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STUDENT TECHNOLOGIST EMPLOYMENT POLICIES
Applicable to students graduating in 2008 and 2009
902 KAR:105:030, Section 2 (12) requires that teaching institutions be responsible for assuring that the conditions under which students are performing the functions of a radiation operator are compatible with the educational institution's clinical affiliation standards. To achieve this, the following policies apply to any radiography student released for employment as a technologist during his/her enrollment in the program:
To be released to work:
- The employment must be approved by the Radiography Program
Coordinator. It is the student's responsibility
to notify the Program Coordinator prior to their first day
of work as a student technologist. The Program Coordinator will provide the
student’s name and place of employment to the Kentucky
State Government Cabinet for Health Services.
- The student must have successfully completed all first year
RADI courses to include RADI 201 Clinical Practice III.
- The student must have completed the following clinical
competencies:
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Hand
Pelvis
Hip
IVP
Abdomen
Trauma C - Sp |
Knee
Shoulder
Foot
Chest
Tibia - Fibula
Lumbar Spine
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Wrist
Foreman
Elbow
Ankle
Cervical Spine
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While on the job as a student technologist:
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A student may perform procedures for which he/she has
demonstrated competence through the program’s clinical
competency evaluation process under the indirect supervision of
a qualified technologist, registry eligible is not considered
a qualified technologist. Indirect supervision is defined
as a qualified technologist is available in the immediate
area. This means the technologist must be in
the imaging department or other patient care area such
as the emergency department, or surgery during the performance
of a radiographic procedure and be within ear-shot of the
student should he/she call out for help.
- Students must have the direct supervision of a qualified technologist while performing any procedure for which they have not demonstrated competence through the program's clinical competency evaluation process. The program coordinator can provide an employed student's supervisor with a list of completed competencies upon request.
- Students may perform portable/surgical procedures under
the indirect supervision of a qualified technologist only,
regardless of level of competence. Indirect supervision is
defined as a qualified technologist is available in the immediate
area, as is outlined above in #4.
- Any repeat projection must be performed under the direct
supervision of a qualified technologist, regardless of
the student’s level of competence.
- There must be a ratio of one employed student technologist
to one qualified technologist during any shift a student technologist
is scheduled to work.
- Students may not inject contrast material.
- In accordance with 902 KAR 100:125 Section 13 (1)
(2) students may perform fluoroscopy only under
the direction of a physician and exclusively for localization
purposes. Students may not perform spot film images.
- Students may not complete clinical competencies during paid
working hours.
- Paid working hours may not be counted toward required clinical
attendance.
- Students will have their release to work revoked for any
of the following reasons:
- The student’s grade in any radiography course falls
below 77% at any time during a semester
- The student accumulates more than two days of clinical
absence at any time during a semester
- A student is found to be in violation of any of the above
policies
Note: The definitions of direct and indirect supervision
used in these policies are in accordance with The Joint Review
Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology Standards for an
Accredited Educational Program in Radiologic Sciences.
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