LAC 46:XLV.2911. Application for Approval of Course of Study

A. Any employing physician may petition the board to approve an individualized and specific course of study to be attended and successfully completed by said physician's employee as a condition precedent to making application for certification of that employee as a private radiologic technologist under this Chapter. B. To obtain board approval, the proposed course of study must include, as a minimum: 1. specific curriculum content, including the following courses at an accredited institution of higher learning, through which the employee must complete at least 12 semester credit hours: a. introduction to radiologic technology; b. medical ethics; c. radiation safety and protection; and d. patient care and patient positioning; 2. a clinical practicum taken concurrent with, or following completion of, the curriculum identified in §2911.B.1. Such practicum shall involve direct training of the employee by a physician or licensed radiologic technologist for at least five hours per week for not less than eight weeks; 3. the board may impose additional course requirements or require additional curriculum and/or practicum in its discretion; 4. no petition for approval of a course of study will be considered by the board until the applicable processing fee established under Chapter 81 has been paid.