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2021 Standards
New Program

Before the April 2020 meeting of the JRCERT Board of Directors, the Standards Committee
met to discuss comments received since the October 2019 meeting of the committee. The
committee received feedback from individuals through online surveys regarding Draft 3 and The radiography program at
Draft 3 Revisions. Additional comments and feedback were received during the past six Hunter Business School in
months from several national and state organizations including: American Society of
Levittown, NY received an
Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) - Radiation Therapy and Medical Dosimetry Chapter,
Association of Educators in Imaging and Radiologic Sciences (AEIRS), Medical Dosimetrist initial 3-year accreditation at
Certification Board (MDCB), and The Association of Educators in Radiologic Technology of the April 2020 Board of
the State of New York (AERTSNY). The JRCERT is very grateful for all of the comments and
Directors meeting.
feedback received throughout the duration of the Standards Revision project.
Congratulations on a job well
Based on feedback and comments, the Standards Committee made minor changes to the
Draft 3 Revisions document. Some of the changes are as follows (underlined phrases note done during the initial
changes): application process!

Objective 3.1 (all disciplines) – Institutional policies and practices for faculty
workload and release time must be consistent with, and comparable to, faculty
in other health sciences programs in the same institution. Faculty workload and
release time practices must include allocating time and/or reducing teaching load
for educational, accreditation, and administrative requirements expected of the
program director and clinical coordinator.
A definition of comparable will be added to the glossary.
Objective 3.1 (Medical Dosimetry) - A full-time program director is required.
The program director may also be identified as the radiation therapy program
director. Also, a full-time equivalent clinical coordinator is required if the
program has more than fifteen (15) students enrolled in the clinical component
of the program. The clinical coordinator may also be identified as the radiation
therapy clinical coordinator.
Objective 4.2 (all disciplines) - A well-structured curriculum … variety of
situations and patient conditions. The well-structured curriculum is guided by a
master plan of education.
The JRCERT encourages innovative approaches to curriculum delivery methods
that provide students with flexible and creative learning opportunities. These
methods may include, but are not limited to, distance education courses, part-
time/evening curricular tracks, service learning, and/or interprofessional
development.
Objective 5.4 (Radiography) - Students must be directly supervised during
surgical and all mobile, including mobile fluoroscopy, procedures regardless of
the level of competency.
The Standards Committee arrived at a consensus to adopt the 2021 Standards and brought
forth the recommendation that the full Board adopt the Standards during the April Board
Meeting. At the April 2020 Board Meeting, the JRCERT Board of Directors moved to adopt
the 2021 Standards with an implementation date of January 1, 2021.
JRCERT staff are making final editorial and grammatical revisions to the 2021 Standards
documents before the documents are copywritten. These documents will then be published
on the JRCERT website as soon as possible thereafter.

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