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Graduates
Upon completion of the program the student will receive a certificate from Baptist Health, and those who
have come from the academic affiliate are eligible to receive a baccalaureate degree. Graduates from the
BHCLR School of Nuclear Medicine Technology are eligible to apply for and take national board
certification examinations.

Certification
Completion of the program and graduation assures eligibility to apply for national certification with two
(2) boards: the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (NMTCB) and the American Registry
of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT-N).

Successful candidates are recognized as registered Nuclear Medicine Technologists, having demonstrated
a commitment to maximal quality performance in the profession. The professional signs the credential
“CNMT” and RT (N) and has full privileges as a member of the profession.

Program Objectives
In order for a School of Nuclear Medicine Technology to be accredited by the Joint Review Committee
on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology (JRCNMT), a minimum level of competency
in specific areas of knowledge and understanding must be attained by the time the student graduates.
These areas are presented in their broadest terms; more information is provided in specific objectives in
course syllabi and clinical performance objectives.

Physical Sciences

1. Elementary aspects of the structure of matter with special emphasis on the composition,
stability, and energy levels of atomic nuclei.
2. Modes of radioactive decay with special emphasis on beta decay, electron capture,
metastable states, isometric transitions, and internal conversion.
3. Interactions of radiation with matter, with special emphasis on photoelectric, Compton,
charged particles, and pair production interactions.
4. Principles of radiation detection and detectors.
5. Collimated radiation detectors with special emphasis on the characteristics of flat-field,
focused, parallel-hole, diverging, and pinhole collimators in response to point, line, and
plane sources.
6. Electronic instruments such as amplifiers, pulse-height analyzers, scalars, count rate
meters, and computers.
7. Principles of other imaging modalities.
8. Statistics of counting random events.
9. Mathematical operations including logarithms and exponential functions.
10. Principles of quality assurance in nuclear medicine.

Radiation Biology, Safety and Protection

1. Biologic effect of radiation exposure.
2. Administrative and technical means of reducing unnecessary radiation exposure to
patient, personnel, self, and environment.
3. Principles of absorbed dose calculation.
4. Government regulations regarding exposure and material handling, and ALARA (as low
as reasonably achievable).

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