Section 41-58-1 - [Repealed Effective 7/1/2028] DefinitionsAs used in this chapter:
(a) "Department" means the Mississippi State Department of Health.(b) "Licensed practitioner" means a person licensed or otherwise authorized by law to practice medicine, dentistry, chiropractic, osteopathy or podiatry, or a licensed nurse practitioner or physician assistant.(c) "Ionizing radiation" means x-rays and gamma rays, alpha and beta particles, high-speed electrons, neutrons and other nuclear particles.(d) "X-radiation" means penetrating electromagnetic radiation with wavelengths shorter than ten (10) nanometers produced by bombarding a metallic target with fast electrons in a vacuum.(e) "Supervision" means responsibility for, and control of, quality radiation safety and protection, and technical aspects of the application of ionizing radiation to human beings for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes.(f) "Medical radiation technology" means the science and art of applying ionizing radiation to human beings for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes. The four (4) specialized disciplines of medical radiation technology are diagnostic radiologic technology, nuclear medicine technology, radiation therapy and limited x-ray machine operator.(g) "Radiologic technologist" means a person other than a licensed practitioner who has passed a national certification examination recognized by the department such as the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists examination or its equivalent, who applies x-radiation or ionizing radiation to any part of the human body for diagnostic purposes and includes the administration of parenteral and enteral contrast media and administration of other medications or procedures incidental to radiologic examinations.(h) "Nuclear medicine" means the discipline of performing in vivo imaging and measurement procedures and in vitro nonimaging laboratory studies, preparing radiopharmaceuticals and administering diagnostic/therapeutic doses of radiopharmaceuticals and other medications or procedures incidental for nuclear medicine exams to human beings while under the supervision of a licensed practitioner who is authorized to use radioactive material.(i) "Nuclear medicine technologist" means a person other than a licensed practitioner who has passed a national certification examination recognized by the department such as the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists examination, the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board examination or their equivalent, and who has registered with the department to perform nuclear medicine. A registered nuclear medicine technologist may perform computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging only for the purposes of anatomical location and attenuation correction, provided that this limitation does not apply to persons registered by the department to perform nuclear medicine who are also certified in radiography, computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board, or their equivalent.(j) "Radiation therapist" means a person other than a licensed practitioner who has passed a national certification examination recognized by the department such as the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists examination or its equivalent, who applies x-radiation and the ionizing radiation emitted from particle accelerators, cobalt sixty (60) units and sealed sources of radioactive material to human beings for therapeutic purposes while under the supervision of a licensed radiation oncologist or a board-certified radiologist who is licensed to possess and use radioactive material.(k) "Limited x-ray machine operator" means a person other than a licensed practitioner or radiologic technologist who is issued a permit by the State Board of Medical Licensure to perform medical radiation technology limited to specific radiographic procedures on certain parts of the human anatomy, specifically the chest, abdomen and skeletal structures, and excluding fluoroscopic, both stationary and mobile (C-arm), and contrast studies, computed tomography, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy studies and mammography.(l) "Council" means the Medical Radiation Advisory Council created under Section 41-58-3. This section shall stand repealed on July 1, 2028.
Laws, 1995, ch. 388, § 1; Laws, 1996, ch. 546, § 1; Laws, 2000, ch. 333, § 1; Laws, 2006, ch. 324, § 1; Laws, 2010, ch. 478, § 1, eff. 7/1/2010.Amended by Laws, 2023, ch. 424, HB 259,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by Laws, 2018, ch. 321, SB 2495,§ 1, eff. 7/1/2018.Amended by Laws, 2015, ch. 459, SB 2123, 1, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by Laws, 2015, ch. 317, HB 1391, 1, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by Laws, 2013, ch. 434, HB 69, 1, eff. 7/1/2013.