Rad Tech Jobs in California

Not if you passed the applicable ARRT certification exam; California exempts you from retaking it. You still submit the state application and meet the remaining requirements before the certificate is issued, so the exemption saves you a test, not the paperwork.

No, a limited permit authorizes specified categories, such as chest or extremity radiography, under California's limited-permit rule. It isn't a full diagnostic radiologic technology certificate, so a job that requires the full certificate can't be matched on a limited permit.

Yes, by regulation. California's radiographic installations rule requires gonadal shielding of at least 0.5 mm lead equivalent for patients who haven't passed reproductive age when the gonads are in the direct beam, except where it would interfere with the diagnostic procedure. If your home state has dropped routine shielding, expect California departments to follow the state rule.

Everyone but the patient who is likely to be exposed to 5 mR per hour or more. California's fluoroscopic installations rule sets the apron at 0.25 mm lead equivalent or better, and protective drapes or panels between the patient and the fluoroscopist don't substitute for wearing one. That applies to a rad tech assisting in the room, not only the operator.

The California CE requirement applies to holders of the fluoroscopy permit, not only to technologists currently assigned fluoroscopy duties. Keeping that permit means meeting the required fluoroscopy radiation-safety credits even during an assignment without fluoroscopy coverage.