HB 369 Summary

• Requires licensing by the State Radiation Control Agency for healthcare personnel performing radiography, advanced diagnostic imaging (CT, MRI, fluoroscopy, nuclear medicine, PET), and radiation therapy effective January 1, 2023.

• Establishes exemptions from licensure for licensed physicians, dentists, chiropractors, podiatrists, medical/dental students under supervision, U.S. government employees, and persons performing procedures on cadavers or nonhuman subjects.

• Allows noncertified technicians employed by licensed practitioners to continue performing basic radiography without certification if they register with the agency at no fee and meet continuing education requirements in radiologic procedures and radiation safety.

• Creates a six-member Radiologic Imaging and Radiation Therapy Advisory Committee with three licensed technologists appointed by the Alabama Society for Radiologic Technologists and three physicians (radiologist, radiation oncologist, and family physician) appointed by professional academies to advise the agency.

• Establishes the Radiologic Imaging and Radiation Therapy Fund to receive all licensing fees and civil penalties, with funds appropriated solely for carrying out the licensure and regulation program.