Kentucky

LIMITED LICENSE FOR BONE DENSITOMETRY. See the Kentucky Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy

201 KAR 46:081. Limited X-Ray machine operator.
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 311B.050 requires the Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the procedures for the issuance and renewal of a license. KRS 311B.100(2) and KRS 311B.110(6) require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to establish the qualifications for a limited x-ray machine operator. This administrative regulation establishes the requirements for the licensure of a limited x-ray machine operator.
Section 1. Applicability. (1) This administrative regulation shall apply to individuals who per-form limited diagnostic radiography while under the direct supervision or indirect supervision of a licensed practitioner of the healing arts.
(2) Limited diagnostic radiography shall include routine chest and thorax, cranium, extremity, podiatric, vertebral column radiography, and bone densitometry procedures.
Section 2. Limited Licensee Employment Prohibition. An individual who holds a limited license shall not be employed as an operator of a source of radiation at a facility where contrast studies, fluoroscopy, mammography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, bedside radiography, nuclear medicine, positron emission tomography, or radiation therapy procedures are performed.
Section 3. Pathway to the Limited X-ray Machine Operator License. An applicant shall complete an approved postsecondary educational program that meets the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) Limited X-Ray Machine Operator Curriculum requirements. An individual shall complete a formal education program for limited x-ray machine operators approved by the board.