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NMTCB (nuclear medicine) pay by state
NMTCB is the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board, and its technologists prepare and inject radiopharmaceuticals, then run the cameras that image them. The department is hospital nuclear medicine, or a freestanding center running the same scanners.
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Your questions about NMTCB certified jobs, answered
- Is NMTCB the only route into nuclear medicine?
No, there are 2 national ones. NMTCB certifies nuclear medicine technologists, and ARRT runs a nuclear medicine credential of its own, so postings often name either. Which one a program prepares you for is worth knowing before you enroll, and our nuclear medicine guide compares them.
- Does the state get involved?
It does in some states, and the shape differs. Florida certifies nuclear medicine technologists in a category of their own, with a title of its own to go with it (Fla. Stat. 468.302(2)(f) and (3)(g)), while Oregon issues one medical imaging license and prints the modality on it, nuclear medicine technology among them (ORS 688.405, 688.445). The radioactive material sits under a separate radiation control program at state or federal level, so the employer's license to hold the isotopes is a different document from your credential.
- What do the subspecialty credentials add?
They mark equipment and patient groups. NMTCB offers post-primary certifications in areas including PET, nuclear cardiology and CT, each with its own experience requirement, and a posting naming one is describing the scanner in the department.
