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| Public Act 103-0155 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning safety.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Radiation Protection Act of 1990 is amended | ||||
by changing Section 6 as follows:
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(420 ILCS 40/6) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 210-6)
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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2027)
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Sec. 6. Accreditation of administrators of radiation; | ||||
Limited scope
accreditation; Rules and regulations; Education. | ||||
(a) The Agency shall promulgate such rules and regulations | ||||
as are
necessary to establish accreditation standards and | ||||
procedures, including a
minimum course of education and | ||||
continuing education requirements in the
administration of | ||||
radiation to human beings, which are appropriate to the
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classification of accreditation and which are to be met by all | ||||
physician
assistants, advanced practice registered nurses, | ||||
nurses,
technicians, or other assistants who administer | ||||
radiation to human beings
under the supervision of a person | ||||
licensed under the Medical Practice Act
of 1987. Such rules | ||||
and regulations may provide for different classes of
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accreditation based on evidence of national certification, | ||||
clinical
experience or community hardship as conditions of | ||||
initial and continuing
accreditation. The rules and | ||||
regulations of the Agency shall be
consistent with national | ||
standards in regard to the protection of the
health and safety | ||
of the general public.
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(b) The rules and regulations shall also provide that
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persons who have been accredited by the Agency, in accordance | ||
with the
Radiation Protection Act, without passing an | ||
examination, will remain
accredited as provided in Section 43 | ||
of this Act and that those persons may
be accredited, without | ||
passing an examination, to use other equipment,
procedures, or | ||
supervision within the original category of accreditation if
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the Agency receives written assurances from a person licensed | ||
under the
Medical Practice Act of 1987, that the person | ||
accredited has
the necessary
skill and qualifications for such | ||
additional equipment procedures or
supervision. The Agency | ||
shall, in accordance with subsection (c) of
this Section, | ||
provide for the accreditation of nurses, technicians, or
other | ||
assistants, unless exempted elsewhere in this Act, to perform | ||
a
limited scope of diagnostic radiography procedures of the | ||
chest, the
extremities, skull and sinuses, or the spine, while | ||
under the
supervision of a person licensed under the Medical | ||
Practice Act of 1987.
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(c) The rules or regulations promulgated by the Agency | ||
pursuant to
subsection (a) shall establish standards and | ||
procedures for accrediting
persons to perform a limited scope | ||
of diagnostic radiography procedures.
The rules or regulations | ||
shall specify that an individual seeking accreditation for | ||
limited diagnostic radiography shall not apply ionizing | ||
radiation to human beings until the individual has passed an | ||
Agency-approved examination and is accredited by the Agency. | ||
The rules or regulations shall require persons seeking limited | ||
scope
accreditation to register with the Agency as a | ||
"student-in-training,"
and declare those procedures in which | ||
the student will be receiving
training. The | ||
student-in-training registration shall be valid for a period
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of 16 months, during which the time the student may, under the | ||
supervision
of a person licensed under the Medical Practice | ||
Act of 1987, perform the
diagnostic radiography procedures | ||
listed on the student's registration.
The student-in-training | ||
registration shall be nonrenewable.
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For an individual Upon expiration of the 16 month training | ||
period, the student shall be
prohibited from performing | ||
diagnostic radiography procedures unless
accredited by the | ||
Agency to perform such procedures. In order to be
accredited | ||
to perform a limited scope of diagnostic radiography | ||
procedures, he or she
an individual must pass an examination | ||
approved offered by the Agency. The
examination shall be | ||
consistent with national standards in regard to
protection of | ||
public health and safety. The examination shall consist of a
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standardized component covering general principles applicable | ||
to diagnostic
radiography procedures and a clinical component | ||
specific to the types of
procedures for which accreditation is | ||
being sought. The Agency may
assess a reasonable fee for such | ||
examinations to cover any the costs incurred
by the Agency in | ||
conjunction with offering the examinations.
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(d) The Agency shall by rule or regulation exempt from | ||
accreditation
physician assistants, advanced practice | ||
registered nurses, nurses, technicians, or
other assistants | ||
who
administer radiation to human
beings under supervision of | ||
a person licensed to practice under the Medical
Practice Act | ||
of 1987 when the services are performed on employees of a
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business at a medical facility owned and operated by the | ||
business. Such
exemption shall only apply to the equipment, | ||
procedures and supervision
specific to the medical facility | ||
owned and operated by the business.
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(Source: P.A. 100-513, eff. 1-1-18.)
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