Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Alternative training for a nuclear
medicine technologist may be obtained with the following:
(a)
(i) A
baccalaureate or associate degree in one of the physical, biological sciences,
or allied health care professions;
(ii) Two clinical years supervised practice
experience in nuclear medicine technology as provided in subsection (2) of this
section; and
(iii) Completed course
content as provided in subsection (3) of this section; or
(b)
(i)
Meet the requirements of this chapter for certification as a diagnostic
radiologic technologist or a therapeutic radiologic technologist;
(ii) Two clinical years supervised practice
experience in nuclear medicine technology as provided in subsection (2) of this
section; and
(iii) Completed course
content as provided in subsection (3) of this section.
(2) Verified supervised clinical
practice experience in the following:
(a)
Methods of patient care;
(b)
Computer applications;
(c)
Department organization and function;
(d) Nuclear medicine in vivo and in vitro
procedures; and
(e) Radionuclide
therapy.
(3) Verified
formal education in the following:
(a)
Radiation safety and protection - 10 contact hours;
(b) Radiation biology - 10 contact
hours;
(c) Nuclear medicine physics
and radiation physics - 80 contact hours;
(d) Nuclear medicine instrumentation - 22
contact hours;
(e) Statistics - 10
contact hours; and
(f) Radionuclide
chemistry and radiopharmacology - 22 contact hours.
(4) Individuals participating in the nuclear
medicine technologist alternative training program must annually report to the
department the progress of their supervised clinical hours. Notification must
be made in writing and must include the street and mailing address of their
training program and the names of the individual's direct and indirect
supervisors.
(5) Individuals
educated or credentialed to practice as a nuclear medicine technologist in
another country must provide official documentation of their education and
training proving that they meet or exceed alternative training requirements in
this section.
(6) To meet the ARRT
or NMTCB clinical experience requirements to sit for a computed tomography
examination, a nuclear medicine technologist shall meet the following:
(a) Hold a current nuclear medicine
technologist certification issued by the secretary;
(b) Notify the department in writing of their
intent to begin a training program for the purposes of meeting the clinical
experience requirements for either the ARRT or NMTCB computed tomography
examination, which must include:
(i) The
street and mailing address of the training program;
(ii) The names of the designated training
program supervisor or supervisors; and
(iii) The designated time frame within which
the individual is working to qualify for a computed tomography
examination;
(c) Report
annually to the department the progress of their training including the number
of clinical hours dedicated to computed tomography training and the number of
computed tomography procedures performed and reported to either the ARRT or
NMTCB; and
(d) Complete the
clinical experience requirements within the time period set by the ARRT or
NMTCB as reported under (b)(iii) of this subsection. If the individual does not
meet the clinical experience requirements within the designated time period,
the training program is no longer valid and the individual must initiate a new
training program.
Statutory Authority:
RCW
18.84.040. 06-01-103, § 246-926-130,
filed 12/21/05, effective 1/21/06. Statutory Authority:
RCW
18.84.040 and
18.84.080. 92-05-010 (Order 237),
§ 246-926-130, filed 2/7/92, effective 2/19/92. Statutory Authority:
RCW
43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
as § 246-926-130, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
RCW
18.84.040. 89-01-015 (Order PM 802), §
308-183-120, filed 12/9/88.
