Section 5.52. Approved scientific instruments of analysis and diagnostic imaging procedures

(a) Scientific instruments of analysis approved by the Board may include any scientific instrument of analysis which the licensee has been taught to use in an accredited college, through postgraduate education or through continuing education approved by the Board.

(b) Diagnostic imaging procedures approved by the Board may include the exposing, processing and interpreting of an x-ray or other diagnostic imaging which the licensee has been taught to expose, process or interpret in an accredited college, through postgraduate education or through continuing education approved by the Board.

(c) A scientific instrument of analysis may be utilized and a radiologic or other diagnostic imaging procedure may be performed only by a licensee who has been trained to utilize the instrument or perform the procedure as part of professional education in an accredited college, through postgraduate education or through continuing education approved by the Board. A licensee who has not received this training may not utilize the instrument or perform the procedure, but may refer the patient to a health care provider authorized under Pennsylvania law to utilize the instrument or perform the procedure.

The provisions of this § 5.52 adopted December 27, 1991, effective December 28, 1991, 21 Pa.B. 5944.

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The provisions of this § 5.52 issued under section 302 of the Chiropractic Practice Act (63 P. S. § 625.302).