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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1338 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 303
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Colleen M. Garry
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to sonographers and vascular technologists.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex1/10/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1338 FILED ON: 1/18/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 303
By Representative Garry of Dracut, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 303) of Colleen
M. Garry relative to sonographers and vascular technologists. Consumer Protection and
Professional Licensure.
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 371 OF 2021-2022.]
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to sonographers and vascular technologists.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 118E of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 10J the
2following section:-
3 Section 10K. (a) The following words as used in this section, unless a different meaning
4is required by the context or is specifically prescribed, shall have the following meanings:
5 “Licensed physician” or “surgeon”, a physician or surgeon licensed pursuant to chapter
6112.
7 “Sonographer” or “vascular technologist”, a non-physician who is qualified by national
8credentialing to perform diagnostic medical ultrasound, including a ultrasound technologist or
9sinologist. 2 of 2
10 (b) The division shall require that a sonographer or vascular technologist who, provides
11the technical component of a diagnostic ultrasound service to an individual receiving services
12pursuant to this chapter shall be credentialed in the appropriate modality by the American
13Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography or Cardiovascular Credentialing International or
14shall practice in a laboratory accredited by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, the
15American Society for the Intersocietal Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories, or the
16Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiography Laboratories.
17 (c) Any sonographer or vascular technologist who is credentialed as required in
18paragraph (b) shall perform the diagnostic ultrasound under the supervision of a licensed
19physician or surgeon.
20 (d) This section and policies and procedures adopted pursuant to this section shall not
21prohibit any physician or surgeon licensed pursuant to chapter 112 from performing the technical
22component of a diagnostic ultrasound.