OAR 333-116-0880: Training and Experience for PET, PET/CT and SPECT/CT Personnel

(1) Pharmacy or chemistry personnel must have 40 extra hours above Nuclear Pharmacy requirements and 40 hours specific to PET. The 40 hours can be divided equally between didactic and practical applications. (2) Technical personnel working under an authorized user must have basic radiation safety training, plus 40 additional hours specific to PET. (3) Positron Emission-Computed Tomography (PET/CT) or Single Photon Emission-Computed Tomography (SPECT/CT) systems must be operated by technologists licensed by the Oregon Board of Medical Imaging who are: (a) Any registered radiographer with the credential R.T. (R); (b) Registered radiation therapist with the credential R.T. (T); (c) Registered certified nuclear medicine technologist with the credentials R.T. (N); or (d) Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist (CNMT) by the Nuclear Medicine Technologist Certification Board (NMTCB). (4) The individuals mentioned in section (3) of this rule must also have successfully completed appropriate additional education and training and demonstrated competency in the use and operation of PET/CT or SPECT/CT systems. (5)(a) Appropriate additional training is considered training that covers the topic areas outlined in the PET/CT curriculum developed by the Multi-Organizational Curriculum Project Group sponsored by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists and the Society of Nuclear Medicine Technologists, or equivalent training approved by the Authority; and (b) Includes the content specified in the PET/CT curriculum for the area(s) that the individual is not already trained or certified in; or (c) Individuals meeting the requirements of section (3) of this rule and who have successfully completed training that the Authority has evaluated and judged to be substantially equivalent to that specified in subsection (6)(a) of this rule. (6) An R.T. (N) or CNMT certified in Computed Tomography through the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists is considered to have met the training requirements in section (3) of this rule. (7) Technologists operating PET/CT or SPECT/CT systems must do so under the direction of an authorized user licensed to perform imaging and localization studies in accordance with OAR 333-116-0320.