HB 1233

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to certification of radiologic personnel;
3	amending s. 468.304, F.S.; providing that a postsecondary
4	academic institution licensed by the Commission for
5	Independent Education to offer a general radiologic
6	technology program and accredited by the Accrediting
7	Bureau of Health Education Schools is an accredited
8	postsecondary academic institution for certification
9	purposes; providing an effective date.
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11	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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13	Section 1.  Paragraph (e) of subsection (3) of section
14	468.304, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
15	468.304  Certification.--The department shall certify any
16	applicant who meets the following criteria:
17	(3)  Submits satisfactory evidence, verified by oath or
18	affirmation, that she or he:
19	(e)1.  Has successfully completed an educational program,
20	which program may be established in a hospital licensed pursuant
21	to chapter 395 or in an accredited postsecondary academic
22	institution which is subject to approval by the department as
23	maintaining a satisfactory standard; or
24	2.a.  With respect to an applicant for a basic X-ray
25	machine operator's certificate, has completed a course of study
26	approved by the department with appropriate study material
27	provided the applicant by the department;
28	b.  With respect to an applicant for a basic X-ray machine
29	operator-podiatric medicine certificate, has completed a course
30	of study approved by the department, provided that such course
31	of study shall be limited to that information necessary to
32	perform radiographic procedures within the scope of practice of
33	a podiatric physician licensed pursuant to chapter 461;
34	c.  With respect only to an applicant for a general
35	radiographer's certificate who is a basic X-ray machine operator
36	certificateholder, has completed an educational program or a 2-
37	year training program that takes into account the types of
38	procedures and level of supervision usually and customarily
39	practiced in a hospital, which educational or training program
40	complies with the rules of the department;
41	d.  With respect only to an applicant for a nuclear
42	medicine technologist's certificate who is a general
43	radiographer certificateholder, has completed an educational
44	program or a 2-year training program that takes into account the
45	types of procedures and level of supervision usually and
46	customarily practiced in a hospital, which educational or
47	training program complies with the rules of the department; or
48	e.  With respect to an applicant for a radiologist
49	assistant's certificate who demonstrates to the department that
50	he or she holds a current certificate or registration as a
51	radiologist assistant granted by the American Registry of
52	Radiologic Technologists.
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54	For the purposes of this paragraph, a postsecondary academic
55	institution licensed by the Commission for Independent Education
56	to offer a general radiologic technology program and accredited
57	by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools is an
58	accredited postsecondary academic institution.
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60	The department may not certify any applicant who has committed
61	an offense that would constitute a violation of any of the
62	provisions of s. 468.3101 or the rules adopted thereunder if the
63	applicant had been certified by the department at the time of
64	the offense. No application for a limited computed tomography
65	certificate shall be accepted. All persons holding valid
66	computed tomography certificates as of October 1, 1984, are
67	subject to the provisions of s. 468.309.
68	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.

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