(A) The South Carolina Radiation Quality Standards Association must be registered with the South Carolina Secretary of State's Office as a nonprofit corporation and recognized as a tax exempt organization under Section 501(C) of the federal Internal Revenue Code.

(B) The board must be composed of thirteen members from the below listed trade associations as follows: one member shall be a representative from the South Carolina Society of Medical Assistants, Incorporated, who is also a certified limited practice radiographer and a certified medical assistant; one member shall be a consumer from the South Carolina Radiation Standards Association; two members shall be radiologic technologists from the South Carolina Society of Radiologic Technologists (SCSRT), one of whom is employed by a hospital and from the South Carolina Health Care Alliance; one member shall be a radiologic technologist educator from the SCSRT; one member shall be a radiologic technologist of nuclear medicine from the South Carolina Society of Nuclear Medicine; one member shall be a radiation therapist from the SCSRT; three members shall be medical doctors, one doctor shall be a licensed family physician from the South Carolina Academy of Family Physicians, one doctor shall be a licensed radiologist from the South Carolina Radiological Society, and one doctor shall be a medical doctor of another specialty from the South Carolina Medical Association; one member shall be a chiropractor from the South Carolina Chiropractic Association; one member shall be a podiatrist from the South Carolina Podiatric Medical Association; and one member shall be a nonvoting representative from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, ex officio, and from the Radiological Health Branch.

(C) The members of the board shall be appointees from the above listed trade associations and the members of the board shall serve for a term to be established by the board. The members of the board shall serve without compensation. However, the board may establish rates for mileage, subsistence, and per diem to be paid to board members not to exceed the usual payments for mileage, subsistence, and per diem as provided by law for members of state boards, committees, and commissions.

(D) The board is authorized to:

(1) establish certification qualifications for each category of radiological technologist;

(2) conduct certification examinations;

(3) certify qualified radiological technologists;

(4) establish and collect fees necessary to conduct certification examinations and administer the board; and

(5) establish continuing education requirements and terms of re-certification.

HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 101, Section 1.