As used in this chapter: “Department” means the Mississippi State Department of Health. “Licensed practitioner” means a person licensed or otherwise authorized by law to practice medicine, dentistry, chiropractic, osteopathy or podiatry, or a licensed nurse practitioner or physician assistant. “Ionizing radiation” means x-rays and gamma rays, alpha and beta particles, high-speed electrons, neutrons and […]
The department shall have full authority to adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this state as may be necessary to effectuate the provisions of this chapter, and may amend or repeal the same as may be necessary for such purposes. There shall be established a Medical Radiation Advisory Council to […]
Each registered radiologic technologist, registered nuclear medicine technologist and registered radiation therapist shall submit evidence to the department of completing twenty-four (24) hours of continuing education in a two-year period as described in the rules and regulations of the department. Each limited x-ray machine operator who is first employed to apply ionizing radiation in the […]
The State Board of Medical Licensure shall license and regulate the practice of radiologist assistants in accordance with the provisions of this section. A radiologist may use the services of a radiologist assistant to practice radiology assistance under the supervision of the radiologist, provided that the radiologist assistant is duly qualified and licensed as provided […]
As used in this section, the following terms shall be defined as provided in this subsection: “Department” means the State Department of Health. “Mammography” means radiography of the breast for the purpose of enabling a physician to determine the presence, size, location and extent of cancerous or potentially cancerous tissue in the breast. “Radiography” means […]
