6 Colo. Code Regs. § 1007-1-2.2
"ARRT" means the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists, 1255 Northland Drive, St. Paul, MN 55120, Phone (651) 687-0048, web site: https://www.arrt.org/.
"ASRT" means the American Society of Radiologic Technologists.
"Assembler" means any person engaged in the business of assembling, replacing, or installing one or more components into a radiation machine system or subsystem.
"Calibration" means to adjust and/or determine the:
"Certification Evaluation" (CE) means the evaluation of a radiation machine at a facility by a qualified inspector or the Department for the purpose of ascertaining the performance of the radiation machine system and/or facility in order to determine conformance with these regulations.
"Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist" means an individual who is currently registered in nuclear medicine with the NMTCB or ARRT, designated CNMT or R.T.(N), respectively.
"Computed tomography" (CT) means the production of a tomogram by the acquisition and computer processing of x-ray transmission data. For the purposes of Part 2, the requirements stated for computed tomography machines do not apply to:
"Direct supervision" means the supervisor is present in the facility and immediately available to furnish assistance and direction to the supervisee throughout the performance of a procedure.
"Dual-energy X-Ray Absorptiometry" (DXA, previously DEXA) means an imaging technique using radiation machines for quantifying bone density, used in the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis.
"Facility" means, for purposes of Part 2, the location within one building (or vehicle, or under one roof, or at one address) and under the same administrative control, at which a radiation machine is or was installed, operated and/or located.
"FDA" means the United States Food and Drug Administration.
"Fluoroscopy" means a technique for generating x-ray images and presenting them simultaneously and continuously as visible images.
"Industrial Radiography" means an examination of the structure of materials by the nondestructive method of utilizing ionizing radiation to make radiographic images.
"Inter-comparison" means the direct comparison, in accord with 2.4.4.5, of two instruments designed to measure the same physical quantity.
"Limited-scope operator" (LSO) means an individual who has taken and passed a required test and has approval by the Department pursuant to 2.4.5.1 to operate x-ray systems and to conduct specified radiographic examinations of the chest, extremities, skull, hip/pelvis and spine/sacrum
"MQSA" means Mammography Quality Standards Act.
"NIST" means the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
"NMAA" means a Nuclear Medicine Advanced Associate working as a mid-level provider under the supervision of a licensed physician. The NMAA must be a Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist registered as an R.T.(N) or CNMT.
"NMTCB" means the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board, Inc, 3558 Habersham at Northlake, Building I, Tucker, GA 30084-4009, web site: https://www.nmtcb.org/.
"Operator" means an individual adequately trained in accordance with these regulations in the purpose and experienced in the practice of performing a radiographic examination.
"Performance adjustment" means the adjustment or repair of a function (not including the setting of operator-selectable functions, such as time, mA and/or kVp for an individual exposure) of an x ray machine or imaging system that is required to bring the machine into compliance with these regulations and the specifications.
"Personal supervision" is as defined in Part 1 of the regulations.
"Provisional mammographer" means an individual who is in-training to become a Qualified mammographer and meets the requirements of Appendix 2M.
"Provisional qualified inspector" (PQI) means an individual who meets the applicable requirements of Section 2I.2 of Appendix 2I and has current Department approval in a designated specialty to perform evaluations of radiation machines, facilities, and operators for compliance with these regulations while under the supervision of a qualified inspector.
"QE(R)" means a qualified expert medical physicist approved to design or evaluate shielding for radiation machines used in the healing arts.
"QE(S)" means a qualified expert physicist approved to design or evaluate shielding for radiation machines used for non-healing arts purposes.
"QE(T)" means a qualified expert medical physicist approved to design or evaluate shielding for radiation machines used in radiation therapy.
"Qualified expert" (QE) means an individual who meets the applicable requirements of Appendix 2B or 2C and has current Department approval as QE(S), QE(R), or QE(T) to evaluate radiation shielding design and recommend radiation safety practices, as provided in 2.4.3.
"Qualified inspector" (QI) means an individual who meets the applicable requirements of Appendix 2I and has current Department approval in a designated specialty to perform evaluations of radiation machines, facilities, and operators for compliance with these regulations, as provided in 2.4.4.
"Qualified mammographer" means a mammographer who meets the applicable requirements of 2.4.5.4(1) and 2.4.5.4(2).
"Qualified trainer" (QT) means an individual whose training and experience adequately prepares the individual to carry out specified training assignments as illustrated in Appendix 2J.
"Radiology Practitioner Assistant" means an individual who is currently registered as RPA by the Certification Board for Radiology Practitioner Assistants and are designated RPA (CBRPA).
"Radiographic Examination" means performing a procedure, including selection of exposure settings, positioning the x-ray system and the patient, and initiating and terminating the exposure.
"Radiologic technologist" means an individual who is currently registered in radiologic technology with the ARRT. See "R.T.(CT)(ARRT)", "R.T.(R)(M)(ARRT)", "R.T.(N)(ARRT)", "R.T.(R)(ARRT)", and "R.T.(T)(ARRT)".
"Registered Radiologist Assistant" means an individual who is certified by the ARRT as a Registered Radiologist Assistant designated as R.R.A.(ARRT).
"Registered medical physicist" (RMP) means an individual who meets the applicable requirements of Appendix 2I and has current Department approval to perform medical physics activities, including shielding design, performing radiation surveys, and providing consultation for radiation protection and quality assurance and clinical medical physics for radiation therapy, computed tomography, mammography and/or other healing arts facilities.
"R.T.(CT)(ARRT)" means an individual who is certified and registered by the ARRT with a specialty post-secondary certification in computed tomography. (Note: Since CT certification is a post-secondary registration and has several primary paths, the "(R)" is not included as it may vary between individuals depending on their primary certification.)
"R.T.(R)(M)(ARRT)" means an individual who is certified and registered by the ARRT in radiography with a specialty certification in mammography.
"R.T.(N)(ARRT)" means an individual who is certified and registered by the ARRT in nuclear medicine technology.
"R.T.(R)(ARRT)" means an individual who is certified and registered by the ARRT in radiography.
"R.T.(T)(ARRT)" means an individual who is certified and registered by the ARRT in radiation therapy.
"Service company" means a person who is engaged (or offers to engage) in the business of selling, leasing, transferring, lending, assembling, installing, maintaining, repairing, storing, trading out, disabling, or disposing of radiation machines and their related components, or is engaged in the business of furnishing or offering to furnish radiation machine servicing or services.
Service technician" means an individual who is employed by a service company to perform radiation machine servicing or services.
"Shielding design" means physical specifications, such as room layout, floor plan, construction materials, and equipment configuration, to demonstrate compliance with the radiation limits set forth in Part 4 of these regulations.
"Volumetric dental imaging system" means an x-ray machine that produces, for oral and maxillofacial structures, a three-dimensional tomographic data set or a time sequence of three-dimensional tomographic data sets. A dental x-ray machine only capable of producing a two-dimensional image is not considered to be a volumetric dental imaging system. For the purposes of Part 2, the requirements stated for "computed tomography" machines do not apply to "Volumetric Dental Imaging Systems".
6 CCR 1007-1-2.2