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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3527 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3946 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Shirley B. Arriaga |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act regulating medical imaging and radiation therapy. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Shirley B. Arriaga8th Hampden1/20/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3527 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3946 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Arriaga of Chicopee, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3946) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Shirley B. Arriaga relative to regulating medical imaging and radiation therapy. Public Health. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act regulating medical imaging and radiation therapy. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 5L of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the fifth paragraph and inserting in place |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3thereof the following paragraph:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4 The department shall establish the requirements for registration, collect registration fees, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5establish ethical standards including, sonography usage outside of hospitals and medical facilities |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6on pregnant persons, require and establish continuing educational requirements, evaluate the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7qualifications of the applicants, investigate complaints, supervise examinations and grant |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8licenses to those who pass the examination and who are determined to be qualified radiologic |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9technologists. No person shall perform the duties of a radiologic technologist without such |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10license however, the department may grant a temporary waiver for 3 months upon a finding that |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11the public convenience and necessity require such a waiver. The fee for such license and renewal |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provisions of |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13section 3B of chapter 7. 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14 SECTION 2. Chapter 112 of the General Law, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15is hereby amended by adding the following section:- |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16 Section 290. (a) For the purposes of this section the following words shall, unless the |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18 “Commissioner'', the commissioner of public health. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 19 “Department'', the department of public health. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 20 “Medical imaging”, any procedure intended for use in the diagnosis or visualization of a |
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| 48 | 48 | | 21pregnancy or other medical conditions using sonography or ultrasound technologies. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 22 “Sonographer”, a person licensed to perform a comprehensive set of diagnostic |
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| 50 | 50 | | 23sonography procedures using an ultrasound to create medical images. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 24 (b) The department shall establish the requirements for registration, collect registration |
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| 52 | 52 | | 25fees, establish ethical standards, require and establish continuing educational requirements, |
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| 53 | 53 | | 26evaluate the qualifications of the applicants, investigate complaints, supervise examinations and |
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| 54 | 54 | | 27grant licenses to those who pass the examination and who are determined to be qualified |
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| 55 | 55 | | 28sonographer. No person shall perform the duties of medical imaging on humans using |
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| 56 | 56 | | 29sonography or ultrasound technology without such license. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 30 (c) The fee for a sonographer license and renewal shall be determined annually by the |
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| 58 | 58 | | 31commissioner. |
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| 59 | 59 | | 32 (d) The department of shall promulgate rules or regulations necessary to carry out this |
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| 60 | 60 | | 33section. |
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