After failing to pass the U.S. House of Representatives prior to the end of the last Congress, a bill designed to ensure credentialing of radiologic and radiation therapy technologists was reintroduced on January 19.
Now called the Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy bill (CARE), the bill was introduced by Rep. Mike Doyle, D-PA. H.R. 583 was previously known as the Consumer Assurance of Radiologic Excellence (CARE) bill. The leading Republican co-sponsor on the bill is Rep. Chip Pickering from Mississippi.
The name of the bill was changed to reflect the global nature of medical imaging, according to the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) of Albuquerque, NM.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
January 23, 2007
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House fails to pass RadCARE bill, December 11, 2006
Senate passes RadCARE bill, December 7, 2006
RadCARE bill moves forward, September 21, 2006
Senate version of CARE bill introduced, February 24, 2006
CARE bill reintroduced in U.S. Congress, March 18, 2005
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