Bill Text: NJ S566 | 2012-2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Concerns radiologic technology licensure.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-09 - Approved P.L.2013, c.119. [S566 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2012-S566-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
215th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2012 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator FRED H. MADDEN, JR.
District 4 (Camden and Gloucester)
SYNOPSIS
Concerns radiologic technology licensure.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning radiologic technology licensure and supplementing P.L.1981, c.295 (C.26:2D-24 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Notwithstanding any other provision of P.L.1981, c.295 (C.26:2D-24 et seq.) to the contrary, a licensed nuclear medicine technologist, upon obtaining an additional license pursuant to this section, may operate hybrid fusion imaging technology. A license shall be issued pursuant to this section to a nuclear medicine technologist upon obtaining appropriate additional education or training and demonstrating competency, as determined by the board, by regulation. The board shall establish the title of the license, the scope of practice of the license subject to subsection f. of section 4 of P.L.1981, c.295 (C.26:2D-27), and the letters that may be used after the licensee's name to denote the title and qualifications.
For the purposes of this section:
"Hybrid fusion imaging technology" means equipment capable of performing two or more medical imaging examinations simultaneously, merging the data to form a composite image. Hybrid fusion imaging equipment shall include, but not be limited to, PET/CT (Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography) equipment, SPECT/CT (Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/Computed Tomography) equipment, and attenuation correction. Hybrid fusion imaging equipment shall not include ultrasound equipment.
"Licensed nuclear medicine technologist" means a person who possesses a valid license issued by the Department of Environmental Protection to engage in the practice of nuclear medicine technology.
2. Within one year of the date of enactment of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), the Commission on Radiation Protection shall establish rules and regulations for the licensing of nuclear medicine technologists to operate hybrid fusion imaging technology pursuant to section 1 of this act.
3. This act shall take effect on the 365th day after the date of enactment, but the Commission on Radiation Protection may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill supplements the "Radiologic Technologist Act," P.L.1981, c.295 (C.26:2D-24 et seq.) to provide that a licensed nuclear medicine technologist, upon obtaining an additional license as prescribed in the bill, may operate hybrid fusion imaging technology.
The bill provides that an additional license to permit a licensed nuclear medicine technologist to operate hybrid fusion imaging technology shall be issued to a nuclear medicine technologist upon obtaining appropriate additional education or training and demonstrating competency, as determined by the Radiologic Technology Board of Examiners, by regulation. The board is empowered to establish the title of the license, the scope of practice of the license and the letters that may be used after the licensee's name to denote the title and qualifications.
The scope of practice of the license to permit a nuclear medicine technologist to operate hybrid fusion imaging technology is subject to subsection f. of section 4 of P.L.1981, c.295 (C.26:2D-27). This provision provides that a person holding a license as provided by the "Radiologic Technologist Act" shall use medical equipment emitting ionizing radiation on human beings only for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes on a case by case basis at the specific direction of a licensed practitioner, and only if the application of the equipment is limited in a manner specified in the act.
The bill defines "hybrid fusion imaging technology" as equipment capable of performing two or more medical imaging examinations simultaneously, merging the data to form a composite image. Hybrid fusion imaging equipment shall include, but not be limited to, PET/CT (Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography) equipment, SPECT/CT (Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography/ Computed Tomography) equipment, and attenuation correction. Hybrid fusion imaging technology does not include ultrasound equipment.
