SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 1558, 1st Eng.
Amendment No. ___ Barcode 323012
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11 Senator Saunders moved the following amendment to amendment
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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16 page 256, line 3, delete those lines
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19 Section 108. Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of
20 section 468.302, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
21 468.302 Use of radiation; identification of certified
22 persons; limitations; exceptions.--
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24 (d) A person holding a certificate as a general
25 radiographer may not perform nuclear medicine and radiation
26 therapy procedures, except as provided in this paragraph. A
27 person who is a general radiographer certified pursuant to
28 this part who receives additional training and skills in
29 radiation therapy technology procedures as referenced in this
30 paragraph may assist with managing patients undergoing
31 radiation therapy treatments if that assistance is provided to
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1 a person registered with the American Registry of Radiologic
2 Technologists in radiation therapy who is also certified
3 pursuant to this part as a radiation therapy technologist.
4 Both the general radiographer and the radiation therapy
5 technologist must perform these radiation therapy services
6 under the general supervision of a physician licensed under
7 chapter 458 or chapter 459 who is trained and skilled in
8 performing radiation therapy treatments. The radiation therapy
9 technologist identified under this paragraph may not delegate
10 any function to the general radiographer which could
11 reasonably be expected to create an unnecessary danger to a
12 patient's life, health, or safety. The general radiographer
13 identified under this section may not, however, perform the
14 following services while assisting the radiation therapy
15 technologist: radiation treatment planning, calculation of
16 radiation therapy doses, or any of the duties of a medical
17 physicist. The general radiographer identified under this
18 section must successfully complete a training program in the
19 following areas before assisting with radiation therapy
20 technology duties:
21 1. Principles of radiation therapy treatment;
22 2. Biological effects of radiation;
23 3. Radiation exposure and monitoring;
24 4. Radiation safety and protection;
25 5. Evaluation and handling of radiographic treatment
26 equipment and accessories; and
27 6. Patient positioning for radiation therapy
28 treatment.
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30 In addition, a general radiographer may participate in
31 additional approved programs as provided by rule of the
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5 And the title is amended as follows:
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