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MINIMUM ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
Applicants must:
- meet general admission requirements for technical students.
- be a high school graduate or have a satisfactory GED score.
- have a minimum ACT score of 18 (15 if taken before October 28, 1989) if entering college for the first time OR a minimum ACT score of 16 to17 (12 to14 if taken before October 28, 1989) and have completed at least 12 semester hours with a “C” average or better in courses approved by the RT program.
- Submit a signed, notarized Healthcare Criminal History Background Affidavit.
- take the computerized HOBET entrance test at the applicant’s own expense. The exam may only be taken once a year. (Study-guides for this test may be purchased in the MDCC bookstore).
Legal Limitations for Employment as a RT:
According to Mississippi State Law, an individual may not be eligible for employment in a health care agency if the person has ever been convicted of a felony, or plead guilty to, or plead nolo contendere to a felony of possession or sale of drugs, murder, manslaughter, armed robbery, rape, sexual battery, sex offense listed in Section 45-33-23 (f), child abuse, arson, grand larceny, burglary, gratification of lust or aggravated assault, of felonious abuse and/or battery of a vulnerable adult.
All applicants should be aware of the other eligibility requirements to write the ARRT licensing exam by reviewing the eligibility requirements at www.arrt.org or contacting the ARRT at (651) 687-0048.
Graduates must apply to the Mississippi Board of Radiologic Health for licensure to practice as a Registered Radiographer.
STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES:
Students who are accepted into the program must:
- attend a Health Science orientation session.
- be aware that, in addition to the regular college fees, Radiologic Technology students will incur expenses for such items as uniforms, books, supplies, liability insurance, background check, Hepatitis B vaccination series, professional organization fees (MSRT), national and state certification examination fees, graduation fees, and registry review seminars.
- be responsible for their own transportation to the college campus and clinical agencies.
Female applicants are encouraged to read the pregnancy policy:
PROGRESSION:
A Radiologic Technology student must maintain a grade of “C” in all RT,
mathematics and science courses to progress in the program. Students who do
not maintain a “C” will be dismissed from the program.
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