2013 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 311B - MEDICAL IMAGING, RADIATION THERAPY, AND RELATED OCCUPATIONS 311B.030 Kentucky Board for Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy -- Qualifications, terms, and nomination of members.
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311B.030 Kentucky Board for Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy -Qualifications, terms, and nomination of members.
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The Kentucky Board for Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy is hereby
created to promote, preserve, and protect the public health, safety, and welfare
of the citizens of the Commonwealth of Kentucky by regulating and licensing
individuals who use ionizing or nonionizing radiation as advanced imaging
professionals, medical imaging technologists, radiographers, radiation
therapists, nuclear medicine technologists, limited X-ray machine operators, or
any combination of professions licensed under this chapter. The board shall
consist of nine (9) members appointed by the Governor, with the following
qualifications:
(a) Two (2) members shall be licensed radiographers whose primary work
responsibilities are related to general diagnostic radiography;
(b) Two (2) members shall be licensed radiographers with a post-primary
certification and whose primary work responsibilities are related to that
post-primary certification;
(c) One (1) member shall be a licensed nuclear medicine technologist;
(d) One (1) member shall be a licensed radiation therapist;
(e) One (1) member shall be a licensed limited X-ray machine operator;
(f) One (1) member shall be a licensed medical imaging technologist or
therapist who serves as an educator in an accredited program or as an
administrator in a medical imaging or radiation therapy department; and
(g) One (1) member shall be an individual at-large from the general public
with no family or business relation to health care but with an interest in the
rights of consumers of health services.
All board members, except the at-large member, shall have at least five (5)
years of experience in their respective areas of certification or licensure and
shall maintain active registry or certification and Kentucky licensure in medical
imaging or radiation therapy during the term as a board member. Each board
member shall be a resident of Kentucky or actively employed in medical
imaging or radiation therapy in Kentucky, and shall be in good standing with
the board.
(a) By May 1 of years in which terms expire, nominations of individuals for
appointment to the board shall be submitted to the Governor and may be
made by citizens of the Commonwealth of Kentucky through the Kentucky
Society of Radiologic Technologists, the Kentucky Society of Nuclear
Medicine Technologists, the board, or other professional imaging or
radiation therapy organizations that are recognized by the board.
(b) No two (2) board members shall be residents of the same county.
(c) A minimum of two (2) names per appointment shall be submitted to the
Governor.
The Governor shall make each appointment by September 1 for terms
beginning November 1 of that same year. The initial terms of appointment shall
be staggered with five (5) members appointed for four (4) years and four (4)
members appointed for two (2) years. Thereafter, members shall be appointed
to the board for terms of four (4) years, expiring on October 31 of the fourth
year. A board member may serve two (2) consecutive appointments. After a
second consecutive appointment, that individual may not be reappointed until
at least one (1) full year has passed.
Effective:July 12, 2012
History: Created 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 50, sec. 3, effective July 12, 2012.
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