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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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Criteria for approval for other regulated health professions to practise at
specified siteApplication for approval to practise
Circumstances when approved individual may practise
Restricted scope of practice for specified site substitute
1 These regulations may be cited as the Specified Site Regulations.
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
6 (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.
RegulationIn force
date*How in force
Royal Gazette
Part II Issue116/2020
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.
RegulationIn 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.
ad. = added
am. = amendedfc. = fee change
ra. = reassignedrep. = repealed
rs. = repealed and substitutedProvision 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.
RegulationTitle
In force
dateRepealed
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.