10.32.10.13
A. Renewal.
(1) An individual who has been licensed by the Board as a radiation therapist, radiographer, or nuclear medicine technologist shall renew the license every 2 years on the date specified by the Board by:
(a) Completing a renewal application on a form approved by the Board;
(b) Paying a renewal fee as specified in Regulation .18 of this chapter; and
(c) Attesting to one of the following:
(i) Completion of 24 hours of approved continuing education earned during the 2-year period preceding the date of the renewal application;
(ii) Current American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) registration; or
(iii) Active certification by the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board.
(2) An individual who has been licensed by the Board as a radiologist assistant shall renew the license every 2 years on the date specified by the Board by:
(a) Completing a renewal application on a form approved by the Board;
(b) Paying a renewal fee as specified in Regulation .18 of this chapter;
(c) Attesting to one of the following:
(i) Completion of 50 hours of approved continuing education earned during the 2-year period preceding the date of the renewal application; or
(ii) Current American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) registration as a radiologist assistant.
(3) Continuing education hours that are used to satisfy the continuing education requirement for renewal of a license as a radiographer may also be used to satisfy the continuing education requirement for a radiologist assistant.
(4) Approved continuing education is as follows:
(a) In-service programs at a hospital or related institution as defined in Health-General Article, §19-301, Annotated Code of Maryland, or a health maintenance organization certified by the State; or
(b) Programs relevant to the practice of a radiation therapist, radiographer, nuclear medicine technologist, or radiologist assistant approved by the:
(i) American College of Radiology or its chapters;
(ii) Maryland Society of Radiologic Technologists;
(iii) Mideastern Chapter—Society of Nuclear Medicine—Technologist Section;
(iv) Mideastern Chapter—Society of Nuclear Medicine or the District of Columbia Chapter of the American College of Radiology;
(v) American Medical Association;
(vi) MedChi, the Maryland State Medical Society; or
(vii) American Society of Radiologic Technologists.
(5) The continuing education requirement applies to all renewal applications after the first renewal.
B. Reinstatement. A person who has been licensed by the Board as a radiation therapist, radiographer, nuclear medicine technologist, or radiologist assistant and who has allowed the license to lapse shall apply for reinstatement by:
(1) Completing a reinstatement application on a form approved by the Board;
(2) Paying a reinstatement fee as defined in Regulation .18 of this chapter; and
(3) Documenting evidence of:
(a) For a radiographer, radiation therapist, or nuclear medicine technologist, meeting at least one of the requirements specified in §A(1)(c) of this regulation; or
(b) For a radiologist assistant, meeting at least one of the requirements specified in §A(2)(c) of this regulation.