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Read. Follow. Verify.North Carolina creates Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Board to license technologists and therapists
Last action · June 26, 2025: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate action)Sponsors: Donna White and 9 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Beginning January 1, 2026, North Carolina requires state licensure for medical imaging professionals and radiation therapists, establishing a new nine-member examining board appointed by the Governor to oversee qualifications, examinations, and continuing education. Employers are prohibited from knowingly hiring unlicensed personnel, and violations of the act constitute a .
Medical imaging professionals and radiation therapists must obtain state licensure and meet education standards to practice, while employers face misdemeanor penalties for hiring unlicensed staff, backed by new biennial renewal fees up to $150.
- The North Carolina General Assembly is the state legislature responsible for enacting statutory laws and establishing occupational licensing boards. context
- Occupational licensing in North Carolina is governed by statutory frameworks designed to ensure professional competence and public safety. context
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Medical imaging professionals and radiation therapists
They must obtain state licensure, meet specific educational and certification requirements, pay application and renewal fees, and comply with continuing education standards.
Healthcare employers and business entities
They are prohibited from knowingly employing unlicensed individuals to perform medical imaging or radiation therapy procedures.
Patients
They receive medical imaging and radiation therapy procedures performed by individuals subject to mandatory state education, examination, and licensure standards.
Key Facts
- Establishes the Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Board of Examiners, consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor to three-year terms.
- Requires individuals performing medical imaging or radiation therapy procedures on humans to hold a valid license issued by the Board, effective January 1, 2026.
- Prohibits any person or business entity from knowingly employing unlicensed personnel to perform medical imaging or radiation therapy.
- Authorizes the Board to set fee caps including $100 for initial or temporary applications, $150 for biennial renewal, $25 for duplicate licenses, and $75 for late renewal.
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- Makes any violation of the new Article a Class 1 misdemeanor, with each unlawful act constituting a separate offense.
- Exempts licensed practitioners, resident physicians, registered dental hygienists, dental assistants meeting specific standards, federal employees, students under supervision, and veterinarians or podiatrists acting within their ordinary scope.
- Sets specific educational, certification, and examination prerequisites for various modalities including magnetic resonance, nuclear medicine, radiation therapy, radiography, sonography, and cardiovascular specialties.
- Requires all individuals performing computed tomography for diagnostic purposes to be certified in computed tomography by January 1, 2026.
- Allows individuals currently practicing without a voluntary professional certification to continue practicing if they register with the Board on or before October 1, 2026, maintain annual continuing education, and work under a radiologist's supervision.
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Procedural history
16 actions- Jun 26, 2025SenateRef To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate
- Jun 26, 2025SenatePassed 1st Reading
- Jun 26, 2025SenateSpecial Message Received From House
- Jun 25, 2025HouseSpecial Message Sent To Senate
- Jun 25, 2025HousePassed 3rd Reading
- Jun 25, 2025HousePassed 2nd Reading
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- Jun 25, 2025HouseAdded to Calendar
- Jun 25, 2025HouseCal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- Jun 25, 2025HouseReptd Fav Com Sub 2
- Jun 24, 2025HouseRe-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Jun 24, 2025HouseReptd Fav
- Apr 30, 2025HouseRe-ref Com On Finance
- Apr 30, 2025HouseReptd Fav Com Substitute
- Apr 1, 2025HouseRef to the Com on Health, if favorable, Finance, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
- Apr 1, 2025HousePassed 1st Reading
- Mar 31, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
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Establishment of State Board for Medical Imaging
North Carolina transitions from relying on voluntary professional certifications to mandatory state-issued licensure for medical imaging and radiation therapy personnel.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy35Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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