N.J. Admin. Code § 7:28-24.13

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 7:28-24.13 - School of nuclear medicine technology; standards

(a) In order to be approved by the Department in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:28-24.14, a school of nuclear medicine technology shall be accredited by JRCNMT, or by an accreditation agency that the Department determines is equivalent, and shall maintain that accreditation.

(b) The school's curriculum shall comply with JRCNMT's standards, or standards that the Department determines are equivalent, and include a valid plan for competency-based clinical education as follows:

1. Nuclear medicine students shall:

i. Perform nuclear medicine procedures under the direct supervision of a licensed nuclear medicine technologist until a school instructor determines that the student has achieved competency in that procedure; and

ii. Perform nuclear medicine procedures for which the student has demonstrated competency in accordance with (b)1i above under either the direct or indirect supervision of a licensed nuclear medicine technologist, as provided in the school's curriculum.

2. Students who perform CT procedures as part of the school's curriculum shall perform these procedures under the direct supervision of a licensed physician or a licensed diagnostic radiologic technologist, or a licensed fusion imaging CT technologist if the CT procedure is part of a fusion imaging procedure.

(c) Neither the school nor its clinical education centers shall assign students to clinical education rotations in such a manner as to substitute for licensed technologists.

(d) The school shall assign students only to clinical education centers that are approved by the Department.

(e) The school shall not have more than two consecutive calendar years in which the pass rate for students taking the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists or Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board examination for the first time is below 75 percent.

(f) The school shall forward to the Department a copy of its annual examination report from the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists or Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board within 15 calendar days of receipt of the report.

(g) The school shall inform the Department within 15 calendar days after any change that could adversely affect the school's ability to fulfill its responsibility to provide students with appropriate didactic and laboratory instruction and clinical assignments. Such changes include, but are not limited to, a change in status or loss of any official or faculty member, the loss of a clinical education center, a change in the school's curriculum, the sequencing of courses or length of the program, or a change in the sponsorship of the program.

(h) The school shall notify the Department of any change in its accreditation status and the reason for such change no later than seven calendar days after the school is notified of the change in its accreditation status.

(i) The school shall provide the Department in writing the name and address of each new student enrolled in the school's course of study in nuclear medicine technology no later than 30 calendar days after the student's enrollment. The school shall provide the Department in writing the name and address of each student who has successfully completed the school's course of study in nuclear medicine technology no later than 30 calendar days after the student completes the course of study.

(j) The school shall provide all students with whole body and finger radiation monitoring devices and ensure that the devices are worn during all times when students are in a controlled area. Student exposure to radiation shall not exceed the occupational limits and, if applicable, the embryo-fetus exposure limit prescribed in the standards for protection against radiation at 7:28-6.1. In the event that a student or embryo-fetus receives an exposure that exceeds the exposure limit, the school shall, within seven calendar days, notify the Department.

(k) The school, including its clinical education centers, shall:

1. Permit the Department to conduct site inspections;

2. Make available to the Department such information, records, or persons that may be needed to determine compliance with the requirements of this subchapter; and

3. Demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Department that it complies with the requirements of this subchapter.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:28-24.13

Adopted by 48 N.J.R. 409(b), effective 3/7/2016