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Ch. 373
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2002 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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moral turpitude, the Board shall order the revocation of a certificate on the
certification by the Office of the Attorney General.
(h) 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 February 1, 1990 shall be considered certified in
that specialty under the provisions of this section.
(i) (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (4) of this subsection,
hospitals, related institutions, alternative health systems as defined in § 14-501 of
this title, and employers shall file with the Board a report that the hospital, related
institution, alternative health system, or employer limited, reduced, otherwise
changed, or terminated any certified medical radiation technologist or nuclear
medical technologist for any reasons that might be grounds for disciplinary action
under this subtitle or any regulation adopted under this subtitle.
(2) A hospital, related institution, alternative health system, or employer
that has reason to know that a certified medical radiation technologist or nuclear
medical technologist has committed an action or has a condition that might be
grounds for reprimand or probation of the certified medical radiation technologist or
nuclear medical technologist or suspension or revocation of the certification because
the certified medical radiation technologist or nuclear medical technologist is alcohol
impaired or drug impaired is not required to report the technologist to the Board if:
(i) The hospital, related institution, alternative health system, or
employer knows that the certified medical radiation technologist or nuclear medical
technologist is:
1. In an alcohol or drug treatment program that is accredited
by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations or is
certified by the Department; or
2. Under the care of a health care practitioner who is
competent and capable of dealing with alcoholism and drug abuse;
(ii) The hospital, related institution, alternative health system, or
employer is able to verify that the certified medical radiation technologist or nuclear
medical technologist remains in the treatment program until discharge; and
(iii) The action or condition of the certified medical radiation
technologist or nuclear medical technologist has not caused injury to any person while
the technologist is practicing as a certified medical technologist or nuclear medical
technologist.
(3) (i) If the certified medical radiation technologist or nuclear
medical technologist enters, or is considering entering, an alcohol or drug treatment
program that is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care
Organizations or that is certified by the Department, the certified medical radiation
technologist or nuclear medical technologist shall notify the hospital, related
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