BILL NUMBER: AB 1092	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 4, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 20, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mullin

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1400) to
Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to magnetic
resonance imaging technologists.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1092, as amended, Mullin. Magnetic resonance imaging
technologists.
   Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of various
healing arts practitioners by boards within the Department of
Consumer Affairs. Existing law also provides for the certification
and regulation of radiologic technologists by the State Department of
Public Health.
   This bill would provide for the registration of magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) technologists, as defined, with the State Department
of Public Health. The bill would authorize the department to issue a
citation and civil penalty to a person acting as an MRI technologist
without being registered. The bill would require the department to
maintain an official roster of registered MRI  technologists,
and   technologists, as specified. The bill  would
authorize the department to impose  fees   a
fee  on a registrant in an amount reasonably sufficient to cover
the administrative costs of the registration  program
  program, but would exempt a certified radiologic
technologist from paying that fee  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 1400) is added to
Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 3.5.  MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING TECHNOLOGISTS


   1400.  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions
apply:
   (a) "Department" means the State Department of Public Health.
   (b) "MRI" means magnetic resonance imaging.
   (c) "MRI technologist" means a person who operates MRI equipment
to produce cross-sectional images of a patient's body for diagnostic
purposes. 
   (d) "Serious disability" has the same meaning as defined in
Section 1279.1 of the Health and Safety Code. 
   1401.  A person shall not hold himself or herself out as an MRI
technologist without registering with the department pursuant to this
chapter.
   1402.  (a) The department shall maintain an official roster of
registered MRI technologists, and shall record all of the following
information:
   (1) The location, employer, and supervisor of each MRI
technologist.
   (2) A description of the practice of each MRI technologist,
including the services provided.
   (3) Any certification possessed by the MRI technologist, if
applicable. 
   (b) A radiologic technologist certified under subdivision (b) or
(c) of Section 114870 of the Health and Safety Code may provide the
information described in subdivision (a) in accordance with any of
the following:  
   (1) As part of the radiologic technologist's initial application
for certification.  
   (2) As part of the radiologic technologist's request for renewal
of certification.  
   (3) By use of a method established by the department. 

   (b) 
    (c)   (1)    The department may impose
a fee for the registration of an MRI technologist in an amount that
is no greater than the amount reasonably sufficient to cover the
administrative costs of the registration program. 
   (2) A radiologic technologist certified under subdivision (b) or
(c) of Section 114870 of the Health and Safety Code is not required
to pay a registration fee under this chapter. 
   1403.   A   An employer of a  registered
MRI technologist shall report to the department  any
accident   an accident resulting from the use or
malfunction of MRI equipment  , within 30 days of its
occurrence, that resulted in  injury   the
serious disability  or death  to   of 
a patient, damage to the property of a patient, or damage to the MRI
equipment.
   1404.  The department may issue a citation to a person if he or
she is acting in the capacity of, or engaging in the practice of, an
MRI technologist without being registered with the department. The
citation shall contain an order of abatement and an assessment of a
civil penalty in an amount not less than two hundred dollars ($200)
nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000).
   1405.  This chapter does not authorize an MRI technologist to
practice medicine, surgery, or any other form of healing.