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18VAC85-50-117: Authorization to use fluoroscopy
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
- Agency 85. Board of Medicine
- Chapter 50. Regulations Governing the Practice of Physician Assistants
- Part IV. Practice Requirements
A physician assistant working under a practice agreement with a licensed doctor of medicine or osteopathy specializing in the field of radiology or orthopedics is authorized to use fluoroscopy for guidance of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures provided such activity is specified in his protocol and he has met the following qualifications:
1. Completion of at least 40 hours of structured didactic educational instruction and at least 40 hours of supervised clinical experience as set forth in the Fluoroscopy Educational Framework for the Physician Assistant created by the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) and the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT); and
2. Successful passage of the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) Fluoroscopy Examination.
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