| Education | Required Clinical Ultrasound/Vascular Experience | Documentation | Status – When to apply | Prerequisite |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reapplicants | No additional experience required. | -CV form | Previous approval for a specialty examination | N/A |
| A single two-year allied health education program that is patient-care related (footnote 1) | Minimum of 12 months full-time (footnote 2) clinical experience. (footnote 3) . (1680 hours earned over a minimum of 48 weeks) Note: If you are using your DMS/CVT program for the educational requirement, you must have an additional 12 months of full-time clinical ultrasound/vascular experience earned outside the two-year program. | -Copy of Official Transcript or Official Foreign equivalency report - Diploma/License - Letter -CV form -ID | After meeting the Education and Clinical Ultrasound/Vascular Experience | 1 |
| Graduate or student (footnote 6) in a CAAHEP or Canadian Health Standards Organization (HSO) accredited program in diagnostic medical sonography, diagnostic cardiac sonography or vascular technology. | No additional experience required. | -Diploma or Copy of Official Transcript -Letter -CV form if applicable -ID | Graduate or Student (60 days prior to graduation) (footnote 6) | 2 |
| Graduate of a Bachelor’s degree (any major) or foreign degree equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in the U.S. or Canada | Minimum of 12 months full-time (footnote 2) clinical experience. (footnote 3) (1680 hours earned over a minimum of 48 weeks) | -Bachelor’s degree or Copy of Official Transcript or Official Foreign equivalency report -Letter -CV form -ID | A Graduate of a Bachelor’s degree (any major) who has met the clinical ultrasound/vascular experience requirement. | 3A |
| Graduate or student (footnote 6) in a Non CAAHEP or HSO accredited Bachelor’s degree in sonography or vascular technology | Student Applicants – Minimum of 12 months full-time (footnote 2) clinical experience completed within the program. (footnote 3) (1680 hours earned over a minimum of 48 weeks) Graduate Applicants – No additional experience required. | - Bachelor’s degree or Copy of Official Transcript or Official Foreign equivalency report -Letter -CV form -ID | Graduate or Student (Can apply once 12 months of full-time clinicals are completed) | 3B |
| A CCI, ARRT, Sonography Canada, or ASUM sonography certification | No additional experience required. | -Active credential -CV form -ID | Active Certification(s) | 5 |
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