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Georgia's House Bill 811 regarding licensure is currently active.  

H.B. 811 is a BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Title 43 of the O.C.G.A., relating to professions and businesses, so as to provide for the licensure and regulation of medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals; to provide for definitions; to create the Georgia Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Board; to provide for its membership, meetings, and duties; to provide for licensure requirements; to provide for scope of practice for each medical imaging and radiation therapy modality; to provide for permits to limit the scope of practice; to provide for permit requirements; to provide for grandfather provisions; to provide for temporary licenses; to provide for renewals and reinstatements; to provide for fees; to provide for sanctions; to provide for penalties; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Current information may be found below:

  1. Does your state license nuclear medicine technologists? No
  2. Does your state license radiology technologists? No
  3. Does your state require a specialty license for CT attenuation correction? No 
  4. Does your state recognize the CT certification from the ARRT, NMTCB, or both? None is required
  5. If a nuclear medicine technologist is not certified in diagnostic radiography but is certified in CT can they perform diagnostic CT on a standalone CT scanner? Yes
  6. If a nuclear medicine technologist is not certified in diagnostic radiography but is certified in CT can they perform diagnostic CT on a hybrid scanner? Yes
  7. Does your state regulate if a nuclear medicine technologist can administer adjunctive medications? N/A
  8. Does your state regulate if a nuclear medicine technologist can administer adjunctive medications? There is no licensing requirement
  9. How frequently do you have to renew your nuclear medicine technologist license in your state? We do not have a license requirement for the state of GA. We are only required to maintain NMTCB or ARRT credentials for our hospital requirement and must have 24 CEs to do so and stay in compliance.
  10. What is the name of the license for CT attenuation correction? None
  11. How many CE units are required? 24 every two years for NMTCB and ARRT

Updated January 2022

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