ACRRT Examination

To challenge the ACRRT Examination requires the satisfactory completion of the Radiologic Assistant program curriculum. This guideline establishes the minimum hourly requirements for the radiological assistant as being 300 hours. The program is further defined as including, at a minimum, the following:

• Two hundred hours of the radiologic assistant program curriculum in x-ray-related subject matter, i.e.:
  • Radiologic Technology
  • Imaging
  • Principles of Radiation Exposure
  • Radiation Physics
  • Radiation Biology
  • Radiographic Procedure, including:
    • Patient preparation and positioning
    • Patient care
    • Film processing technique
    • Film quality evaluation
    • Emergency procedures & radiation protection
• One hundred hours would be applied to such subject areas as:
  • Ethics
  • Terminology
  • Anatomy & Physiology
  • Pathology

Chiropractic Principles/Philosophy

Any individual who has completed an approved course of study, and who is of good moral character, may make application for the ACRRT examination. If successful in passing the examination, the individual may make application for ACRRT registration and membership status.