AN ACT relating to the regulation of medical imaging and radiation therapy.

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…

Introduced: January 7, 2025

Last action: February 4, 2025

To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)

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This bill expands Kentucky's oversight of medical imaging professionals by adding MRI technologists, diagnostic medical sonographers, and student imaging technologists to the state licensing system that previously covered only radiation therapy and certain other imaging workers. It also updates the rules around non-ionizing imaging tools like ultrasound, exempts keepsake and non-medical ultrasounds from licensure requirements, and strengthens penalties for practicing without a license. Who it may affect: medical imaging and radiology professionals, healthcare employers, and patients receiving imaging services in Kentucky.

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