Seven-Point Qualification System
Experience + Education + Current Certifications + Continuing Education = Qualified
This chart outlines the number of points you have earned for your experience, academic education, current certifications, and continuing
education. Note that there are a maximum and minimum number of points in each category.
| Candidates must have at least 7 points in total AND meet all minimum criteria
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Experience
Minimum 2 points
Maximum 5 points
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Academic Education
from an Accredited*
Institution
Minimum 0 points
Maximum 5 points**
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Continuing
Education
Meeting ABII’s
Criteria
Minimum 0 points
Maximum 4 points
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1 point per 12 months of work experience as a
- credentialed healthcare imaging professional or healthcare IT professional
or
- healthcare informatics professional or
- non-certified radiologic technologist in the military
Note: Clinical experience completed as part of an imaging informatics training or educational program may be counted in the
Experience category or the Academic Education category, but not in both.
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1 point: No degree, but at least 30 semester credits or 45 quarter credits
2 points: Associate degree/college diploma (Degree conferred upon completion of at least 60 semester credits or 90 quarter credits)
3 points: Associate degree/college diploma (Degree conferred upon completion of at least 90 semester credits or 135 quarter credits)
4 points: Baccalaureate degree/college diploma (Degree conferred upon completion of at least 120 semester credits or 180 quarter credits)
5 points: Masters or Doctoral degree (Degree conferred upon completion of post-baccalaureate graduate or professional program)
In addition to academic degree:
1 point: Academic degree/college diploma in Imaging Informatics.
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1 point for each 18 hours of continuing education credits in imaging informatics or related disciplines taken within 18 months of
the date of application
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*Institution must be accredited by a mechanism recognized by the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher
Education Accreditation or if earned outside the United States an equivalent accreditation authority.
**Education points are not cumulative and are awarded based on highest level of education