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PET Certificants

  Next Exam Date & Locations & Phone Number

A total of 725 individuals are Active PET Certificants

The PET exam is now available "on demand". This means that once you are notified that your application has been approved, you may choose when you'd like to take it, as opposed to a designated one-time examination date. Click here to download the PET Specialty Examination Application Form.

The PET exam application is now also available online. Access the online PET application here.

 Click here to go to the PET application instructions.

  Eligibility Requirements

A candidate for examination must show documented evidence of the following:

1. Active NMTCB, ARRT(N), or CAMRT(RTNM) certification -and-
2. A minimum of 700 hours of clinical experience as a certified/registered nuclear medicine technologist on a dedicated PET scanner or PET/CT scanner

Active CAMRT(RT), CAMRT(RTT), ARRT(R) or ARRT(T) Certificants must fulfill all three requirements below:

1. Active CAMRT(RT), CAMRT(RTT), ARRT(R) or ARRT(T) certification.
2. 700 hours of documented clinical experience performing all aspects of PET imaging including radiopharmaceutical handling, injection (if permitted by state and/or institutional regulations) and imaging. Imaging may be performed on a PET and/or a PET/CT scanner. Supervision must be performed by a nuclear medicine physician or radiologist AND direct supervision must be performed by a certified NMTCB, ARRT(N) or CAMRT(RTNM) technologist.
3. Satisfactory completion of a minimum of fifteen (15) contact hours of coursework in each of the following areas: radiopharmacy, nuclear medicine instrumentation and radiation safety. Only coursework from an accredited college or university, accredited nuclear medicine program or approved continuing education credits recognized by NMTCB, such as VOICE/ECE, will be accepted. You may find courses to satisfy the 45 hour coursework requirement here.

  Exam Content

The following is an abbreviated list of the content for the NMTCB's PET Specialty Exam.

1. Diagnostic Procedures (~45%) [70 items]
2. Instrumentation/Quality Control (~30%) [60 items]
3. Radiation Protection (~10%) [20 items]
4. Radiopharmaceuticals (~15%) [30 items]

Click here to see the more detailed exam content specifications.

  Application

Click here to go to the PET application instructions.

  PET Certificants

A total of 725 individuals are Active PET Certificants

The following is a listing of the number of Active PET Certificants by State, Province and Territory:

AK	-	2
AL	-	9
AR	-	8
AZ	-	16
CA	-	50
CO	-	14
CT	-	2
DE	-	1
FL	-	36
GA	-	23
HI	-	1
IA	-	8
ID	-	4
IL	-	17
IN	-	15
KS	-	5
KY	-	15
LA	-	19
MA	-	19
MD	-	16
ME	-	3
MI	-	20
MN	-	16
MO	-	20
MS	-	6
MT	-	5
NC	-	26
ND	-	2
NE	-	2
NH	-	1
NJ	-	11
NM	-	4
NV	-	8
NY	-	26
OH	-	29
OK	-	13
ON	-	4
OR	-	5
PA	-	36
PR	-	4
SC	-	12
TN	-	36
TX	-	66
UT	-	2
VA	-	24
VT	-	1
WA	-	23
WI	-	22
WV	-	14
WY	-	2