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STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE
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H.P. 533 - L.D. 844
An Act to Protect the Practice of Certain Cardiovascular Professionals
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §9854, sub-§3, as amended by PL 2015, c. 429, §§19 and 20, is
further amended to read:
3. Exceptions. The requirement of a license shall does not apply to:
A. A dentist, dental hygienist or dental radiographer licensed under chapter 143;
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
D. Any person serving in the United States Armed Services or public health service or
employed by the Veterans' Administration United States Department of Veterans
Affairs or other federal agency performing his the person's official duties, provided that
as long as the duties are limited to that service or employment.; or
E. A cardiovascular technologist credentialed by the Commission on Accreditation of
Allied Health Education Programs, Cardiovascular Credentialing International or a
successor organization who is performing the activities permitted under this paragraph
and is acting under the delegated authority and direct supervision of a physician while
the physician is performing cardiac catheterization or electrophysiology procedures.
For the purposes of this paragraph, the activities permitted are limited to procedure
table actions that are necessary during cardiac catheterization or electrophysiology
procedures, including enabling fluoroscopy to start the procedure, changing the field
of view, positioning the image intensifier, adjusting collimation, placing the wedge
filter, panning the procedure table during exposure, stepping on the pedal at the
physician's direction when the physician cannot reach the pedal and performing other
similar actions under the delegated authority and direct supervision of the physician.
APPROVED
MAY 22, 2023
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
100
PUBLIC LAW