Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy

The mission of the Board is to safeguard the life and health of the people of New Hampshire by ensuring the standardized training of limited x-ray machine operators, medical imaging professionals, and radiation therapists in anatomy, patient positioning, examination and treatment techniques, equipment protocols, radiation safety, radiation protection, and basic patient care.

Administrative Rules

On May 23, 2018, the Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy voted on final proposals containing Mirt 300  and Mirt 500 . Additions to the initial proposals are annotated with bold italics while deletions are annotated with brackets and strikethrough. The Board anticipates these proposals will be heard at the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules (JLCAR) meeting in July.

Important Correction Update

Mammography, Breast Sonography, and Bone Density Testing are all within the definition of Medical Imaging as defined in RSA 328-J:1 VIII which states:

"Medical imaging" means any procedure intended for use in the diagnosis or visualization of disease or other medical conditions in human beings, including, but not limited to the following modalities, radiography, nuclear medicine, fluoroscopy, magnetic resonance, and other procedures using ionizing radiation, magnetic resonance, or ultrasound.

After full Board review it has been determined that those individuals performing any of the 3 modalities listed will require licensure.

Mammography – License under Radiographer
Breast Sonography – License under Sonography
Bone Density Testing – Limited X-Ray Technician if not included in the scope of practice of the main modality an individual is applying for.

Notice

The Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy is very close to completing the rules necessary to license individuals under the laws and rules established by the New Hampshire Legislature. We are accepting applications at this time. Licenses will start being issued sometime between July 31, 2018 and August 10, 2018. Those individuals who will be required to obtain licensure will have until December 31, 2018 to complete the licensure process. January 1, 2019 anyone who is practicing as described in the rules and laws for Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy must be licensed to practice. The Board will as of January 1, 2019 start enforcing the law.

For those who have not registered as a medical technician, DO NOT register under the Board of Registration of Medical Technicians at this time. You are now required to license as under the Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy and may submit your application for licensure at this time.

For those of you who have registered as a medical technician you may submit your application and fee to become licensed under the Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy at this time.

“Medical imaging” means any procedure intended for use in the diagnosis or visualization of disease or other medical conditions in human beings, including, but not limited to the following modalities, radiography, nuclear medicine, fluoroscopy, magnetic resonance, and other procedures using ionizing radiation, magnetic resonance, or ultrasound”;

The following is a list of those who must obtain licensure from the Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy:

“Limited x-ray machine operator” means a person who performs, under the supervision of a licensed practitioner, limited diagnostic radiography procedures of specific parts of human anatomy or bone density measurements using equipment that emits external ionizing radiation”;

“Magnetic resonance technologist” means a person performs magnetic resonance procedures using magnetic fields and radio frequency signals”;

“Nuclear medicine technologist” means a person performs a variety of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging procedures using sealed and unsealed radiation sources, ionizing and nonionizing radiation, and adjunctive medicine and therapeutic procedures using unsealed radioactive sources”;

“Radiation therapist” means a person who is licensed under this chapter to administer ionizing radiation to human beings for therapeutic purposes”;

“Radiographer” means a person performs a comprehensive set of diagnostic radiographic procedures using external ionizing radiation to produce radiographic, fluoroscopic, or digital images”;

“Radiologist assistant” means a radiographer who has met additional qualifications to perform a variety of activities under the supervision of a radiologist in the areas of patient care, patient management, radiologic imaging, or interventional procedures guided by radiologic imaging”; and

“Sonographer” means a person who performs a comprehensive set of diagnostic sonography procedures using ultrasound to create medical images.”

Contact

Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy
121 South Fruit Street, Suite 303
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 271-8389
(603) 271-6702 (fax)
tina.kelley@oplc.nh.gov