All facilities are required to submit the items listed below as part of the Online Accreditation application.

• Facility overview
• Procedure volumes
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission/State Radioactive Materials License
• Training/experience qualification pathways for interpreting medical staff
• Board certificate and registry/certification documentation
• Physician medical license (for each state the interpreting physician is licensed to
  practice)
• BLS certification (for physicians or other personnel who supervise cardiac stress
  testing and for all technologists)
• ACLS certification (an ACLS trained person must be on site and immediately available
  during the performance of cardiac stress test procedures)
• CME/CE information for all interpreting physicians and technologists
• Imaging/scanning equipment list

The following policies and/or protocols must be in place prior to application submission

• Primary Source Verification Policy | sample document»
• Patient Identification Protocol | sample document»
• Patient Complaint Policy | sample document»
• Pregnancy/Breast Feeding Protocol | sample document»
• Radiopharmaceutical Administration Policy | sample document»
• Clinical imaging protocol for all procedures performed | sample documents»
• Exercise/pharmacologic stress protocols | sample documents»
• Quality control protocols | sample documents»
• Quality control images/documentation
• Preventive maintenance documentation
• Quality Improvement Plan and meeting minutes | sample documents»

For complete details on what should be included in these policies, review the IAC Standards for Nuclear/PET Accreditation: www.intersocietal.org/nuclear/seeking/nuclear_standards.htm.

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