As used in this chapter:
(A) "Chiropractor" means an individual
licensed under Chapter 4734. of the Revised Code to practice
chiropractic.
(B) "Cardiac
catheterization" means all anatomic or physiological studies of intervention,
both diagnostic and therapeutic, in which the heart or coronary arteries are
entered via a systemic vein or artery using a catheter that is manipulated
under fluoroscopic visualization.
(C) "Comprehensive scope of
diagnostic radiologic
radiology procedures" means utilizing
radiation-generating equipment to perform standard,
diagnostic radiologic procedures, and any other type of radiologic procedure
including
diagnostic imaging,
localization, mobile or portable imaging, mammography, computed
tomography, tomography, fluoroscopy, cinefluorography,
or contrast media studies, interventional procedures and does not include
nuclear medicine or radiation therapy.
(D)
"Computed
Tomography Procedures" means diagnostic and interventional computed tomography
imaging with the exception of computed tomography used for anatomic
localization as part of positron emission and single photon emission computed
tomography procedures.
(D)(E) "Continuing
education credit (CE credit) " means fifty to sixty minutes of
instruction.
(E)(F) "Department" means
the Ohio department of health.
(F)(G) "Direct
supervision" means guidance and instruction provided to a general x-ray machine
operator by a licensed practitioner who is present at the location, and in such
immediate proximity so that the licensed practitioner can provide timely
consultation and direction when the operator is performing radiologic
procedures.
(G)(H) "Director" means
the director of health or the director's authorized representative or
designee.
(H)(I) "Fluoroscopy" means
the use of a fluoroscopic type of radiation-generating equipment for
visualizing and imaging internal structures for medical diagnosis.
(I)(J)
"General supervision" means guidance and instruction provided by a licensed
practitioner to a nuclear medicine technologist, radiographer, radiation
therapy technologist or a general x-ray machine operator, who is licensed under
Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code, to practice as a registered nurse and is
providing occupational health nursing services in an industrial workplace.
General supervision does not require the licensed
practitioner to observe each radiologic procedure performed or to be present at
the location where the procedure is being performed,
The
but does require
the licensed practitioner must be
readily available for purposes of consulting with and directing the individual
while performing the procedures.
(J)(K) "General x-ray
machine operator" or "limited scope operator
(LSO)" means an individual, other than a
licensed practitioner or radiographer, who performs
operates ionizing
radiation-generating equipment in order to perform standard,
diagnostic radiologic
radiology procedures; whose performance of
radiologic
such procedures is limited to specific body sites; and
who does not, to any significant degree, determine procedure positioning or the
site or dosage of radiation to which a
patient is exposed.
(K)(L) "In-vitro" means in
an artificial environment outside the living organism.
(L)(M)
"In-vivo" means within a living organism.
(M)(N) "Ionizing
radiation" means any electromagnetic or particulate radiation that interacts
with atoms to produce ionization in matter. Ionizing radiation includes:
X-rays, gamma rays, alpha and beta particles, high speed electrons, neutrons,
and other nuclear particles.
(N)(O) "Licensed
practitioner" means a physician, chiropractor, podiatrist, or
mechanotherapist.
(O)(P) "Mobile imaging"
means radiography performed with radiation-generating equipment on wheels, or
installed in a van, trailer, or mobile vehicle.
(P)(Q) "Mechanotherapist"
means an individual who holds a certificate issued under section
4731.151 of the Revised Code
that authorizes the practice of mechanotherapy.
(Q)(R) "Nuclear medicine
technologist" means an individual, other than a licensed practitioner, who
prepares and administers radio-pharmaceuticals to a patient and conducts in
vivo or in vitro detection and measurement of radioactivity for medical
purposes.
(R)(S) "Patient" means any
human being that receives radiation for diagnostic, therapeutic or medical
purposes. "Patient" does not include the application of radiation to a human
body in the course of an autopsy.
(S)(T) "Personal
supervision" means the supervisor must be in attendance in the room during the
performance of the procedure.
(T)(U) "Physician" means
an individual who holds a certificate
issued
authorized under Chapter 4731. of
the Revised Code that authorizes the
to practice of
medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.
(U)(V)
"Podiatrist" means an individual who holds a
certificate issued
authorized under
Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code that authorizes
the
to practice
of podiatry
podiatric medicine and surgery.
(V)(W)
"Portable imaging" means radiography performed with radiation-generating
equipment designed to be hand carried.
(W)(X) "Radiation safety
courses" means continuing education courses designed to enhance the
professional's knowledge and skills in reducing unnecessary radiation exposure
to the public, patients, or occupational personnel.
(X)(Y) "Radiation
therapist," or "radiation therapy technologist," means an individual, other than a licensed practitioner, who utilizes
ionizing radiation-generating equipment including therapy simulator
radiation-generating equipment for therapeutic purposes on
any patient
human
beings.
(Y)(Z) "Radiographer"
means an individual, other than a licensed
practitioner, who performs
operates ionizing radiation-generating equipment,
administers contrast, and determines procedure positioning and the dosage of
ionizing radiation in order to perform a comprehensive scope of
diagnostic radiologic
radiology procedures employing equipment that emits ionizing radiation, exposes
radiographs, administers contrast media, or performs other procedures that
contribute significantly to determining the site or dosage of ionizing
radiation to which a patient is exposed
on
human beings.
(Z)(AA) "Radiologic
license" means a license issued by the director as one of the following:
(1) General x-ray machine operator;
(2) Radiographer;
(3) Nuclear medicine technologist;
or
(4) Radiation therapist.
(AA)(BB) "Registered
nurse" means an individual who holds a current, valid Ohio license issued under
Chapter 4723. of the Revised Code that authorizes the practice of nursing as a
registered nurse as defined by division (B) of section4723.02
4723.01
of the Revised
Code.
(BB)(CC) "Registered
cardiovascular invasive specialist" means an individual who holds a valid
certification as a registered cardiovascular invasive specialist with a
specialty in invasive technology from "Cardiovascular Credentialing
International."
(CC)(DD) "Standard, diagnostic, radiologic
radiology procedures" means utilizing
radiation-generating equipment for one or more of the following
diagnostic procedures limited to the licensed
practitioner's scope of practice: chest and abdomen; extremity; skull and
sinus; spine; podiatric radiography; or bone densitometry to include
positioning the patient and setting the exposure parameters according to
established technique charts. Standard, diagnostic
radiologic
radiology procedures do not
include, unless otherwise specified in Chapter 3701-72 of the Administrative
Code, the following procedures: localization;
mobile or portable; mammography; computed tomography; tomography; fluoroscopy;
cinefluoroscopy; the use of contrast material; or interventional
procedures.
