25RS HB 40

House Bill 40

Actions

Last Action	01/07/25: to Committee on Committees (H)
Title	AN ACT relating to the regulation of medical imaging and radiation therapy.
Bill Documents	Introduced
Bill Request Number	481
Sponsor	A. Neighbors
Summary of Original Version	Amend KRS 311B.020 to add and amend definitions; amend KRS 311B.030 to add magnetic resonance imaging technologists, diagnostic medical sonographers, and student medical imaging technologists to the Kentucky Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy; amend KRS 311B.050 to add authority to recognize and enforce nationally recognized professional organizations and certifying bodies and issue advisory opinions; amend KRS 311B.090 to add non-ionizing and exempt ultrasounds for therapeutic, non-medical or keepsake ultrasounds from requirements; amend KRS 311B.100 to add individuals utilizing ionizing or non-ionizing, radiation add magnetic resonance imaging technologists, diagnostic medical sonographers, and student medical imaging technologists to licensure requirements; require the board to promulgate administrative regulations to permit licensure of magnetic resonance imaging technologists and diagnostic medical sonographers who are not credentialed by a national organization recognized by the board prior to January 1, 2027; amend KRS 311B.110 to add magnetic resonance imaging technologists, diagnostic medical sonographers, and student medical imagining technologists to application for licensure requirements; amend KRS 311B.120 to add magnetic resonance imaging technologists and diagnostic medical sonographers to fees and penalty requirements; delete reference to duplicate licenses and home study courses; amend KRS 311B.150 to add non-ionizing radiation; add magnetic resonance imaging technologists, diagnostic medical sonographers, and student medical imaging technologists to legal conditions; amend KRS 311B.160 to add violations and penalties for practicing without a license and other violations; amend KRS 311.727 to make technical corrections; repeal KRS 311B.080, 311B.180, and 311B.190 as the provisions of these statutes were incorporated in other statutes.
Index Headings of Original Version	Health and Medical Services - Magnetic resonance imaging technologists diagnostic medical sonographers licensing Licensing - Magnetic resonance imaging technologists and diagnostic medical sonographers, requirements Occupations and Professions - Magnetic resonance imaging technologists and diagnostic medical sonographers, licensing Physicians and Practitioners - Magnetic resonance imaging technologists and diagnostic medical sonographers, licensing Public Health - Magnetic resonance imaging technologists and diagnostic medical sonographers, licensing Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy, licensing Boards and Commissions - Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy, licensing