Requirements for Licensure in an Advanced Practice Discipline

(A) To work in an advanced practice discipline, a Radiologic Technologist must obtain a license from the Department that authorizes the individual to work in the specified advanced practice discipline. To qualify for licensure in Massachusetts in an advanced practice discipline, the applicant must: (1) Have a current Massachusetts Radiologic Technologist license; and (2) Have successfully passed the ARRT, NMTCB or CBRPA exam in the advanced practice discipline as specified in 105 CMR 125.006(B); and (3) Submit to the Department documentation of certification or registration approved by the Department in the advanced practice discipline as specified in 105 CMR 125.006(B). (B) A Radiologic Technologist may work in the following advanced practice disciplines upon completion of the corresponding training and upon receiving a license from the Department to practice in that advanced practice discipline: (1) A Computed Tomography Technologist (CT Technologist) shall have passed the Computed Tomography examination administered by the ARRT or the NMTCB. (2) A Mammography Radiologic Technologist (Mammographer) shall have passed the Mammography Technologist examination administered by the ARRT. (3) A Radiologist Assistant shall have passed the Radiology Assistant examination administered by the ARRT or the Radiology Practitioner Assistant examination administered by the CBRPA. (4) A Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Radiologic Technologist with a primary license in Radiography or Radiation Therapy shall have passed the Positron Emission Tomography examination administered by the NMTCB. (5) A Nuclear Medicine Advanced Associate (NMAA) shall have passed the Nuclear Medicine Advanced Associate examination administered by the NMTCB. (C) A licensed Radiologic Technologist who is working towards an advanced discipline may perform procedures under appropriate supervision and gain the clinical experience needed to meet the eligibility requirements.