Continuing Education
Every health care professional needs high-quality continuing education to keep current and maintain
licensure. No one makes it easier to get that education than Radiopharmacy, Inc.
If you have any questions email us at ce@radiopharmacy.com
CE LINKS!!!
REPORTING OF CE CREDITS FROM JANUARY 1 - DECEMBER 31 2005 WILL BE
ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS. MANDATORY REPORTING OF CREDITS WILL BEGIN
ON JANUARY 1, 2006
Continuing Education
Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board

FAQ's regarding NMTCB's continuing education
policy

Policy on continuing education

Rationale: The NMTCB entry-level examination is a
test of knowledge. The knowledge base for nuclear
medicine technology continues to change. Therefore,
persons certified by the NMTCB must demonstrate a
continued accumulation of knowledge about the field.

A. Continuing education (CE) credits: a minimum of
24 hours of CE credit must be obtained over a period
of two years.
 
 
CE Programs
Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologist VOICE
Exams

Society of Nuclear Medicine Physicians Exams

CME

Nuclear Medicine Technology Resource Website
Approved Organizations
The following organizations meet the NMTCB's criteria for awarding continuing education
credits, therefore educational units from these groups will be accepted by the NMTCB. Click
on each organizational name to visit their website (this list will be reviewed and updated on an
annual basis, check the NMTCB web site for the most recent list of approved organizations):
American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)
American College of Radiology (ACR)
American Healthcare Radiology Aministrators (AHRA)
American Medical Association (AMA)
American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO)
American Society of Radiological Technologists (ASRT)
Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT)
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (SDMS)
Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM)
Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologist Section (SNMTS)
Society for Vascular Ultrasound
 
NOTE: Technologists should contact organizations directly from which they are acquiring
CEHs to submit a request for addition to the NMTCB approved list if the organization is not
currently listed. NMTCB will not contact individual organizations. Click here for more
information
Official grade transcripts from an accredited post-secondary school must be submitted as
proof of successful completion (grade of C or better) of college courses related to the
Radiological Health Sciences, Patient Care, Business/Management, Technology and/or
Education. Sixteen CE hours will be awarded for successful completion of one college credit
or 12 CE hours per quarter college credit.

Successful completion of ACLS will be awarded 6 CE hours per 2-year cycle. A signed and
dated copy of the ACLS certification card must be submitted for the credits to be awarded.

A certificant who has been inactive for less than 5 years may reactivate by completing both of
the following requirements:

Paying back dues up to a total of no more than the current examination fee, plus a $15
reactivation fee, AND
Documentation of completion of 12 continuing education credits for each year he/she was
inactive
A certificant who has been inactive for 5 years or more must pass the entry-level examination
in order to reactivate. This shall be considered the equivalent of 2 years of continuing
education, after which the certificant shall re-enter the 2-year continuing education cycle.