Illinois Administrative Code
Title 32 - ENERGY
Part 401 - ACCREDITING PERSONS IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICAL RADIATION TECHNOLOGY
Section 401.30 - Exemptions
Universal Citation: 32 IL Admin Code ยง 401.30
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 52, December 29, 2023
a) Nothing in the Act or this Part shall be construed to limit or affect in any respect, the practice of persons properly licensed under other statutes or regulations with respect to their professions.
b) The Agency shall, upon application therefor or upon its own initiative, grant such exemptions or exceptions from the requirements of this Part as it determines are authorized by law and will not result in a hazard to public health and safety.
c) Exemptions shall include:
1) A student enrolled in an
approved program applicable to his/her profession who, as a part of his/her
course of study, applies ionizing radiation to human beings while under the
direct supervision of a licensed practitioner or medical radiation technologist
who holds active status accreditation.
2) A person registered with the Agency as a
student-in-training in limited diagnostic radiography pursuant to Section
401.90
who, as a student, applies ionizing radiation to human beings while under the
personal supervision of a licensed practitioner or an accredited medical,
chiropractic, or appropriately qualified limited diagnostic radiographer. The
procedures performed shall be limited to the procedures listed in Appendix A
and applicable to the particular status condition of limited diagnostic
radiography for which the student is registered. This exemption shall only
apply to individuals who are registered with the Agency and shall only apply
for 16 months.
3) A person licensed
to practice a treatment of human ailments by virtue of the Medical Practice Act
of 1987, the Illinois Dental Practice Act, or the Podiatric Medical Practice
Act of 1987.
4) A person employed
as a dental assistant who performs dental radiography for a licensed
dentist.
5) A technician, nurse or
other assistant who performs radiography under the general supervision of a
person licensed under the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987.
6) A person who holds Conditional
Accreditation Type II issued in accordance with Section
401.100(a)
during such time as that person is under the personal supervision of a licensed
practitioner or medical radiation technologist who holds active status
accreditation for purposes of being instructed in the use of equipment and/or
procedures other than those for which the person is currently accredited. This
exemption is specific to the facility at which the accreditation is
valid.
7) A nurse, technician, or
other assistant who, under the general supervision of a person licensed under
the Medical Practice Act of 1987, administers radiation to human beings, but
only when such administration is performed on employees of a business at a
medical facility owned and operated by that business.
8) A nurse, technician, or other assistant
who, under the general supervision of a person licensed under the Medical
Practice Act of 1987, performs bone densitometry.
9) An accredited nuclear medicine
technologist who performs CT radiographic exams as part of a PET/CT or SPECT/CT
combination exam.
10) An accredited
nuclear medicine technologist or radiation therapist who, certified in CT by
the ARRT or NMTCB, performs CT radiographic exams.
Amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 14008, effective August 22, 2013
Amended at 44 Ill. Reg. 2488, effective 1/22/2020
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