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• An act regulating the practice of radiologic technology in the Philippines, creating the board of radiologic technology defining

  REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7431
• This act be known and cited as the "Radiologic Technology Act of 1992"

  SECTION 1. TITLE
• It is the policy of the State to upgrade the practice of radiologic technology in the Philippines for the purpose of protecting the public from the hazards posed by radiation as well as to ensure safe and proper diagnosis, treatment and research through the application of machines and/or equipment using radiation.

  SECTION 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY
• As used in this Act, the following terms shall mean

  SECTION 3. DEFINITION OF TERMS
• is an auxiliary branch of radiology which deals with the technical application of x-rays as aid in the diagnosis of diseases and injuries

  X-RAY TECHNOLOGY
• is an auxiliary branch of radiology which deals with the technical application of radiation, such as x-rays, beta rays in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases


  RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY
• is a bona fide holder of a certificate of registration for x-ray technology issued by the Board of Radiologic Technology in accordance with this Act;


  X-RAY TECHNOLOGIST
• 1. ray technology


  An auxiliary branch of radiology which deals with the technical application of x-rays as an aid in the diagnosis of diseases and injuries
• Radiologic technology


  An auxiliary branch of radiology which deals with the technical application of radiation, such as x-rays, beta rays, gamma rays, ultrasound, and radio-frequency rays, in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases
• 1. ray technologist


  A bona fide holder of a certificate of registration for x-ray issued by the Board of Radiologic Technology in accordance with this Act
• Radiologic technologist


  A bona fide holder of a certificate of registration for radiologic technology issued
• Radiology


  A branch of medical science which deals with the use of radiation in the diagnosis, treatment, and research of diseases
• Radiologist


  A licensed physician who specializes in the diagnosis or treatment of disease with the use of radiation
• Medical Physicist


  A physicist who specializes in the application of the principles and techniques of physics in medicine
• Board


  The Board of Radiologic Technology
• Commission


  The Professional Regulation Commission created under Presidential Decree Number Two Hundred and Twenty-three (223)