What is a Clinical Verifier? 

Candidates who are pursuing certain ARRT credentials* must complete and document discipline-specific clinical activities and procedures. ARRT also requires an eligible professional to verify each activity/procedure. It’s up to each candidate to find willing and eligible people to act as verifiers.

*  These include our Imaging Assistant credential, as well as any credential a candidate is earning using the postprimary eligibility pathway.

Verifier Eligibility Requirements

• Verifiers must work at the facility where the candidate performs the clinical activities/procedures or be affiliated with the facility through an educational program. 
• Other eligibility requirements for verifiers differ, depending on the credential and discipline the candidate is pursuing. To learn more:
  • For candidates who are earning an Imaging Assistant (I.A.) credential, review discipline-specific Clinical Competency Requirements documents here.
  • For candidates who are earning a credential using the postprimary eligibility pathway, review discipline-specific Clinical Experience Requirements documents here.

Verifier Responsibilities 

If you’re acting as a clinical verifier, be sure to carefully review any activities/procedures the candidate submits. While you don’t need to have witnessed the activities/procedures, make sure you check for the following:

• The candidate followed your facility protocols.
• The candidate was employed at your facility, or was authorized to perform the activities/procedures at your facility on the dates entered.
• The candidate was working on the day and time that they said they performed the activities/procedures.
• Your facility has the necessary equipment to perform the activities/procedures the candidate stated they performed.
• The activity/procedure was performed at the facility where the patient and equipment are located, and the candidate was physically present during the activity/procedure. (ARRT doesn't accept remote scanning for completion of our clinical requirements.)
• The candidate completed a diagnostic-quality procedure for their discipline (postprimary candidates).

In addition to the above, you, as a verifier, might have even more stringent requirements. For example, you might decide that candidates must perform procedures with no mistakes, or you might want candidates to perform several procedures before you begin verifying. That’s up to you.

Keep in mind: If you’re an ARRT registrant—a Registered Technologist (R.T.) or an Imaging Assistant (I.A.)—verifying the activities/procedures of a colleague, you’re held to the same Standards of Ethics as the person completing the activity/procedure. Registrants submitting false reports (or falsely verifying someone else’s clinical experience) could become part of an ethics investigation.  Ultimately, that could result in sanctions, including revocation of your credential.

Reporting Your Verifications 

Once someone nominates you as a verifier, you’ll receive a welcome email from ARRT. It will direct you to complete a brief verifier application form. We’ll let you know once we authorize you as a verifier. After that, you can create a verifier account (if you're a verifier who's not credentialed by ARRT), or you can use your arrt.org login credentials to access your verifier screens (for verifiers who are ARRT-credentialed).

When you have procedures from the candidate to review and verify, we'll send you emails at the rate you request. You don’t need to wait for an email, though. You can log in anytime to review—and approve or deny—new procedures. Remember, candidates can't apply for their new credentials until all their procedures are verified. 

START VERIFYING PROCEDURES NOW

If you’ve already been approved as a verifier and want to review procedures now, use one of the links below: 

QUESTIONS?

Call our Clinical Requirements department at 651-687-0048. Choose the option for earning an ARRT credential.