HAR §11-44-2. by the appropriate accreditation body which meets the requirements of sections 11-44-10 and 11-44-11

"Board" means radiologic technology board. "Certified" means holding a license issued by the board when used in conjunction with the title "radiation therapist," "radiographer," or "nuclear medicine technologist". "Department" means the department of health. "Director" means the director of health. "Nuclear medicine technologist" means any person who administers radiopharmaceuticals, or sources of radiation used in nuclear medicine, to human beings and conducts in vivo or in vitro detection and measurement of radioactivity for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. "Nuclear medicine technology" means the application of radiopharmaceuticals, or sources of radiation used in nuclear medicine, to human beings and the performance of in vivo or in vitro detection and measurement of radioactivity for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. "Practice of nuclear medicine technology" means the preparation and administration of radiopharmaceuticals or sources of radiation used in nuclear medicine, the use of radiation detection devices and laboratory equipment to measure the quantity and distribution of radionuclides deposited in the patient or in a patient specimen, and the performance of in vivo or in vitro procedures with strict adherence to principles of radiation protection. "Practice of radiation therapy technology" means the administration of ionizing radiation to the human body, utilizing various therapeutic equipment, including but not limited to, high energy linear accelerators, particle generators, and radioactive materials, as prescribed by a physician (radiation oncologist or therapeutic radiologist), for the purpose of therapy treatment, performed with strict adherence to principles of radiation protection. "Practice of radiography" means the imaging of anatomical structures, produced by the combined application of x-rays to the human body and the application of knowledge in the fields of anatomy, radiographic positioning, and radiographic technique, for the purpose of medical diagnosis, with strict adherence to principles of radiation protection. "Radiation therapist" means any person engaged in the practice of radiation therapy technology. "Radiographer" means any person engaged in the practice of radiography. "Radiologic technologist" means any person engaged in the practice of radiation therapy technology, or radiography, or nuclear medicine technology. "Radiologic technology" means the practice of radiation therapy technology, or radiography, or nuclear medicine technology. "Supervision" means responsibility for, and control of quality, radiation safety, and technical aspects of all x-ray, radiopharmaceutical, or ionizing radiation examinations and procedures. [Eff 12/27/91; am and comp NOV 09 1998] (Auth: HRS §466J-2) (Imp: HRS §§466J-2, 466J-4, 466J-5) 44-2 2134