The fall meeting of the JRCNMT was held November 6–7, 2015, in Oklahoma City, OK. During this meeting, the board of directors accepted 1 request for voluntary withdrawal of accreditation due to program closure.
ACCREDITATION ACTIONS
Initial accreditation was granted to the following nuclear medicine technology program:
Keiser University Lakeland Campus, Lakeland, FL (awarded through 2018)
Continued accreditation was granted to the following nuclear medicine technology programs:
GateWay Community College, Phoenix, AZ (awarded through 2018)
Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL (awarded through 2022)
Triton College, River Grove, IL (awarded through 2017)
Delgado Community College, New Orleans, LA (awarded through 2017
Caldwell Community College & Technical Institute, Hudson, NC (awarded through 2022)
University of Findlay, Findlay, OH (awarded through 2022)
Robert Morris University, Moon Township, PA (awarded through 2020)
Southeast Technical Institute, Sioux Falls, SD (awarded through 2020)
Amarillo College, Amarillo, TX (awarded through 2020)
University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX (awarded through 2022)
Extended accreditation was granted to the following nuclear medicine technology programs:
Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Scotch Plains, NJ (awarded through 2021)
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (awarded through 2021)
University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, La Crosse, WI (awarded through 2018)
Voluntary withdrawal of accreditation due to program closure was accepted from:
JFK Muhlenberg Snyder Schools, Plainfield, NJ (effective 10/22/15)
Probation was extended for:
Prince George’s Community College, Largo, MD (effective through 2016)
The committee will review 21 nuclear medicine technology programs seeking initial or continued accreditation in 2016. 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 2016:
Baptist Health College Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA
Broward College, North Campus, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Santa Fe College, Gainesville, FL
Georgia Regents University, August, GA
Armstrong State University, Savannah, GA
University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics, Iowa City, IA
Allen College, Waterloo, IA
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Bluegrass Community Technical College, Lexington, KY
Frederick Community College, Frederick, MD
UMass Memorial Hospital/Worcester State University, Worcester, MA
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY
Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY
Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Midlands Technical College, Columbia, SC
Chattanooga State Community College, Chattanooga, TN
Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX
Houston Community College, Houston, TX
Ministry St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield, WI
2016 SPRING MEETING
The next meeting of the Joint Review Committee on Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology is scheduled for April 15–16, 2016, in Chicago.