A. RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING EDUCATION
AND TRAINING STANDARDS FOR UNLICENSED PERSONNEL EXPOSING IONIZING RADIATION
No podiatric physician nor podiatrist shall allow any
unlicensed person to operate a machine source of ionizing radiation or to
administer such radiation to any patient unless such unlicensed person has met
the standards set forth herein.
1. All
unlicensed podiatric personnel exposing ionizing radiation must:
a. Be a minimum of eighteen years of age; and
b. Successfully complete minimum
safety education and training for operating machine sources of ionizing
radiation and administering such radiation to patients.
2. Such education and training shall consist
of at least eight hours of educational instruction or supervised training and
shall include, at a minimum, education or training in each of the following
areas:
a. Podiatric nomenclature;
b. Machine operation exposure
factor;
c. Operator and patient
safety;
d. Practical or clinical
experience in:
1. Foot and ankle techniques
for exposing radiographs;
2. Film
handling and storage;
3. Processing
procedures;
4. Patient record
documentation for radiographs.
3. Written verification of education and
training shall be provided by the sponsoring agency, educational institution,
podiatrist, or licensee to each participant upon completion. This written
verification shall be co-signed by the unlicensed person. A copy of the
verification shall be maintained in each unlicensed person's employment record
located at the employment site, and the original shall be maintained by the
unlicensed person. Written verification of completion of education and training
must include:
a. The name of the agency,
educational institution, or licensee who provided the education and
training;
b. Verification of the
hours of educational instruction and supervised training provided;
c. The date of completion of the education
and training; and
d. A description
of the exposure techniques for which education and training have been provided;
i.e., foot and ankle radiographs.
4. Education and training may be obtained
from programs approved by the appropriate authority of any state. The
appropriate authority may be a private occupational school approved pursuant to
sections 23-64-101, et
seq., C.R.S., the State Board of Community Colleges and Occupational
Education, or the equivalent in any other state, or as approved by the Colorado
Podiatry Board. Such programs shall include the education and training as
specified in subsection B, above.
5. The required education and training may be
provided on the job by a licensed podiatrist, or by a podiatric medical
assistant who has at least six months of experience and who has completed the
required education and training. Such education and training provided on the
job must comply with subsection (B) above.
6. For the purposes of this Rule, an x-ray
technician who has satisfactorily completed a course of instruction and has
been certified by the American Registry of Radiological Technologists shall be
deemed to have met the training requirements established in subsection (B),
above.
