National Radiologic Technology Week® is celebrated annually to recognize the vital work of R.T.s across the nation. The celebration takes place each year during the week that includes Nov. 8 to commemorate the discovery of the x-ray by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on Nov. 8, 1895.
The week-long celebration calls attention to the important role medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals play in patient care and health care safety.
his year’s theme is “Positioning To Save Lives.”
When sending your license renewals, please be sure to include:
The Massachusetts legislative session is off to a slow start this year. We continue to monitor state legislative and regulatory affairs and of course will keep you informed of any important activity.
We are writing today to ask for your help in contacting your federal legislators to ask for their support of the MARCA bill. Please see the sample letter below which has been prepared by the ASRT and the RA community that makes this a quick and easy process. Timing is important, The RA’s will be visiting Capitol Hill this week and we want the topic to be on our legislators’ minds at the time of their visit.
Even if you have contacted your legislators in the past to ask for their support, please do it again now and support the RAs.
More information is available by clicking the action link on the ASRT website. As always, if you have any questions be sure to email us at info@msrt-ma.org.
Sincerely,
David Leclair, BS, RT(R) & Patricia Willett BS, (R) (CT)
MSRT Governance Committee Co-Chairs
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The Massachusetts regulations for Mammography Facilities 105 CMR 127.000, are currently in the process of revision by the Radiation Control Program (RCP).
On Thursday October 20th, RCP presented a proposal to revise the current MA regulations on to the Department of Public Health (DPH), Public Health Council (PHC). The proposed revised regulations are available for your review and are open for public comment. The DPH will hold a hearing on Thursday December 1, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. in the Public Health Council Room, Second Floor, Department of Public Health, 250 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
The MSRT is conducting a review of the proposed revisions and will prepare comments on the changes at the hearing. We encourage you all to send your feedback to the MSRT and to submit your own comments to the DPH following the process defined in the hearing notice.
We are still waiting for the final vote to be scheduled by the Department of Public Health on the revision to the Radiologic Technologist licensing regulations (105 CMR 125.000). The next meeting of the PHC is on Wednesday, November 9th. We can only hope that we will be able to celebrate NRTW with the approval of these revised regulations!
We wish you all a Happy National Radiologic Technology Week and look forward to hearing your comments.
Sincerely,
David LeClair, BS RT(R)(ARRT)
Patricia Willett, BS RT(R)(CT)(ARRT)
Co-Chairs Governance Committee
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National Radiologic Technology Week® is celebrated annually to recognize the vital work of R.T.s across the nation. The celebration takes place each year during the week that includes Nov. 8 to commemorate the discovery of the x-ray by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen on Nov. 8, 1895.
The week-long celebration calls attention to the important role medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals play in patient care and health care safety.
In recognition of National Rad Tech Week 2016, we are offering a complimentary lecture approval to Massachusetts Facilities. Simply download the Complimentary NRTW ACE Approval Coupon and submit with your ACE Lecture Approval Form. If you have any questions, please contact the MSRT Office.
We have also submitted a request for an official proclamation from Governor Baker, officially naming November 6-12, 2016 as Rad Tech Week on behalf of all imaging professions in Massachusetts.