3502 - License required. - New York Statutes

§ 3502. License required. 1. The department shall issue separate licenses in the areas of radiography, radiation therapy and nuclear medicine technology to individuals who qualify under section thirty-five hundred five of this title. 2. Except where otherwise authorized by law: (a) only licensed practitioners and persons licensed under this article are permitted to apply ionizing radiation to human beings, and only within the limits of their specific license; (b) only licensed physicians who are authorized by a radioactive materials license or persons licensed under this article are permitted to use radiopharmaceuticals on human beings, and only within the limits of their specific license; (c) only persons licensed under this article shall practice radiography, radiation therapy or nuclear medicine technology or use the title "radiographer," "radiologic technologist," "radiation therapist" or "nuclear medicine technologist" or use the abbreviations LRT, RTT, LRTT, NMT, or LNMT with his or her name; and (d) notwithstanding paragraph (c) of this subdivision, quality control tests and radiation therapy treatment planning may also be performed by individuals not licensed by this article. 3. On or after January first, two thousand nine no person shall practice nuclear medicine technology or hold himself or herself out as a nuclear medicine technologist unless the individual is the holder of a license pursuant to this article and in accordance with the commissioner's rules and regulations. 4. No radiologic technologist shall administer or inject intravenous contrast media unless (a) the individual is certified by the department to perform such function in accordance with the commissioner's rules and regulations (b) such administration or injection has been approved by a physician, physician's assistant, nurse practitioner or registered professional nurse within twenty-four hours prior to the administration or injection (c) a physician, physician's assistant, nurse practitioner or registered professional nurse performs an evaluation of the patient on the day of the procedure. Administration or injection of contrast media means and is limited to the placement or insertion of a needle or a catheter, not exceeding three inches in length and not above the level of the axilla into a person's upper extremity and the administration or injection of the intravenous contrast media, manually or by mechanical injector, but does not mean the determination of the type or volume of media to be administered or injected. 5. The department shall issue an intravenous contrast administration certificate, as defined in this article, to an individual who is approved by the department. Such individual must: (a) be a duly licensed and registered radiologic technologist in good standing under this article; (b) demonstrate the satisfactory completion of education and training concerning the insertion of a needle and a catheter; (c) demonstrate the satisfactory completion of training in recognition of adverse reactions and cardiopulmonary resuscitation; (d) pay a biennial certification fee of twenty dollars; and (e) meet such other criteria as may be established by the commissioner in regulation.