Announcements
The NMTCB now accepts the successful completion of the ARDMS RVT Specialty Examination as being the equivalent to 24 hours of continuing education toward compliance with the CE Policy. October 24, 2011
The clinical experience eligibility requirement for the NCT Specialty Exam have been adjusted as follows:
A minimum of two years full-time (4,000 hours) clinical experience as a
certified/registered nuclear medicine technologist; OR
a minimum 700 hours of documented clinical experience performing all aspects of
nuclear cardiology imaging including radiopharmaceutical handling, injection
if permitted by state and/or institutional regulations) and imaging.
Supervision must be performed by a board certified nuclear cardiologist,
nuclear medicine physician or radiologist AND direct supervision must be
performed by a certified NMTCB, ARRT(N) or CAMRT nuclear medicine technologist respectively. May 1, 2011
NMAA Specialty Exam information and application are now available. January 6, 2011
NCT and PET Specialty Exam applications are now online. See our applications page for more details. October 12, 2010
The NMCTB will recognize AHA Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) as being the equivalent to 6 hours of continuing education. Holding both ACLS and PALS certification will be recognized as being the equivalent to 9 hours of continuing education. See CE Policy for full details.(October 12, 2010)
Oregon to begin licensing Nuclear Medicine Technologists beginning July 1, 2010!
The Oregon Board of Medical Imaging (OBMI) announces that as of July 1, 2010 "Any person who operates
nuclear medicine equipment or uses radiopharmaceuticals on a live human body must have a license."
Persons who operate MRI or Sonographic equipment are also subject to the new licensure regulations
that go into effect July 1, 2010. Persons who operate X-ray generating equipment and radiation
therapy devices have been subject to licensure regulations for some time.
For more information about these new regulations, including and explanation of the new rules,
instructions and links to the application forms, please see the current topics section of
the Oregon Board of Medical Imaging website at
http://www.oregon.gov/OBMI/.
The NMTCB has been in communication with representatives of the OBMI and we believe that they are treating July 1, 2010 as "a good faith date" and that the OBMI realizes that the transition to full implementation will take some time. We have been informed, however, that some hospitals have told their imaging departments that employees who have not obtained their license by July 1 will not be able to work. We believe that the OMBI will not allow patient care to be compromised and the Board will use discretion during the transition period. They understand that competency of the applicant or licensee does not change between June 30th to July 1. The NMTCB encourages everyone who works as a nuclear medicine technologist in the State of Oregon to complete their license application and send it in for processing as soon as possible. The OMBI will process and issue licenses in date order as they are received in the office of the Board.
As a supporter of the CARE Bill, the NMTCB applauds the implementation of these new regulations by the Oregon Board of Medical Imaging.
NMTCB to Require Programmatic Accreditation by 2016
The Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (NMTCB) has approved new eligibility
requirements to take effect in 2016. Under these new requirements, the NMTCB will only
accept applications for the entry level examination from graduates of programmatically
accredited nuclear medicine technology educational programs beginning January 1, 2016.
Accreditation is a voluntary process which may be undertaken by schools to demonstrate
compliance with specific standards designed to indicate a level of education quality.
The NMTCB currently accepts applications from graduates of regionally accredited schools
as well as programmatically accredited education programs. Regional accreditation is a
voluntary process through which a school, usually a college or university, undergoes a
lengthy and detailed review of their programs, campuses, and educational delivery methods
by one of six regional accrediting agencies. While holding regional accreditation
demonstrates compliance with very high educational standards, this type of accreditation
does not utilize nuclear medicine professionals to assess the quality and clinical
standards specific to the nuclear medicine education program.
Programs that obtain voluntary programmatic accreditation must demonstrate adherence
to quality educational standards specific to nuclear medicine. Their graduates must
demonstrate that they have met minimal clinical competency standards. In addition,
each program and clinical site is visited and assessed by nuclear medicine and education
professionals on a regular basis. Many of the current nuclear medicine technology
education programs that are affiliated with regionally accredited colleges or universities
also obtain programmatic accreditation in order to demonstrate their dedication to the
highest standards of the nuclear medicine profession.
It is the position of the NMTCB that requiring programmatic accreditation will help to
assure other nuclear medicine professionals, employers, licensing agencies and the
public that a Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist has clearly demonstrated the
knowledge and clinical competence to perform safe, effective nuclear medicine
procedures with the highest level of quality clinical standards as defined by the
profession of Nuclear Medicine Technology. updated May 18, 2010
The NMTCB has announced changes to the entry-level examination as a result of the Task Analysis performed in 2008 and analyzed in 2009. A summary of the changes may be found here. Changes to the entry-level exam will be effective after January 1, 2011. updated February 28, 2010
We have been holding off as long as possible but due to the increased cost of our merchandise, the price of many of our items will increase this summer. To order your NMTCB merchandise before the price increase, please visit our Marketplace now! updated February 10, 2010
Effective January 1, 2010, the application fee for the NMTCB certification examination is $175.00. updated December 15, 2009
There have been changes to the CE Policy. Please review this policy to see how these changes affect you.
- The NMTCB now accepts all Specialty exams offered by the NMTCB, ARRT and AHRA as being the equivalent of 24 hours of continuing education.
- The NMTCB has changed the audit response time requirement from 30 days to 60 days.
The NMTCB is also announcing a change to the fee charged in order to return from inactive status:
- Effective March 31, 2009, all certificants who seek to return to Active status from any Inactive status, including Emeritus, Retired, Inactive, CE Probation, Suspension, etc., will be assessed a $65.00 processing fee.
During 2009, the NMTCB will transition from a renewal fee and CE cycle of January
through December to one that will be based on each certificant's birth month.
We have prepared a chart that should describe how this will affect you. Click
here to see the chart.
To determine whether your CE cycle is EVEN or ODD, log into the Certificant Directory and search for your name.
SNMTS/NMTCB VOICE Credit Sharing Is Now Available
VOICE credit sharing is now available to all NMTCB certificants. This new service will ensure timely and accurate continuing education (CE) reporting to the NMTCB and will save time and storage space when collecting CE data to forward during a CE audit.
What you need to know for accurate VOICE reporting:
- Your VOICE transcript is only as accurate as the information provided. You should visit the SNM web site to verify the accuracy of your VOICE transcripts and report any missing information to the SNM Education Department at education@snm.org.
- VOICE transcripts are not updated instantaneously. It may take up to 60 days for credits to appear on the VOICE transcript. In the event of an audit, you will be responsible for reporting all credits newer than 60 days old, as well as any credits not recorded with VOICE.
- If you are selected for an audit, we will first check for a VOICE transcript. If you have signed up for credit sharing and your transcript demonstrates that you have met the CE requirement, you will receive a letter from us stating that you were audited and met the requirement. If you haven't signed up or if your transcript does not show enough hours within the CE cycle, you will be sent a letter asking for additional credit information.
NMTCB Specialty Exams
PET Exam: Available on demand
APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 1, 2012
NCT Exam: Available on demand.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: May 1, 2012
NMTCB's mandatory Continuing Education policy took effect January 1, 2006
NMTCB's mandatory Disciplinary policy took effect January 1, 2005
The Alternate Eligibility Pathway to qualify to sit for the entry level exam will be phased out by 2015.
The CNMT program has been accredited by the National
Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA) through April 30,
2010.
Update: Accreditation has been extended through April 30, 2011.