HB269 Summary

• Creates the Alabama Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Patient Safety Act and establishes a licensing board with nine members (including representatives from each medical imaging/radiation therapy profession and one public member) appointed by the Governor.

• Requires licensure effective January 1, 2020 for persons performing medical imaging or radiation therapy procedures, including limited X-ray machine operators, magnetic resonance technologists, nuclear medicine technologists, radiation therapists, radiographers, and radiologist assistants.

• Establishes examination and education requirements for licensure, accepting certification from recognized organizations like the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists; allows certain practitioners and students to practice without licensure under supervision.

• Authorizes the board to deny, suspend, or revoke licenses for violations including fraud, unprofessional conduct, criminal convictions involving moral turpitude, malpractice, and practicing without a license; violations are Class C misdemeanors.

• Creates a separate trust fund for the board and subjects the board to Alabama's Sunset Law with a termination date of October 1, 2024, renewable every four years.