0880-05-.06
Examinations For Certification
Cite as Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0880-05-.06
(1)
The Board adopts as its certification examination all limited scope examinations and the
general examination provided by the A.R.R.T.
(2)
Applicants for the various areas of certification must successfully complete the following
examinations or their identified successor examinations:
(a)
Specialty Limited Certifications -
1.
The A.R.R.T. core examination; and
2.
The limited scope examination(s) for the area(s) in which certification is sought.
(b)
Full Certification - A.R.R.T. certification will substitute for all examinations required by
the Board and will be the basis for full certification.
(3)
It is the applicant’s responsibility to apply directly to the examination agency for admission to
the examinations. The Board does not process applications for examination.
(4)
An applicant will be deemed to have successfully completed any of the examinations required
for certification upon correctly answering sixty-five percent (65%) of all questions contained
on the examinations which the Board or it designee deem to be appropriate and applicable to
the type(s) of certification(s) sought.
(5)
After the fourth (4
th) unsuccessful attempt at passing any section of an examination, the
applicant may no longer participate in supervised limited radiography. No certificate will be
issued until the exam is successfully completed and the applicant shows documentation of
repeating a Board-approved course or completing an acceptable remedial program provided
by a Board-approved Course Provider.
GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE UTILIZATION
CHAPTER 0880-05
OF X-RAY OPERATORS IN PHYSICIAN’S OFFICES
(6)
Nothing in this Rule shall prohibit certification course instructors from examining students as
they deem necessary; or from defining terms for successful completion of courses for their
own purposes.