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Specified Site Regulations

made under subsection 11(2) of the

Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Professionals Act

S.N.S. 2013, c. 7

O.I.C. 2020-235 (effective September 8, 2020), N.S. Reg. 116/2020

Table of Contents

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Citation

Definitions

Criteria for approval for other regulated health professions to practise at

specified site

Application for approval to practise

Circumstances when approved individual may practise

Restricted scope of practice for specified site substitute

Citation

1 These regulations may be cited as the Specified Site Regulations .

Definitions

2 In these regulations,

“Act” means the Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Professionals Act ;

“approving authority” means the Nova Scotia Health Authority or its successor;

“specified site” means a specified site in a district health authority that has less than

25 patient beds in which a regulated health professional may practise radiological

technology;

“specified site practice” means the practice of radiological technology by a

specified site substitute at a specified site under subsection 11(2) of the Act;

“specified site substitute” means a regulated health professional who is not a

registrant in radiological technology and who is approved to engage in specified

site practice.

Criteria for approval for other regulated health professions to practise at specified site

3 An applicant must meet all of the following criteria to practise radiological technology at

a specified site:

(

a) they are a registrant of another regulated health profession in the Province;

(

b) they either have

(

i) no outstanding complaints, prohibitions, conditions or restrictions

against them, or

(ii) they have outstanding complaints, prohibitions, conditions or

restrictions against them with a regulatory authority, but the

approving authority determines that these should not prevent the

applicant from practising radiological technology at the specified site;

(

c) they have successfully completed all of the following:

(

i) educational curriculum, as approved by the Board,

(ii) clinical competency assessments, as approved by the Board,

(iii) examination or assessment, as approved by the Board;

(

d) they have liability protection, malpractice insurance or another form of

indemnity in the manner and amount required by the approving authority.

Application for approval to practise

4 An applicant may apply to the approving authority for approval as a specified site

substitute by providing all of the following:

(

a) proof satisfactory to the approving authority that the applicant meets all of

the criteria in

Section 3;

(

b) any additional information the approving authority requires that is relevant

to determining whether the applicant meets the criteria in

Section 3.

Circumstances when approved individual may practise

5 A specified site substitute may only engage in specified site practice in the following

circumstances if, in the opinion of the approving authority, the nature and amount of

radiological technology does not warrant having a radiation technologist on staff at the

specified site:

(

a) there is an emergency at the specified site;

(

b) the specified site substitute is on-call at the specified site;

(

c) the specified site substitute is working as vacation relief for staff at the

specified site;

(

d) the specified site substitute is working to cover a short-term illness at the

specified site.

Restricted scope of practice for specified site substitute

(1) A specified site substitute may only engage in a restricted scope of practice of

radiological technology that is limited to the procedures approved by the approving

authority following consultation with the College, including all of the following

basic radiographic procedures:

Body Part

Procedure

upper limb

finger

PA, AP oblique, lateral, AP

thumb

AP, PA, lateral, PA oblique

hand

PA, lateral, PA oblique, AP oblique

wrist

PA, AP oblique, lateral

forearm

AP, lateral

lower limb

toes

AP, AP oblique, lateral

foot

AP, AP oblique, lateral (non-weight bearing)

ankle

AP, AP oblique, lateral

tibula-fibula

AP, lateral

chest

PA, lateral, AP with patient in the supine and

semi-erect positions

abdomen

AP-recumbent

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the restricted scope of practice of

radiological technology excludes any procedures excluded by the approving

authority after consultation with the College, including all of the following

procedures:

(

a) CT scan;

(

b) angiogram (or other contrast scans);

(

c) mammogram;

(

d) fluorogram.

Legislative History

Reference Tables

Specified Site Regulations

N.S. Reg. 116/2020

Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Professionals Act

Note: The information in these tables does not form part of the regulations and is compiled by the Office of the Registrar of Regulations for reference only.

Source Law

The current consolidation of the Specified Site Regulations made under the Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Professionals Act includes all of the following regulations:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

116/2020

Sep 8, 2020

date specified

Sep 25, 2020

The following regulations are not yet in force and are not included in the current consolidation:

N.S.

Regulation

In force

date*

How in force

Royal Gazette

Part II Issue

*See subsection 3(6) of the Regulations Act for rules about in force dates of regulations.

Amendments by Provision

ad. = added

am. = amended

fc. = fee change

ra. = reassigned

rep. = repealed

rs . = repealed and substituted

Provision affected

How affected

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Note that changes to headings are not included in the above table.

Editorial Notes and Corrections

Note

Effective

date

Repealed and Superseded

N.S.

Regulation

Title

In force

date

Repealed

date

Note: Only regulations that are specifically repealed and replaced appear in this table. It may not reflect the entire history of regulations on this subject matter.