BONE DENISTOMETRY EXEMPTED FROM LICENSURE. See Illinois Emergency Management Agency, RADIATION PROTECTION
PART 401 ACCREDITING PERSONS IN THE PRACTICE OF MEDICAL RADIATION TECHNOLOGY
Section 401.30 Exemptions
(c) Exemptions shall include:
• A student enrolled in an approved program applicable to his/her profession who, as a part of his/her course of study, applies ionizing radiation to human beings while under the direct supervision of a licensed practitioner or medical radiation technologist who holds active status accreditation.
• A person registered with the Agency as a student-in-training in limited diagnostic radiography pursuant to Section 401.90 who, as a student, applies ionizing radiation to human beings while under the personal supervision of a licensed practitioner or an accredited medical, chiropractic, or appropriately qualified limited diagnostic radiographer. The procedures performed shall be limited to the procedures listed in Appendix A and applicable to the particular status condition of limited diagnostic radiography for which the student is registered. This exemption shall only apply to individuals who are registered with the Agency and shall only apply for 16 months.
• A person licensed to practice treatment of human ailments by virtue of the Medical Practice Act of 1987 [225 ILCS 60], the Illinois Dental Practice Act [225 ILCS 25], or the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987 [225 ILCS 100]. [420 ILCS 40/5]
• A person employed as a dental assistant who performs dental radiography for a licensed dentist.
• A technician, nurse, or other assistants who perform radiography under the general supervision of a person licensed under the Podiatric Medical Practice Act of 1987.
• A person who holds Conditional Accreditation Type II issued in accordance with Section 401.100(d) during such time as that person is under the personal supervision of a licensed practitioner or medical radiation technologist who holds active status accreditation for purposes of being instructed in the use of the equipment and/or procedures other than those for which the person is currently accredited. This exemption is specific to the facility at which the accreditation is valid.
• A nurse, technician, or other assistants who, under the general supervision of a person licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, administers radiation to human beings, but only when such administration is performed on employees of a business at a medical facility owned and operated by that business.
• A nurse, technician, or other assistants who, under the general supervision
of a person licensed under the Medical Practice Act of 1987, performs bone densitometry.
