
The spring meeting of the JRCNMT was held April 4–5, 2014, in Providence, RI. During this meeting, the board of directors approved voluntary withdrawal of accreditation from 1 program due to closure and reactivation of 1 program that had been inactive in 2013. Substantive changes submitted by 3 programs were also approved.
ACCREDITATION ACTIONS
Extended accreditation was granted to the following nuclear medicine technology programs:
Kaiser Permanente School of Allied Health Sciences, Richmond, CA (resurvey, 2020)
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL (resurvey, 2020)
Allen College, Waterloo, IA (resurvey, 2016)
Frederick Community College, Frederick, MD (resurvey, 2016)
Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI (resurvey, 2020)
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona, MN (resurvey, 2020)
Cuyahoga Community College, Parma, OH (progress report, 2016)
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (probation rescinded; progress report, 2016)
Galveston College, Galveston, TX (resurvey, 2020)
Bellevue College, Bellevue, WA (resurvey, 2020)
Continued accreditation was granted to the following nuclear medicine technology programs:
Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA (progress report, 2014)
South College, Knoxville, TN (resurvey, 2019)
The committee will review 12 nuclear medicine technology programs seeking continued accreditation in 2014. Written third-party testimony may be submitted to the JRCNMT regarding any nuclear medicine technology program undergoing review. Persons desiring to present third-party oral testimony at a board meeting must submit a written request. Third-party testimony, written and oral, must be limited to compliance of the educational program with the Accreditation Standards for Nuclear Medicine Technologist Education.
The following programs are undergoing review in the summer or fall of 2014:
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
Delaware Technical and Community College, Wilmington, DE
Prince George’s Community College, Largo, MD
Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI
Gloucester County College, Sewell, NJ
Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Scotch Plains, NJ
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences, Lancaster, PA
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
West Virginia University Hospitals, Morgantown, WV
Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, WI
2014 FALL MEETING
The next meeting of the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology is scheduled for October 17–18, 2014, in Oklahoma City, OK.