Maryland Health Occupations Section 14-5B-01

      (a)      In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

      (b)      "Board" means the State Board of Physicians.

      (c)      "Certificate" means a certificate issued by the Board to practice as a medical radiation technologist or nuclear medicine technologist.

      (d)      "Certified medical radiation technologist" means a medical radiation technologist who is certified by the Board to practice medical radiation technology.

      (e)      "Certified nuclear medicine technologist" means a nuclear medicine technologist who is certified by the Board to practice nuclear medicine technology.

      (f)      "Committee" means the Radiation Oncology/Therapy Technology, Medical Radiation Technology, and Nuclear Medicine Technology Advisory Committee of the Board.

      (g)      "Practice medical radiation technology" means to use ionizing radiation to:

            (1)      Demonstrate portions of the human body to assist in the diagnosis or localization of disease or injury;

            (2)      Perform tumor localization radiography; or

            (3)      Apply therapeutic doses of radiation for treatment of disease.

      (h)      "Practice nuclear medicine technology" means to:

            (1)      Prepare and administer radiopharmaceuticals to human beings; or

            (2)      Conduct in vivo detection and measurement of radioactivity for medical purposes to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of disease or injury.

      (i)      "Practice radiation oncology/therapy technology" means to perform tumor localization radiography and apply therapeutic doses of radiation for the treatment of disease or injury.

      (j)      "Supervision" means the responsibility of a licensed physician to exercise on-site or immediately available direction for a certified medical radiation technologist or a certified nuclear medicine technologist.