32-2804. School approval; standards; considerations

A. The department may approve a school of radiologic technology as maintaining a satisfactory standard if the school's course of study:

1. Is accredited by the commission on accreditation of allied health education programs or the joint review committee on education in radiologic technology or accredited as recognized by the United States department of education, or meets or exceeds the standards of this chapter.

2. Includes at least four hundred hours of classroom work, including radiation protection, x-ray physics, radiographic techniques, radiographic imaging and patient care procedures, anatomy and physiology, radiographic positioning, an introduction to other imaging modalities and professional ethics.

3. Includes at least one thousand six hundred fifty hours devoted to clinical experience.

4. Includes demonstrations, discussions, seminars and supervised practice.

5. Includes at least eighty hours of regularly scheduled supervised image critiques.

B. An approved school of radiologic technology may be operated by a medical or educational institution or other public or private agency or institution and, for the purpose of providing the requisite clinical experience, shall be affiliated with one or more hospitals that the department determines are likely to provide this experience.

C. In approving a school of radiologic technology, the department shall consider the standards adopted by appropriate professional organizations, including the joint review committee on education in radiologic technology, and may accept the certification of a school of radiologic technology or the accreditation of a hospital to provide requisite clinical experience if the department finds that certification or accreditation was granted on the basis of standards that will afford the same protection to the public as the standards provided by this chapter.