Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 5-68.1 - Radiologic Technologists

• Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
• Authorized user: means a licensed practitioner who meets the training and experience requirements defined in rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to Rhode Island General Laws 5-68.1-2
• Board: means the board of radiologic technology. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-68.1-2
• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Department: means the Rhode Island department of health. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-68.1-2
• Director: means the director of the Rhode Island department of health. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-68.1-2
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Financial interest: means being:

  (i)  A licensed practitioner of radiologic technology; or

  (ii)  A person who deals in goods and services that are uniquely related to the practice of radiologic technology; or

  (iii)  A person who has invested anything of value in a business that provides radiologic technology services. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-68.1-2

• General supervision: means supervision whereby a licensed practitioner, who assumes legal liability for the services rendered, authorizes the services to be performed by the radiologic technologist, which supervision, except in cases of emergency, requires the easy availability or physical presence of the licensed practitioner for consultation and direction of the actions of the radiologic technologist. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-68.1-2
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• License: means a license issued by the director to practice radiologic technology. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-68.1-2
• Licensed practitioner: means an individual licensed to practice medicine, chiropractic, or podiatry, or an individual licensed as a registered nurse practitioner or physician assistant in this state. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-68.1-2
• Medical physicist: means an individual, other than a licensed practitioner, who practices independently one or more of the subfields of medical physics, and is registered or licensed under rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to section 1. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-68.1-2
• National organization: means a professional association or registry, approved by the director, that examines, registers, certifies, or approves individuals and education programs relating to operators of sources of radiation. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-68.1-2
• Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
• Nuclear medicine technologist: means an individual, other than a licensed practitioner, who compounds, calibrates, dispenses, and administers radiopharmaceuticals, pharmaceuticals, and radionuclides under the general supervision of an authorized user for benefit of performing a comprehensive scope of nuclear medicine procedures, and who has met and continues to meet the licensure standards of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-68.1-2
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: means any individual, corporation, partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution, group, agency, political subdivision of this state or any other state, or political subdivision of any agency thereof and any legal successor, representative, agent, or agency of the foregoing. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-68.1-2
• Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
• Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
• Radiation therapist: means an individual, other than a licensed practitioner, who utilizes ionizing radiation under the general supervision of an authorized user for the planning and delivery of therapeutic procedures, and who has met and continues to meet the licensure standards of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-68.1-2
• radiographer: means an individual, other than a licensed practitioner, who performs a comprehensive scope of diagnostic radiologic procedures under the general supervision of a licensed practitioner using external ionizing radiation, resulting in radiographic or digital images, and who has met and continues to meet the licensure standards of this chapter. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-68.1-2
• Radiologist: means a licensed practitioner specializing in radiology who is certified by or eligible for certification by the American Board of Radiology or the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology, the British Royal College of Radiology, or the Canadian College of Physicians and Surgeons. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-68.1-2
• Radiologist assistant: means an unlicensed individual, other than a licensed practitioner, who performs as an advanced-level radiologic technologist and works under the general supervision of a radiologist to enhance patient care by assisting the radiologist in the medical imaging environment, and who is certified by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, or by a comparable national certifying board as approved by the director. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-68.1-2
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• Student: means an individual enrolled in a course of study for medicine or radiologic technology. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-68.1-2
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Supervision: means and includes:

  (i)  "Direct supervision" means supervision and control by a licensed practitioner who assumes legal liability for the services rendered by the radiologic technologist, which supervision requires the physical presence of the licensed practitioner for consultation and direction of the actions of the radiologic technologist. See Rhode Island General Laws 5-68.1-2