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NMTCB MISSION: The NMTCB promotes quality healthcare by certifying individuals through psychometrically sound examinations to practice and advance in Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging. NMTCB VISION: The NMTCB will be recognized as the certification organization of choice for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION: The
Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board, Inc. (NMTCB) was
founded in 1977 to establish and maintain a voluntary program for
certification of nuclear medicine technologists by nuclear medicine
technologists. The standards established by the NMTCB include
educational requirements, practical experience, and successful
completion of an appropriate competency-based examination. The NMTCB
certifies individuals whom have developed the requisite body of
knowledge to practice nuclear medicine technology, and registers those
individuals who meet these criteria. The work of the NMTCB is
accomplished by technologists, scientists, and physicians. The Board of
Directors consists of members of the Society of
Nuclear Medicine Technologist Section; a physician/scientist member-at-large, a public
member, and representatives of the Society of Nuclear Medicine;
American Association of Physicists in Medicine and the Board of
Pharmaceutical Specialties Council on Nuclear Pharmacy. |