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An Act To Exempt Certain Supervised Medical Assistants from Licensing under the Medical Radiation Health and Safety Laws
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §9854, sub-§3, ¶C, as amended by PL 2005, c. 166, §1, is further amended to read:
 
C. A resident physician or a student enrolled in and attending a school or college of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, podiatry, dentistry or radiologic technology or an individual who is concurrently obtaining the education and clinical training required by the board by rule who applies ionizing radiation to a human being while under the supervision of a licensed practitioner; or
Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §9854, sub-§3, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 524, is amended to read:
 
D. Any person serving in the United States Armed Services or public health service or employed by the Veterans' Administration or other federal agency performing histhe person's official duties, provided thatas long as the duties are limited to that service or employment.; or
Sec. 3.  32 MRSA §9854, sub-§3, ¶E  is enacted to read:
 
E.  A medical assistant who has been properly instructed and trained in fluoroscopy C-arm or other imaging equipment positioning and who is assisting a physician who is operating the fluoroscopy C-arm or other imaging equipment and supervising the procedure.
 
SUMMARY
This bill exempts from the licensing requirements of the medical radiation health and safety laws a medical assistant who has been properly instructed and trained in fluoroscopy C-arm or other imaging equipment positioning and who is assisting a physician who is operating the fluoroscopy C-arm or other imaging equipment and supervising the procedure.