Your Voice Matters: We Asked. You Acted.

Thank you to the R.T. community for quickly coming together to support this important initiative. In August we reached out to you to join us in urging OMB to reclassify R.T.s from technical to professional by submitting a comment on ASRT’s Advocacy Action Center.

Every 10 years OMB reclassifies jobs as technical or professional. Currently, R.T.s are classified as technical personnel, except for radiation therapists.

The role of radiologic technologists continues to evolve as the demand for improved imaging technology accelerates. ARRT strongly supports updating OMB’s designation to reflect the professional responsibilities of the occupation more accurately. 

OMB is now reviewing the comments and determining if R.T.s meet its professional criteria. We expect the proposed classification revisions to be published sometime in 2027-2028, and we’ll continue to provide updates as they become available.