What if I cannot obtain the required signature from an ARDMS-registered sonographer certified in the applied-for specialty for the standard clinical verification form?
In rare instances when an applicant may be unable to obtain the required signature from an ARDMS-registered sonographer certified in the applied-for specialty for the standard clinical verification form, an interpreting physician, who has directly observed the applicant perform the applied-for studies and has interpreted the applicants scans, may act as a qualified signatory on the standard CV form according to the following procedures: The applicant must send a written appeal to ARDMS providing full detail as to why he or she has been unable to obtain the signature of a qualified sonographer or vascular technologist on the standard clinical verification form. ARDMS will consider the following reasons as appropriate arguments for appeals: Local facilities do not have appropriate ARDMS-registered sonographers and other institutions may be too far away from the applicant for a reasonable commute. The number of qualified sponsoring sonographers in the applicants region is relatively low.
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