§ 43-62-14.1 — Fluoroscopy technologist

North Dakota § 43-62-14.1

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 43: Occupations and Professions
• Ch. 43-62: Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy

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1. Effective August 1, 2019, an individual licensed or permitted as a fluoroscopy
technologist by the North Dakota board of medicine who is in good standing on that
date, automatically becomes licensed as a fluoroscopy technologist by the North
Dakota medical imaging and radiation therapy board.
a. Effective August 1, 2019, the North Dakota board of medicine shall expire every
active fluoroscopy technologist's license issued by that board.
b. Effective August 1, 2019, the North Dakota medical imaging and radiation therapy
board shall issue a fluoroscopy technologist license to every individual qualified
under this subsection to be automatically licensed.
2. The scope of practice of a licensed fluoroscopy technologist is limited to
gastrointestinal fluoroscopy of the esophagus, stomach, and small and large
intestines.
3. Fluoroscopy services provided by a licensed fluoroscopy technologist must be
provided under the supervision of a primary supervising physician.

4. If a fluoroscopy technologist performs a fluoroscopy procedure outside the presence of
the technologist's primary supervising physician, the technologist must be supervised
by an onsite supervising physician who is immediately available to the technologist for
consultation and supervision at all times the technologist is performing a fluoroscopy
procedure.
5. Under this section, a supervising physician may not designate the fluoroscopy
technologist to take over the physician's duties or cover the physician's practice.
During an absence or temporary disability of a primary supervising physician, the
fluoroscopy technologist is responsible to the substitute primary supervising physician.
6. To qualify for biennial license renewal, a fluoroscopy technologist shall submit to the
board with radiography license renewal:
a. Evidence of completion of at least six hours of continuing education on
fluoroscopy safety and relevant radiation protection; and
b. A copy of an agreement with a primary supervising physician.
7. A licensee under this section is subject to the disciplinary authority of the board under
section 43-62-19.