Computed Tomography Program Requirements

MIT 255 Health Requirements

For those taking the clinical course, MIT 255, students must submit documentation of health requirements to the electronic documentation by the required deadline:

Physical Examination: Yearly
PPD – Tuberculosis skin testing: Yearly
Flu vaccination: Yearly
COVID 19 vaccination: Medical or religious exemption may be accepted, but may limit clinical site placement
Students must submit documentation of:
- Immunity to rubella and rubeola
- Hepatitis B series of three immunizations: Students are responsible to submit the date of each of the three immunizations as soon as each dose is administered to ensure that the series is completed in the proper time frame. There should be no more or no less than one month between the first and second injection and no more or no less than five months between the second and third injection. Failure to adhere to the required time frame for each immunization may result in additional lab testing, and in some cases, restarting the entire immunization series. Students who do not receive the series must sign a waiver form, have a Hepatitis Surface antigen test yearly and submit the results to the Radiologic technology department.
- Hepatitis B surface antibody or surface antigen
- Tetanus/diphtheria Immunization within 10 years
- Measles/mumps/rubella dates of two immunizations after the age of one year. However, if rubella and rubeola titers are positive for immunity, two dates are not required.
Students may be required to submit a 10-panel drug test. This is dependent upon clinical placement. Student will be informed by the clinical education coordinator if this is required.
Health insurance: Per our clinical affiliations students are required to provide proof of health insurance to the clinical site.

Failure to submit the documentation by the deadline will result in a student being denied access to clinical rotations. All health requirement costs are the responsibility of the student.

MIT 255 American Heart Association – CPR

Successful completion of the American Heart Association CPR certification is a required prerequisite to the first clinical course RAD 101.

Licensure/Clinical Agency Requirements/Background Check

All students entering the Radiologic Technology program are required to have completed a background check through the Department of Public Safety at Owens Community College. Students may be required to have additional background checks.

Students shall be aware that a criminal record may jeopardize licensure by the State certification body. Likewise, host clinical sites require a criminal background check and may require fingerprinting and/or drug screening.

The clinical site reserves the right to accept or refuse the student depending on the results of such checks and screens. Depending on the infraction, clinical placement may not be possible, even if the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists or the American Registry of Technologists clears the student for credentialing purposes.

Anytime a background check is returned with a conviction of a misdemeanor, gross misdemeanor, and/or felony, or plea of nolo contendere, withheld or deferred adjudication, suspended or stay of sentence or military court-martial, students will be required to submit a pre-application review to the American Association of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) within two weeks.

Those students affected will be required to submit documentation from the ARRT to the Radiologic Technology Department indicating that they have been cleared to take the certification exam upon graduation.

The medical imaging department administrator at the clinical affiliates will be contacted regarding a conviction. The clinical affiliate reserves the right to accept or refuse the student. Depending on the results, clinical placement may not be possible, even if the ARRT clears the student for credentialing purposes.

Background checks by the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification (BCI & I) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are required. The student assumes the cost of the background checks.

For more information regarding background checks:

Work Environment

Computed Tomographers provide services that require touching patients for positioning purposes and performing venipuncture. This environment puts them in contact with blood and body fluids. Diseases may be encountered in this type of environment.

However, research shows that risks are negligible when appropriate infection control procedure/barrier techniques are used. Upon entering the program, there is training to meet the protocol for a hazard-free, safe learning environment.

Course Progression/Completion Requirements

All students enrolled in the Computed Tomography Program must achieve a “C” or better in all program courses to earn the certificate. A student who fails to achieve a grade of “C” or better in any course within the plan of study must retake the course and earn a “C” or better. All four courses require completion with a “C” or better to earn the certificate.

The grading scale for the program courses is:

93 – 100% A
85 – 92% B
76 – 84% C
60- 75% D
59% or below F

Grievance Policy/Procedures

The link for the Owens Community College Grievance Policy and Grievance procedures can be found under the College Policy and Procedure:

MIT 255 Clinical Experiences/Affiliations

Students are required to earn clinical competencies to take the ARRT CT certification examination. MIT 255 can be taken to complete this requirement. If interested in taking this course, students should contact the Computed Tomography program director.

Students will attend a hospital orientation in their assigned clinical site the week prior to beginning the MIT 255 clinical course. Students will attend a minimum of eight hours per week in the clinical. All clinical time will be scheduled with the assigned clinical preceptor.

Attendance requirements are in place and any missed time must be made up as soon as possible or over the semester break. Students will not be permitted to attend clinical education for more than 12 hours per day or schedule make up time on holidays. Students should note that there may be the need for travel up to and including 60 miles from the Owens State Community College Toledo-area Campus for their clinical site rotations.