105 CMR, § 125.009

Current through Register 1533, October 25, 2024

Section 125.009 - Continuing Education

(A)Continuing Education Requirements.

(1) CEUs must be obtained through a provider approved by the Department. All licensees are required to obtain a minimum of 24 CEUs during each two-year license renewal cycle. Individuals licensed as a Radiologist Assistant or a Nuclear Medicine Advanced Associate are required to obtain a minimum of 50 CEUs during each two-year license renewal cycle.

(2) For individuals licensed in one discipline:

(a) ten CEUs must be in the discipline in which the individual is licensed;

(b) two CEUs must be in radiation safety; and

(c) the remaining 12 CEUs must be earned in topics directly related to health care practice, radiation safety, or their specialty.

(3) For individuals licensed in two or more disciplines:

(a) four CEUs must be in each discipline in which the individual is licensed;

(b) two CEUs must be in radiation safety, and the remaining CEUs must be earned in topics directly related to health care practice, radiation safety, or their specialty.

(4) For individuals licensed as Mammography Radiologic Technologists, 12 CEUs must be in Mammography, two CEUs must be in radiation safety, four CEUs in Radiography, and the remaining CEUs must be in topics directly related to health care practice, radiation safety, Radiography or Mammography.

(5) For individuals licensed as a Radiologist Assistant, 50 CEUs must be included in the ARRT's Continuing Education Requirements, including two in radiation safety.

(6) For individuals licensed as a Nuclear Medicine Advanced Associate, 50 CEUs must be included in the NMTCB's Continuing Education Requirements, including two in radiation safety.

(B) CEU approval agencies recognized by the Department include:

American College of Radiology (ACR)

American Association of Medical Dosimetrists (AAMD)

Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA)

American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC)

American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)

Association of Vascular and Interventional Radiographers (AVIR)

Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT)

Massachusetts Society of Radiologic Technologists (MSRT)

Medical Dosimetrist Certification Board (MDCB) Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)

Section for Magnetic Resonance Technologist of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (SMRT)

Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS)

Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (S.N.M.MI)

Society of Vascular Ultrasound (SVU)

Other agencies recognized by the Department.

(C) Each licensed Radiologic Technologist must maintain documentation of CEUs obtained for the current renewal cycle and previous renewal cycle at each workplace where employed as a Radiologic Technologist and shall make such records available to Department inspectors upon request. Acceptable evidence of CEUs includes certificates of attendance and/or certificates of completion of CEU activities from any approval agency recognized by the Department, as set forth in 105 CMR 125.005(C).

(D) Six CEUs will be awarded for a valid Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS). Advanced level CPR certification is limited to the following: Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Level Support (PALS), Instructor or Instructor Trainer. Only one certification may be submitted during a licensing cycle. A copy of a valid certificate issued by the Red Cross, the American Heart Association, or the American Safety and Health Institute will be accepted. CEU credit is not available for basic CPR (BLS/BLS with AED, Healthcare Provider CPR).

(E) The licensing cycle for CEUs is defined by the Radiologic Technologist's birth month. CEU requirements begin on the first day of the individual's birth month, in the year the license is renewed, through the last day of the month prior to the individual's birth month, 24 months later.

(F)Probation Status.

(1) A Radiologic Technologist who fails to meet the CEU requirements during a licensing cycle will be placed on probation. In order to be removed from probation the technologist must obtain, within three months from the expiration date of the license, the number of CEUs lacking from the CEUs needed and any penalty CEUs assessed against the licensee.

(2) The penalty CEUs will be equal to the number of CEUs that were lacking in the licensing cycle. The CEUs submitted to satisfy the probation requirements cannot be used to fulfill the current licensing cycle. In addition, the technologist shall be required to obtain the necessary 24 CEUs by the end of the licensing cycle to remain in compliance with 105 CMR 125.009(A)(1).

(3) Licensees on probation must comply with these requirements within three months of being put on probation or will be subject to enforcement action in accordance with the provisions of 105 CMR 125.000. Radiologic Technologists who are on CEU Probation will have "CEU Probation" indicated on their license. Once the CEU requirements are satisfied, "CEU Probation" will be removed from the license.

105 CMR, § 125.009

Amended by Mass Register Issue 1333, eff. 2/24/2017.