Cal. Code Regs. tit. 17, § 30424 – Limited Permit X-Ray Technician Schools Teaching the Chest, Extremities, Leg-Podiatric, Skull, or Torso-Skeletal Categories.

(a) Approved limited permit X-ray technician schools teaching the chest, extremities, leg-podiatric, skull, or torso-skeletal permit categories shall require that each student who graduates from the school complete, for each limited permit category, the following educational program, within 24 months of beginning the course of study. However, the program may not be less than six months:
1. (1) One hundred ninety (190) hours of education, which shall include the following:
  Subject
  Hours of Instruction
(A) Radiation protection and safety
50
(B) Radiological physics
20
(C) Principles of Radiographic Exposure
30
(D) Equipment operation, Quality Assurance and Control
10
(E) Image processing
10
(F) Medical terminology
5
(G) Medical ethics
5
(H) Patient Care
10
(I) Image Evaluation
5
(J) Anatomy and physiology
20
(K) Digital radiologic technology as specified in section 30410.2
20
(L) Pediatric and Geriatric Radiography
1. (2) For each category, the following hours of specific instruction in anatomy and physiology, and positioning:
  Category
  Hours of Instruction Anatomy and Physiology
  Hours of Instruction in Positioning
5
(A) Chest
5
5
(B) Extremities
15
15
(C) Leg-podiatric
5
5
(D) Skull
10
20
(E) Torso-skeletal
1. (3) Twenty hours of radiation protection laboratory during which each student shall conduct experiments that demonstrate:
  1. (A) Methods of reducing dose per exposure to patient.
  2. (B) Methods of reducing dose to personnel.
  3. (C) Methods of reducing dose to general population.
2. (4) Ten (10) hours of general radiographic laboratory during which each student shall conduct experiments that demonstrate:
  1. (A) Effects of kilovoltage, milliamperage, filtration, distance, and heel effect on radiographic contrast and detail.
  2. (B) Control of scatter.
3. (5) Eight hours of quality assurance laboratory during which each student shall conduct experiments to illustrate the following:
  1. (A) For chemical image processing, use of step wedge, densitometer and sensitometer; and
  2. (B) For digital imaging processing, appropriate menu selection, body part placement, pre- and post-processing, and image receptor care including erasing and cleaning of receptors;
4. (6) Supervised clinical education for each category during which each student shall perform or assist in the performance of the following number of radiographic procedures:
  Category
  Number of Procedures
15
15
(A) Chest
50
(B) Extremities
100 (50 procedures for upper and 50 procedures for lower extremities)
(C) Leg-podiatric
50
(D) Skull
40
(E) Torso-skeletal
200
(b) Procedures performed only for chiropractic purposes may account for no more than 25 percent of the required number of procedures specified in subsection (a)(6).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 114870(a), 131050, 131051 and 131200, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 106975, 107045, 114850, 114870(c) and (d) and 114880, Health and Safety Code.

History

1. Editorial correction of subsection (b)(2)(E) (Register 2000. No. 1).

2. Amendment of section heading, section and Note filed 10-29-2001; operative 11-28-2001 (Register 2001, No. 44).

3. Amendment of subsections (a)(1) and (a)(1)(A), new subsection (a)(1)(K) and amendment of Note filed 2-14-2008; operative 3-15-2008 (Register 2008, No. 7).

4. Amendment of section heading and section filed 10-11-2013; operative 10-11-2013 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2013, No. 41).