Title 43 — Occupations and Professions

As used in this chapter: 1. "Board" means the North Dakota medical imaging and radiation therapy board. 2. "Certification organization" means a national certification organization that specializes in the certification and registration of medical imaging and radiation therapy tech…

An individual may not perform or offer to perform medical imaging or radiation therapy on humans for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes or otherwise indicate or imply that the individual is licensed to perform medical imaging or radiation therapy unless that individual is license…

This chapter does not apply to the following: 1. A licensed practitioner performing medical imaging or radiation therapy. 2. A dental assistant or dental hygienist licensed under chapter 43-20. 3. A student enrolled in and attending a school or college of medicine, medical imagin…

1. The governor shall appoint a North Dakota medical imaging and radiation therapy board consisting of nine members including: a. Five medical imaging or radiation therapy professionals chosen to represent the areas of radiography, radiation therapy, nuclear medicine technology, …

The term of office of each member of the board is four years and until a successor is appointed and qualified. The terms must be so arranged that no more than four terms expire on the thirty-first of July of each year. The governor shall fill all vacancies by appointment. In case…

The governor for good cause shown and upon the recommendation of three-fourths of the members of the board may remove any member of the board for misconduct, incapacity, or neglect of duty.

The board shall elect a president and vice president from its members and a secretary- treasurer. The secretary-treasurer need not be a member of the board. The secretary-treasurer must be the general administrative and prosecuting officer of the board.

The board shall hold at least two meetings each year to conduct business and to review the standards and rules for improving the administration of medical imaging or radiation therapy. The board shall establish the procedures for calling, holding, and conducting regular and speci…

In addition to any other powers, the board may: 1. Administer this chapter. 2. Issue interpretations of this chapter. 3. Adopt rules as may be necessary to carry out this chapter. 4. Employ and fix the compensation of personnel the board determines necessary to carry into effect …

A member of the board may not participate in the making of any decision or the taking of any action by the board or a board committee which affects the member's personal, professional, or pecuniary interest, or that of a known relative or business or professional associate.

The board shall keep a record of its proceedings and applications for licensure. An application record must be preserved for at least six years beyond the disposition of the application or the last annual registration of the licensee, whichever is later. Protected health informat…

The board may submit a biennial report to the governor and the secretary of state in accordance with section 54-06-04.

A member of the board is entitled to receive for each day during which the member actually is engaged in the performance of the duties of the member's office per diem as determined by the board and mileage as provided in section 54-06-09. The secretary of the board is entitled to…

1. The board shall issue a license to a qualified applicant. To qualify for licensure, an applicant shall comply with the modality licensure requirements under subsection 2, 3, 4, or 7, comply with board requirements adopted by rules, and submit satisfactory evidence, verified by…

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 radiatio…

1. A license issued by the board under this chapter must specify each medical imaging or radiation therapy modality for which the licensee is qualified to practice under section 43-62-14. 2. The board shall adopt by rule standards concerning scope of practice for medical imaging …

1. The board shall set all fees by rules adopted under this chapter. All fees payable to the board must be deposited in the name of the board in financial institutions designated by the board as official depositories and must be used to pay all expenses incurred in carrying out t…

1. A license issued under this chapter must be renewed before January second every two years. The license must be renewed upon the payment of a renewal fee if the licensee is not in violation of this chapter and has complied with any continuing education requirements adopted by r…

The board may take disciplinary action against a licensee by any of the following means: 1. Revocation of license. 2. Suspension of license. 3. Probation. 4. Imposition of stipulations, limitations, or conditions relating to the performance of medical imaging or radiation therapy…

Disciplinary action may be imposed against a licensee upon any of the following grounds: 1. The use of any false, fraudulent, or forged statement or document, or the use of any fraudulent, deceitful, dishonest, or immoral practice, in connection with any of the licensing requirem…

In any order or decision issued by the board in resolution of a disciplinary proceeding in which disciplinary action is imposed against a medical imaging or radiation therapy professional, the board may direct any medical imaging or radiation therapy professional to pay the board…

An individual who performs medical imaging or radiation therapy in this state without complying with this chapter, and any individual who violates any provision of this chapter for which another penalty is not specified is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. In addition to the crimi…