- (a) Licensed practitioners, individuals licensed to practice medicine, dentistry, podiatric medicine, chiropractic, optometry, or osteopathy in this state, dental hygienists, registered dental assistants with the expanded duty of radiography, radiation health physicists, radiation medical physicists, chiropractic externs, bone densitometrists, and certified medical dosimetrists are exempt from the requirement of obtaining a license to apply ionizing radiation or administer radiopharmaceuticals.
- (b) The requirement for a license shall not apply to a student enrolled in and attending a school of radiologic technology, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine technology, chiropractic radiologic technology, or cardiovascular intervention with recognized education accreditation, who uses radioactive material on or applies ionizing radiation to a human being for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes while under the supervision of a licensed practitioner or licensed radiologic technologist.
- (c) The requirement for a license shall not apply to a student enrolled in and attending a healthcare profession school that is recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Arkansas Division of Higher Education that has radiologic sciences taught in part of the educational process who uses equipment emitting or detecting ionizing radiation.
- (d) Nothing in the provisions of the act or this part relating to radiologic technology shall limit, enlarge, or affect the practice of licensed practitioners herein defined.