Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1050-03-.08 - EXAMINATION FOR CERTIFICATION

(1) Full Certification - A.R.R.T. certification will substitute for all examinations required by the Board and will be the basis for full certification.

(2) Limited Certification

(a) Chest, extremities, skull, sinus, spine - The Board adopts as its certification examination all limited scope examinations and the general core examination provided by the A.R.R.T. Applicants for these specialty area certifications must successfully complete the following examinations or their identified successor examinations:

1. The A.R.R.T. core examination; and

2. The limited scope examination(s) for the area(s) in which certification is sought.

(b) Bone Densitometry - All applicants must provide proof of having successfully completed the A.R.R.T.'s Bone Densitometry Equipment Operators Examination.

(3) Applicant Responsibilities

(a) It is the applicant's responsibility to apply directly to the examination agency for admission to the examinations. The Board does not process applications for examination.

(b) It is the applicants responsibility to attach the certified passing test results to the application for certification.

(4) An applicant will be deemed to have successfully completed any of the examinations required for certification upon correctly answering sixty-five percent (65%) of all questions contained on the examinations which the Board or its' designee deem to be appropriate and applicable to the type(s) of certification(s) sought.

(5) After the fourth (4^th) unsuccessful attempt at passing any section of the examination, the applicant may no longer participate in supervised limited radiography. No certificate will be issued until the exam is successfully completed and the applicant shows documentation of repeating a Board-approved course or completing an acceptable remedial program provided by a Board-approved Course Provider, and

(6) Nothing in the Rule shall prohibit certification course instructors from examining students as they deem necessary; or from defining terms for successful completion of courses for their own purposes.

Notes

Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1050-03-.08

Original rule filed November 27, 1990; effective January 11, 1991. Repeal and new rule filed July 31, 1995; effective October 13, 1995. Amendment filed August 23, 2001; effective November 6, 2001. Amendment filed May 28, 2003; effective August 11, 2003. Amendment filed August 29, 2003; effective November 12, 2003. Amendment filed March 22, 2007; effective June5, 2007.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 63-9-101, and 63-9-112.