicine technology" means the preparation and administration of radiopharmaceuticals or sources of radiation used in nuclear medicine, the use of radiation detection devices and laboratory equipment to measure and quantity and distribution of radionuclides deposited in the patient or in a patient specimen, and the performance of in vivo or in vitro procedures with strict adherence to principles of radiation protection. The practice of nuclear medicine technology includes the modalities using positron emission tomography, hybrid positron emission tomography and computed tomography, and bone densitometry.
"Practice of radiation therapy technology" means the administration of ionizing radiation to the human body, utilizing various therapeutic equipment, including high energy linear accelerators, particle generators, and radioactive materials, as prescribed by a physician (radiation oncologist or therapeutic radiologist), for the purpose of therapy treatment, performed with strict adherence to principles of radiation protection.
"Practice of radiography" means the imaging of anatomical structures, produced by the combined application of x-rays to the human body and the application of knowledge in the fields of anatomy, radiographic positioning, and radiographic technique, for the purpose of medical diagnosis, with strict adherence to principles of radiation protection. The practice of radiography also includes the modalities of mammography, computed tomography, interventional technology, cardiac interventional technology, and bone densitometry.
"Radiation therapist" means any person engaged in the practice of radiation therapy technology.
"Radiographer" means any person engaged in the practice of radiography.
"Radiologic technologist" means any person engaged in the practice of radiation therapy technology, or radiography, or nuclear medicine technology.
"Radiologic technology" means the practice of radiation therapy technology, or radiography, or nuclear medicine technology.
"Supervision" means responsibility for, and control of quality, radiation safety, and technical aspects of all x-ray, radiopharmaceutical, or ionizing radiation examinations and procedures.
