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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 373
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(b) The qualifications required of applicants for Board certification as a
medical radiation technologist or a nuclear medical technologist shall include
requirements established and approved by:
(1) The American College of Radiology — Maryland Chapter;
(2) The Maryland Society of Radiologic Technologists;
(3) The Maryland Association of Nuclear Medicine Technologists;
(4) The Maryland Society of Nuclear Medicine; and
(5) Any applicable federal standards for training and certification.
(c) After February 1, 1990, an individual must be certified by the Board as a
medical radiation technologist or a nuclear medical technologist before a licensed
physician may employ the individual to practice medical radiation technology or
practice nuclear medical technology.
(d) This section does not apply to an individual who:
(1) Performs X-ray duties delegated by a licensed physician in
accordance with § 14-306 of this title; or
(2) (i) Is otherwise certified or licensed under the provisions of this
article; and
(ii) Has within the individual's scope of practice the duties of a
medical radiation technologist or a nuclear medical technologist.
(e) (1) After February 1, 1990, an individual may not practice medical
radiation technology or nuclear medical technology unless certified by the Board.
(2) Any person who violates this section is subject to a civil fine of not
more than $5,000 to be levied by the Board.
(3) The Board shall pay any penalty collected under this section into the
Board of Physician Quality Assurance Fund.
(f) Subject to the hearing provisions of § 14-405 of this title, the Board, on the
affirmative vote of a majority of its full authorized membership, may reprimand or
place a medical radiation technologist or a nuclear medical technologist on probation
or suspend or revoke the certification of a medical radiation technologist or a nuclear
medical technologist for any conduct prohibited under the provisions of this section or
prohibited under any regulation adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section.
(g) (1) On the filing of certified docket entries with the Board by the Office
of the Attorney General, the Board shall order the suspension of a certificate if the
certificate holder is convicted of or pleads guilty or nolo contendere with respect to a
crime involving moral turpitude, whether or not any appeal or other proceeding is
pending to have the conviction or plea set aside.
(2) After completion of the appellate process if the conviction has not
been reversed or the plea has not been set aside with respect to a crime involving
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