CONS

**CONS to CQ/2011:﻿** Time-limited certification is beneficial in some aspects but also has its downfalls. Time-limited certification will be very costly to the ARRT and the members that must continue to become certified. ARRT will have to form a committee to organize and standardize what will be evaluated, as well as how, when, and to whom. It will be costly to research and formulate a particular evaluation that will meet the standards and expectations of its members and organization. Time-limited certification will most likely cost technologists more money because as of now no one is certain to what and how much CQ/2011 will cost but it will be added upon their biannual continued education and their initial board exam, which is currently $200.00. It will also cost money to prepare for recertification, such as prep books that the ARRT will most likely offer, study tools via continued education material, or time taken off to prepare for recertification. However, these variables may change but they are still possibilities as of right now that could be costly to a radiologic technologist and the ability for him or her to maintain proper credentials. This all adds up to be very costly on both ends of the time-limited certification.

Another negative aspect to time-limited certification is many individuals may be discouraged to specialize or maintain their credentials in other modalities because of re-certifying every ten years. Many individuals do not like paying for recertification and may decide that it is not worth re-certifying. With this in mind, radiologic technologists may not advance to other modalities therefore creating an overflow in diagnostic radiology or lose their certification. Also, it may be costly for re-certifying for every modality that he or she may be certified in. Along with the extra money that it will cost to maintain his or her credentials, he or she may fail to remember that they are under a time-limited certification. Many individuals will most likely forget to properly re-certify, therefore will lose their license, which is definitely a downfall. Another thing to think about is many may choose another career in order to avoid ten year recertification, therefore this could create a shortage in the radiology field.

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