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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.