N.J. Admin. Code § 7:28-24.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 7:28-24.3 - General provisions

(a) No owner, authorized user, person, or business shall cause, allow, or permit any other person to prepare or administer radiopharmaceuticals or to otherwise engage in the practice of nuclear medicine technology or to act as a licensed nuclear medicine technologist unless that other person is an authorized user or possesses a current, validly obtained license as a nuclear medicine technologist, pursuant to this subchapter.

(b) No owner, authorized user, person, or business shall cause, allow, or permit any other person to engage in the practice of fusion imaging CT technology or to act as a licensed fusion imaging CT technologist unless that other person is a licensed physician, licensed diagnostic radiologic technologist, or possesses both a current nuclear medicine technology and a fusion imaging CT technology license pursuant to this subchapter.

(c) No person other than a licensed fusion imaging CT technologist may use the title "licensed fusion imaging CT technologist" or LRT(FCT) after his or her name.

(d) No person shall prepare or administer radiopharmaceuticals or otherwise engage in the practice of nuclear medicine technology or act as a licensed nuclear medicine technologist unless such person is an authorized user or possesses a current, validly obtained license as a nuclear medicine technologist, pursuant to this subchapter.

(e) No person shall engage in the practice of fusion imaging CT technology unless such person is a licensed fusion imaging CT technologist, or is exempt from the licensing requirements in accordance with 7:28-24.1(d).

(f) No owner, authorized user, person, or business shall cause, allow, or permit a licensed fusion imaging CT technologist to perform a CT procedure unless it is part of a fusion imaging procedure, or the technologist is authorized to perform the CT procedure in accordance with an appropriate license.

(g) No licensed fusion imaging CT technologist shall perform a CT procedure unless it is part of a fusion imaging procedure, or the technologist is authorized to perform the CT procedure in accordance with an appropriate license.

(h) No person shall use sealed sources composed of radionuclides for purposes of external beam therapy, except for an authorized user or a radiologic technologist as licensed pursuant to N.J.S.A. 26:2D-24 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 7:28-19.

(i) The owner and the holder of a Federal or State radioactive materials license shall be jointly and severally responsible for identifying and documenting the identity of an authorized user for each administration of that radiopharmaceutical. Such authorized user shall be responsible for any administration of such radiopharmaceutical by a licensed nuclear medicine technologist.

(j) The authorized user, the owner, the holder of a Federal or State radioactive materials license, and the licensed nuclear medicine technologist shall be jointly and severally responsible for complying with all license conditions including, but not limited to, recording such information as may be required as a condition of license issued pursuant to this chapter.

(k) A licensed nuclear medicine technologist shall carry out the practice of nuclear medicine technology in a manner consistent with this chapter.

(l) A licensed fusion imaging CT technologist shall carry out the practice of fusion imaging CT technology in a manner consistent with this chapter.

(m) No school of nuclear medicine technology subject to this subchapter shall enroll students unless the school is approved by the Department.

(n) No school subject to this subchapter shall hold itself out to be an approved school of nuclear medicine technology or claim in any way that completion of the school's curriculum will enable students to be eligible for New Jersey examination and/or New Jersey licensure, unless the school is approved by the Department.

(o) No person shall use or permit the use of ionizing radiation-producing equipment or radioactive materials in such a manner as to expose humans to unnecessary ionizing radiation.

(p) No person shall:

1. Engage in the use or employment of dishonesty, fraud, deception, misrepresentation, false promise, or false pretense while engaged in activities relating to nuclear medicine technology or fusion imaging CT technology or in obtaining a license in those categories;

2. Falsify or make misleading statements on any application for examination or license;

3. Make misleading or false statements to a representative of the Department or Commission;

4. Alter any license or examination results;

5. Fail to comply with any provision of the Act or any rules promulgated thereunder;

6. Engage in the practice of nuclear medicine technology or fusion imaging CT technology while in an intoxicated state or under the influence of narcotics or any drugs which impair or tend to impair consciousness, judgment, or behavior;

7. Engage in negligence, malpractice, or incompetence while practicing nuclear medicine technology or fusion imaging CT technology;

8. Falsify any records, or destroy or steal property or records, relating to the practice of nuclear medicine technology or fusion imaging CT technology;

9. Fail to exercise due regard for safety, life, or health while engaged in the practice of nuclear medicine technology or fusion imaging CT technology;

10. Violate any condition of a radioactive materials license issued by the Department pursuant to this chapter;

11. Violate any condition and restriction that the Department has placed on his or her nuclear medicine technology license or fusion imaging CT technology license; or

12. Fail to display immediately his or her nuclear medicine technology license or fusion imaging CT technology license, or a true copy thereof, upon request of the Department, employer, or any patient.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:28-24.3

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