West Virginia Code of State Rules
Agency 11 - Medicine
Title 11 - LEGISLATIVE RULE WEST VIRGINIA BOARD OF MEDICINE
Series 11-09 - Certification, Disciplinary And Complaint Procedures, Continuing Education, Radiologist Assistants
Section 11-9-8 - Limitations on Scope of Duties of Radiologist Assistant

Universal Citation: 11 WV Code of State Rules 11-9-8

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 38, September 20, 2024

8.1. The radiologist assistant may not interpret images, preliminary or final or otherwise make diagnoses, or prescribe medications or therapies.

8.2. A radiologist assistant may not perform any physical examination.

8.3. The radiologist assistant may not perform the following procedures, including contrast media administration and needle or catheter placement for such procedures:

a. Lumbar puncture under fluoroscopic guidance.

b. Lumbar myelogram.

c. Thoracic or cervical myelogram.

d. Conventional arthrogram.

e. Non-tunneled venous central line placement.

f. Paracentesis with appropriate image guidance.

g. Thoracentesis with appropriate image guidance.

h. Venous catheter placement for dialysis.

i. Breast needle localization.

8.4. The radiologist assistant is not authorized to record previously communicated observations of imaging procedures in the chart.

8.5. A radiologist assistant may not independently bill patients for services provided.

8.6. A radiologist assistant may not sign prescriptions.

8.7. A radiologist assistant may not independently delegate a task assigned to him or her by his or her supervising radiologist to another individual.

8.8. A radiologist assistant may not perform any services which his or her supervising radiologist is not qualified to perform.

8.9. A radiologist assistant may not perform any services which are not included in his or her job description and approved by the Board of Medicine.

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