Ch. 471                                           LAWS OF MARYLAND

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) An individual certified by the American Registry of
Radiologic Technologists, the Nuclear Medicine Technology
Certification Board, or the American Society of Clinical
Pathologists as a radiographer, radiation therapy technologist,
or a nuclear technologist on or before July 1, [1989] 1990
FEBRUARY 1, 1990 shall be considered certified in that specialty
under the provisions of this section.

Chapter 440 of the Acts of 1988

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Board of
Medical Examiners BOARD OF PHYSICIAN QUALITY ASSURANCE shall be
authorized to issue a certificate of temporary authority to any
individual employed as a medical radiation technologist or a
nuclear medical technologist as of [January 1, 1988] AUGUST 1,
1988. A certificate of temporary certification issued in
accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be valid until
[July 1, 1991] FEBRUARY 1, 1992.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Board of
Medical Examiners BOARD OF PHYSICIAN QUALITY ASSURANCE shall
adopt standards specifying radiological procedures that may be
performed by individuals who are issued a certificate of
temporary certification under Section 2 of this Act.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Board of
Medical Examiners BOARD OF PHYSICIAN QUALITY ASSURANCE shall
develop, by [July 1, 1989] FEBRUARY 1, 1990, a permanent
certification examination that is designed to evaluate minimum
cognitive skills and technical proficiency for uncertified
individuals employed, as of [January 1, 1988] AUGUST 1, 1988, as
medical radiation technologists or nuclear medical technologists.
The test developed under this section shall be utilized by the
Board until [July 1, 1991] FEBRUARY 1, 1992.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall
take effect July 1, 1989.

Approved May 19, 1989.

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