AN ACT relating to medical imaging and radiation therapy licensure.

Amend KRS 311B.020 to define and redefine terms; amend KRS 311B.030 to add a magnetic resonance imaging technologist and a diagnostic medical sonographer to the Kentucky Board of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy; amend KRS 311B.050 to grant the board the authority to recognize and enforce rules and standards of the recognized national professional organizations and certifying bodies and issue advisory opinions; amend KRS 311B.090 to add nonionizing radiation to practices requiring licensure, and exempt…

Introduced: January 7, 2026

Last action: January 14, 2026

To Licensing, Occupations, & Administrative Regulations (H)

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This bill expands Kentucky's medical imaging licensure system to include MRI technologists and diagnostic medical sonographers, who were not previously required to be licensed by the state board. It also requires criminal background checks for all applicants seeking any type of license from the board, and clarifies which imaging practices require licensure, including adding nonionizing radiation while exempting certain ultrasounds used for non-medical or keepsake purposes. Who it may affect: people working as MRI technologists or diagnostic medical sonographers in Kentucky, as well as patients who receive medical imaging services.

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