Legislation Updates as of June 2025:

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• Kansas has been active in voicing new legislation that would allow naturopaths to utilize several forms of radiation. So far, the KSRT lobbyists have fought against this legislation successfully.
   

• The KSRT is doing a preliminary work-up toward radiology assistant legislation. Part of this will be an RT advocacy day in Topeka within the next year.
   

• In other states, there has been a lot of movement on limited scope licensure. This has been beneficial in some states but problematic in others.
   

• Missouri continues to pursue licensure, but limited scope has become a problem. Several states have enacted RA legislation successfully, but other states have had licensure laws revoked. Encroachment continues to be a battle, especially with holistic, herbal, and naturopathic providers.
   

• You can keep track of what is going on in the states by going to https://www.asrt.org/main/standards-and-regulations/legislation-regulations-and-advocacy/tracking-map
   

• On the federal level, the ASRT continues to pursue the MARCA bill.
   

• More generally, a white paper called “Best Practices in Digital Radiography” discusses radiation safety. https://www.asrt.org/docs/default-source/research/whitepapers/best-practices-in-digital-radiography.pdf?sfvrsn=2f3521be_10
   

• The ASRT continues to advocate with the “Be Seen” campaign: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F82N-GV_V8g. It also started a podcast in which CEO Melissa Pergola host and discusses issues pertaining to the medical imaging and radiation therapy profession. Guests include members of the ASRT board of directors, ASRT staff, medical imaging and radiation therapy experts, and others. Search for "The RAD Position" on your podcast app of choice.

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