Comprehensive web site includes:

• Standards for Nuclear Medicine & Nuclear Cardiology

• Reimbursement updates

• List of accredited laboratories

• How to apply

• Standards for Nuclear Medicine & Nuclear Cardiology

• Workshop, CME  

Sponsoring Organizations

Academy of Molecular Imaging

American College of Cardiology

American College of Nuclear Physicians

American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

Society of Nuclear Medicine

Society of Nuclear Medicine - Technologist Section  

ICANL Accreditation Modules

• Nuclear Cardiology

• Nuclear Medicine

• PET

• Comprehensive Nuclear Medicine (includes nuclear cardiology and/or PET)

Lab must have been in existence for 6 months, or have performed 600 general nuclear medicine or 300 nuclear cardiology exams.  

Fee Structure *December,2007 per ICANL website

• Materials

  • Standards, applications and disk - $200  

• Application Fees

  • Nuclear Cardiology (alone) - $3,300  

  • PET (alone) - $3,300  

  • Nuclear Medicine (alone) - $3,300  

  • Comprehensive Nuclear Medicine including PET and/or Nuclear Cardiology - $3,800  

  • All fees include a mandatory site visit  

Multiple Site Policy : Multiple site refers to laboratory sites owned and operated by the same corporation/entity.  

• All sites have the same Medical and Technical Director.

• All physicians must be included in the Organization section of the application.  

• All technologists must be included in the application.  

• All physicians and technologists from all sites must participate together in quality assurance and education programs, including in-house conferences.  

• Two additional SPECT cases per site must be submitted for review following same case selection guidelines in Part II of The Standards.  

Mobile Site Policy: A mobile service is comprised of one or more units (technologist and equipment) that provide nuclear medicine, nuclear cardiology, or PET imaging services at one or more locations.

• All examinations performed at the mobile locations must be interpreted by physicians included in the application.

• All technologists performing any examinations at mobile locations must be included in the application.

• The mobile service must share the same Medical Director and Technical Director.

• All physicians and technologists must participate in quality assurance and education programs, and in-house conferences.

• The mobile service must utilize identical protocols.

Decision Pathways

• Accreditation granted for three years

• Accreditation granted provisional

  • one year only pending correction of deficiencies

  • Staff CME  

  • protocols missing details  

• Accreditation delayed

• Accreditation denied  

What ICANL Has Achieved?

• Multi-specialty collaboration

• Over 1100 ICANL accredited sites * March,2007