Sonographer schools in San Antonio, TX

reymundo in San Antonio, Texas said: Your statement is pretty acurate, the only point that you scares me is the fact that you guys are having to wait one year to sit your exams, and thats if you get employed, thats a big IF. After one year with all the pressures of work and other commitments most of your education will be forgotten. The only peolple who are benefiting are the employers and the school. The schoool lets you go and moves on to the next class, the employer hires an unregistered tech telling you you must get registered in 1 year at a much lesser wage than a registered tech. This brings down the wage brackets is San Antonio(thats a different story). If you dont pass you exams after the one year the facility if it has accredidation must let you go and the circle goes on. This forum seems to be an argument on which is the best school, I will tell you that an ultrasound student probably does 75% of his or her/learning on their own and must be self driven. I know , met or had experience of 90% of instuctors in town and they all do a decent enough job but you alone will pass the exams. The ultasound registrys are the hardest I have sat and have the lowest pass rates you can check these facts against the other modalites. Lastly accredidation comes from a school being scrutinized over a period of years for their schools registry pass rate, I find it hard to see when these schools will receive accredidation because of this years gap when you have to be employed. We shall have to wait and see!!! Anyway to all you students keep it up and get registered, you have to or you will be working in the most tech dependant modality for x-ray pay !!! Remember what you don't show them the doctor doesn't see!!!

first of all, they pay for being unregistered starts around $20.00 an hour which is pretty good 2 me. Second most jobs that require ARDMS want a certain amount of experience so new grads dont qualify anyway.third they sell ARDMS STUDY GUIDES!!!

If 20$ is good for you then I am very happy for you, this isn.t a pissing contest it is an intelligent conversation on the current situation in our field. Obviously you just dont get it!!!! The way I see it is, I want what we deserve. We are held to very high standards and if we mess up we are the first to hear it, and in this field you mess up more than once you don't work for long, so if that is what you think you are worth then so be it, good luck. We have been fighting for years to get our wage higher and after a quick two year course you are happy with 20$, just put this in to perspective, $10.50 to sell you fast food at Bill Millers or $20 to find a malignant tumor in an obese uncooperative patient, MMMMM
, I think we can all agree we are underpaid, so all you new grads don't settle for the crap they are selling you fight for the best you can be.

WHOAH! um im not trying to sound ignorant or anything, just trying to state the facts. fyi the $20. an hour is only temporary until you pass your registery smartguy, most sonographers i talked to always started out with pay around $18-20$ until they passed their ARDMS, SHOW THE RADIOLOGIST THEIR ardms CREDENTIAL, AND AUTOMATICALLY GAVE THEM A $8.00 RAISE.!!! we all have to start somewhere and dont give me that bull***** that you came out of school ready to scan people for $62,000 on a piece of paper, Please sometimes you have to work your way up.

A radiologist is more likely to take a grad from community college vs some crappy career school based on its reliablilty. and the pay gets better upon passing the exam,

. ANOTHER THING DONT GET CARRIED AWAY WITH YOUR JOB, YOU KNOW ALOT OF HOPSITALS ARE CROSS TRAINING RN's and MidWifes to do obstetricle ultrasounds, and cardiovascular techs & LVN's to do Vascular & Echocardiogram Ultrasounds. at least thats the case in New Branfuels, hospitals are saving $$$$$ by cross training radiographers like they did 25 years ago, Long story short, NO JOB IS SECURE,I got my back-up credential in Radiology, SO BEFORE YOU ADJUST YOURSELF TO " high STandards " watch your back! and take what you can get, cause it can change in an instant.

look what happend to EKG TECHS, they got the replaced by Medical assistants & CNA'S... enough said
and hope you find a job that pays you more, good luck

I admire your passion, you are the poster child for a hospital administration/Human Resources. X-ray Tech going to school to learn ultrasound, willing to do EKG/Lab. Don't you see you are exactly what they want, You are absolutely correct that hospitals are cross-training personnel, WHY? so they don't have to pay you for all of your hard work!!!! Most hospitals are starting to only pay $1 or even nothing when you pass the registry and by the way RADIOLOGISTS don't pay you the hospital does. Sir I will end this discussion with this statement. In three years time I hope you are registered, well payed and very happy in your new career. If this comes true it will mean that all the years us Techs fought for higher wages will have been beneficial to us all. And by the way I am also an x-ray tech who went to St Philips and actually still shoot x-ray every day as well as do vascular ultrasound. I wont reply to your answer as I think I have said enough. Good luck in your quest!!!

Dee, sorry it took me awhile to see this. I'll try to answer as best I can. First of all, sorry, but Baptist no longer pays your tuition if you work for them the way they did 8 years ago when I attended. We are run by a different organization now which is for profit. Also, as far as I know, to be accepted into the program you must be either a radiologic tech, RN, physician, or have a bachelors in biology. I don't believe you would be accepted with your degree in Nutritional Sciences, but you could talk to someone at the school. When I attended, those with degrees in biology were not accepted, so it could change. It is currently a one year program--yes, very intense, with tons of reading and clinical assignments. You could work evenings or weekends but would of course have an easier time if you could devote yourself entirely to it. In my experience the Baptist program is a good one and graduates are quite competent to scan upon graduation, more so than in other programs I've seen with less clinical experience. Baptist also has a good registry pass rate. Can't give you numbers, just speaking from what I hear from students and my own experience. I know there is a lot of debate on here about accredited schools versus non-accredited. To be honest, I don't think being accredited makes a school any better. They just filled out the paperwork and hired teachers with degrees, that does not necessarily make them good at teaching ultrasound. And even if an employer requests a graduate of an accredited school, if you are registered they likely will not care where you went to school. Your scanning abilities will speak for themselves. Good luck!

Wow...a lot of arguing on here with a lack of good information. Here we go:
*St. Philip's has a 2-year program offering an associate's degree in Diagnostic Medical Sonography
*We are in the process of being accredited by CAAHEP, which would allow current and future students to automatically sit for the ARDMS registry upon graduation
*Currently, we can sit for the ARRT registry upon graduation, which, contrary to what another poster said, does NOT require that you be a radiology tech
*If you PASS the ARRT exam, you are then eligible to go ahead and sit for the ARDMS
*It is true that employers generally don't care about where you went to school (i.e. whether the program was accredited or not), HOWEVER, do not expect to land a job if you aren't even ELIGIBLE to take the ARRT or ARDMS registries
*I am currently at a clinical site where one of the sonographers is NOT registered, but has been working for 2 years (she will need to be registered for SURE if the CARE bill passes)
*A few of the students who just graduated from our program have gotten jobs BEFORE registering, ranging from $23-$25 per hour
*From what I gather, sonographers are going to be paid what the facility they work in generally pays, commensurate with experience (there won't be a whole lot of, "What school did you attend? Were they accredited? Do you have your ARRT OR your ARDMS?")
*Job security is talent-based (This means you MUST be able to do the work and handle its trappings! This isn't one of those fields where you can sort of disappear into mediocrity yet keep up.)
*For people considering going to one of those "certificate" schools, I ask you to consider this: WHY would these places have you go to school for 2 years (same as St. Philip's), yet NOT offer a degree? BECAUSE they do not give an education that meets the requirements or standards that a degree program does. HENCE, they are able to lower their standards as far as the caliber of student they accept, and this is BAD for the field.

(continued)
*This program is HARD. Most of us are unable to work AND do this program. We all had 3.9 GPA's or higher coming in, yet the amount of work and study required here was STILL are rude awakening for us!
*If you are not 100% committed to this field and program, you will not make it. It's that simple.
*On a positive note, I feel that at St. Philip's we are getting very well-prepared for entrance into the field and sitting for the registries!
*One last little side-note: I really wish sonographers would stop referring to themselves as "techs." While a sonographer IS an ultrasound technologist (not a technician), "tech" just doesn't give justice to the amount of education, knowledge, responsibility, autonomy, and respectability that a person who performs on this level has!
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

I applied for the sonography program at St.Philip's College beginning fall semester. I completed all the prerequisites required and have a BA in english from UTSA but was denied. Anyone got any advice?

reymundo in San Antonio, Texas said: Your statement is pretty acurate, the only point that you scares me is the fact that you guys are having to wait one year to sit your exams"

We DONT'T have to wait a year to get registered. As I said, we can sit for our ARRT IMMEDIATELY upon graduation. If we pass it, we can IMMEDIATELY sit for the ARDMS.

keriann914 in San Antonio, Texas said: I go to the baptist school of health professions for their diagnostic medical sono program and upon completion er are going to be able to sit for RDMS and this program is only 1 year and it is accredited.

Do you mind getting in touch with me? I'm looking into a program right now and never even heard of Baptist School of Health. My email is mysiren98@yahoo.com

THANKS!!!!!

mysiren98 in San Antonio, Texas said: Do you mind getting in touch with me? I'm looking into a program right now and never even heard of Baptist School of Health. My email is mysiren98@yahoo.com

THANKS!!!!!

FYI: It's only a year because you have to have your RT first.

LVNs, Radiographers, RNs, or Cardiovascular Technologists cross training to do US and VASCULAR?! Wow, I guess the state of TX really doesn't care about the patients in the state of TX. If I was a patient in TX, I wouldn't live in TX anymore. Can you say, malpractice in the coming future especially in Vascular! I always joke with my chief tech who is an US tech of helping her to do US, but that's the thing I WAS KIDDING and not STUPID EITHER!

Just wondering, would you hire a student from a nursing program who never took the NCLEX OR better yet, hire a medical student who never passed his BOARDS OR GO TO RESIDENCY?! How's this any different from a sonography student who NEVER PASSED OR TOOK HIS ARMDS OR ARRT REGISTRY? So what are we trying to say here? Technologists don't need to take the boards because it is not as important as them. I don't see any reason why a grad shouldn't take the registry course in any modality in the radiology field and promote the advancement of the field. I remember an ignorant RN director says this, "Technologists don't need to take the boards because there are no critical thinking involved in the field." It doesn't help the field or any field or the grad student himse/herself who never took it for the past 2 years, hell also the dept who has full of unregistered technologists. Guess what anyway, those registries do get harder and what happens if you have to move from one state to the next?

Registry is voluntary of course but you would think fellow technologists would have the common sense to do it anyway. 20 dollars is good for a start but don't you want something better for yourself and the field if you are going to stay in this career?! Yeah work yourself up, but know your worth! It's unfortunate these registries are voluntary unlike being a PT, OT, or RN are all mandatory to take the boards. Shouldn't we try to have the same level of respect as them?! I do think highly of my profession and their careers are no better than mine,

but there are many things wrong in the radiology field today (US, NM, etc). For one example, if RNs are getting cross trained and yes it may not be against the law because it is not "ionizing radiation" but I damn do know this, MISDIAGNOSIS CAN KILL SOMEONE ESP IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!! You would think if this kind of unethical action happens, the technologists in the state of TX would do something about it. It's funny, when a RN strikes even one, all of them do and the hospital listen but one thing what separates them from our organization and it's not numbers but its UNITY. It's sad to really see it even new grads coming up esp to those who don't take the boards yet.

I'm just glad I don't work or live in the state of TX or anywhere around there.

Reymundo from San Antonio: Can you please contact me at theapo@live.com? I would like to get more of your opinions and view regarding Sonography.

Thanks

reymundo in San Antonio, Texas said: If 20$ is good for you then I am very happy for you, this isn.t a pissing contest it is an intelligent conversation on the current situation in our field. Obviously you just dont get it!!!! The way I see it is, I want what we deserve. We are held to very high standards and if we mess up we are the first to hear it, and in this field you mess up more than once you don't work for long, so if that is what you think you are worth then so be it, good luck. We have been fighting for years to get our wage higher and after a quick two year course you are happy with 20$, just put this in to perspective, $10.50 to sell you fast food at Bill Millers or $20 to find a malignant tumor in an obese uncooperative patient, MMMMM
, I think we can all agree we are underpaid, so all you new grads don't settle for the crap they are selling you fight for the best you can be.

It's only a two year program. Nurses have to go to school 2 years longer and don't make much more in most places. If you wanted better pay them you should have picked a different field. The medical field dosen't make near what most of us should be making. This field should't be about making a ton of money it's about helping people. If you got into the medical field to make money then you should be thinking of a career change. The bigest way to suceed in this field is not only your education but your ability to connect with people. Also look at the OOH (occupational outlook handbook) for sonography tech. The employment is expected to increase about 19 percent between now and 2016. This is due to many factors. I'm not trying to stirr the pot but I can't stand people complaning about what they make in the their medical career. If you would have researched the field before you jumped into school then you would have had the knowledge that medical careers aren't all about money. We should make more but we have to work on that.

reymundo in San Antonio, Texas said: I admire your passion, you are the poster child for a hospital administration/Human Resources. X-ray Tech going to school to learn ultrasound, willing to do EKG/Lab. Don't you see you are exactly what they want, You are absolutely correct that hospitals are cross-training personnel, WHY? so they don't have to pay you for all of your hard work!!!! Most hospitals are starting to only pay $1 or even nothing when you pass the registry and by the way RADIOLOGISTS don't pay you the hospital does. Sir I will end this discussion with this statement. In three years time I hope you are registered, well payed and very happy in your new career. If this comes true it will mean that all the years us Techs fought for higher wages will have been beneficial to us all. And by the way I am also an x-ray tech who went to St Philips and actually still shoot x-ray every day as well as do vascular ultrasound. I wont reply to your answer as I think I have said enough. Good luck in your quest!!!

If you ask somebody for somethig, you are admitting that they have it; if you have to demand something from someone, you are confessing that they own it. They don't own us!

hello,
I am interested in going to st. phillips for the sonogrophy program and would like a students view of the program instead of a teacher or advisor. If you are willing to help please email me at crazychicka210@hotmail.com.

thanks.

Ashley

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Graduates of the Cardiovascular Sonography program are encouraged to take the credentialing examinations offered by Cardiovascular Credentialing International (CCI) and the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers (ARDMS). These exams are voluntary but obtaining this credential does enhance employment opportunities. Graduate

has anyone mentioned the military? I know the airforce used to have a program.

Daisy in San Antonio, Texas said: I have checked the CAAHEP web site, but no school in SA is accredited by them. Dose anybody know any thing about the DMS programs in St. Philip's college or Baptist Health System? Will graduates from these programs able to take the registy exam? On St. Philip's college web site ( www.accd.edu/spc/acad/ahd/sono/sonoprogram.aspx ),
they did stated that "upon completion of this program the student will be able to sit for the registry examination". Is that the same exam as ARDMS? Please Help me! Thanks.

Yes, registry is for ARDMS. The only time you sit for the registry with ARRT is if you already have an xray background and don't want to sit for ARDMS.

prn girl in San Antonio, Texas said: Yes, registry is for ARDMS. The only time you sit for the registry with ARRT is if you already have an xray background and don't want to sit for ARDMS.

Actually, that isn't true. ARRT has an ultrasound registry. If you pass it, you can then sit for the ARDMS instead of waiting a year if your school isn't accredited. That's the benefit of the ARRT for ultrasound students.

You all should be looking for another field I with many others that have graduated months ago are still looking for a job. Theres 5 or 4 now ultrasound programs/ schools in SA and this has flooded the market a huge deal. No techs are leaving thier current positions for fear of not finding another. There are hardly any positions here. Its super frustrating you dont want to be like me and my fellow graduates job hunting in other towns, becuase thats what will happen if you decide to study this here in SA. Its NOT IN HIGH DEMAND.

If anyone knows where I could do some scanning/training, please let me know. I finished school and am RDMS eligible but have been out of the loop for a while to stay home with my kids. I want to go back to work but need some scanning training. Willing to travel.
Thanks. julie.crockett@sbcglobal.net

Jobless in San Antonio, Texas said: You all should be looking for another field I with many others that have graduated months ago are still looking for a job. Theres 5 or 4 now ultrasound programs/ schools in SA and this has flooded the market a huge deal. No techs are leaving thier current positions for fear of not finding another. There are hardly any positions here. Its super frustrating you dont want to be like me and my fellow graduates job hunting in other towns, becuase thats what will happen if you decide to study this here in SA. Its NOT IN HIGH DEMAND.

What school did you graduate from? While it is true that there are a few schools in SA for ultrasound, the quality of the education varies. Have you also considered that maybe you don't have a job for some other reason than a supposedly "flooded" job market?

How did you do in clinical?

I'm going to graduate the Academy of Health Care Professions LMRT program in July. My true chosen career path is sonography, and it's my dream to work in an OB/GYN office. However, after I talked with some of the current DMU students at AHCP I decided to look into other schools. I don't believe I qualify for Baptist, do I? From what I've been told, the only way to become a full RT is to take online classes for a year. Would Baptist accept me into their RT program for the 2nd half of my training or would I have to start over? I don't have another 2 years on top of sonography to dedicate to school. Is the general consensus that St. Philip's or Baptist would be the best route for sonography? What are their prerequisites? Would it be more beneficial for me to cut my financial loses and drop my schooling at AHCP altogether to pursue a career via St. Philip's or Baptist? It's $21K total and I'm over halfway through with the program.

:) in San Antonio, Texas said: I'm going to graduate the Academy of Health Care Professions LMRT program in July. My true chosen career path is sonography, and it's my dream to work in an OB/GYN office. However, after I talked with some of the current DMU students at AHCP I decided to look into other schools. I don't believe I qualify for Baptist, do I? From what I've been told, the only way to become a full RT is to take online classes for a year. Would Baptist accept me into their RT program for the 2nd half of my training or would I have to start over? I don't have another 2 years on top of sonography to dedicate to school. Is the general consensus that St. Philip's or Baptist would be the best route for sonography? What are their prerequisites? Would it be more beneficial for me to cut my financial loses and drop my schooling at AHCP altogether to pursue a career via St. Philip's or Baptist? It's $21K total and I'm over halfway through with the program.

Baptist for sonography, you need to have a Bachelor's degree, be a nurse, an x-ray tech or a doctor in order to apply in addition they have also added a survey that you need to complete when applying that will let the school know if you would be a good candidate to go to school. I guess their way of weeding out the good from the bad students and who would be dedicated. I graduated in 2008 from Baptist and tuition the following year went up. Just some heads up information so you can make your decision also call the school and ask questions they also have open house so you can get as much info and ask questions from the teachers that are there now.

To the person who says ACICS accreditation is recognized by the CHEA. As of Jan 2010, their website says they are no longer recognized by the CHEA. Another thibng Sanford Browns are bad news. The only accredited by CAAHEP is in Iselin,NJ, also heard that the campus was still bad new for being a Sanford Brown!

Aaah sorry for the typos moving fast!

Baptist Hospital is full of it. No you cant sit for your registries and they wont hire anyone outside of their school! I applied there and I was told that they werent going to hire any "New Grads" if they were it was going to be from their school ONLY!! They are such liars!! On the job posting that has been put up and taken off since Oct 2009 states "New Grad" "registery eligible with in 24mos" & then it says 2yrs experience. HR Striker is full of it!!! I have been trying to get a job for months and all i get back are rejection letters saying that they want someone with experience!! Well how do you get experience if you dont give me a JOB!!!

nichole_mathis in San Antonio, Texas said: I attend the Academy for Healthcare Professionals for the DMU program. Its only 2 yrs but you still get a full yr for your internship. Its accredited and we are able to sit for state exam and register with ARDMS. Its located off 410w and callaghan.

oh please tell me your serious and im not dreaming... I've been doing days of research and calls... i even thought about looking into something else...

Denise in San Antonio, Texas said: oh please tell me your serious and im not dreaming... I've been doing days of research and calls... i even thought about looking into something else...

Look into something else.

St.Philips Student in San Antonio, Texa in San Antonio, Texas said: Look into something else.

are you in the sono program? i can't find the pre reqs on the website, so i will likely head to the office soon to get more info. just wondering if you could shed any more light on the program. thanks.

RUN people...there are no jobs. :(

You're sure right about that...THERE ARE NO JOBS... Houston, austin, san antonio... Nothing I've been looking around for a year. Everybody seems to want someone with experience.. but how do you get experience without a start?? Im assuming they were all born with a transducer in hand!

Hey US techs in San Antonio. Radiology Associates, just merged with South Texas Radiology Imaging due to the economy and because they had many competing locations were forced to merge equipment and facilities. The merger went into effect in March 2010 and they did a layoff because of the closing of competing locations and then at the beginning of June did another layoff of techs that were not needed due to people not having jobs and insurance. It's a combination of things. I have 14 years experience and they are giving jobs at Methodist to students and cross training X-ray personnel so that they don't have to pay me what I'm worth. Things change every 6 months to a year because some techs aren't able to get registered within the year or they can't cut is and are gone six months, so I'm just being patient and even trying to get cardiology to cross train me into echo, but that's a whole other story. Good luck in all your endeavors.

A company named B.B. Imaging based in Austin is offering Registry Reviews (for OB). The clinical director is highly motivated to teach newbie sonographers pathology so they can pass the review. I would recommend, if you still arent registered, looking into it. check out their site www.bbimaging.net.

Hi : I have been looking into both programs, st Phillips and Baptis, very frustrated with St Phillips, it's hard to get an answer from them. I am specialy nervous because it would mean going into serios bebt to pay for school and now I don't know if I could get a job after reading some of the comments. What advice do you have for me??

I currently attend Sanford Brown College. When I originally went there I was told that I would have to get my certificate in Coding and Billing first and then I could test into the DMS program. With that being said I have two mods left before my completion of the Coding and Billing program and to say it nicely "it has been a difficult experience with the school". I read a few post up about Sanford Brown being an accredited school. Even though it has been a difficult journey with the school I guess I will stay there to get my Associates Degree in DMS since they are accredited. It is my dream to be a sonographer so I will do what it takes to get there but I also do not want to waste my money along the way. This thread has been helpful because a friend and I were thinking of switching from Sanford Brown to go to The Academy Of Health Care Professions ...however after reading that it is not a good school...never mind... :-)

I would highly encourage you to look into either the ACC program or the El Centro program in Dallas. Do not settle for an unaccredited program. Like previous posts suggest, it is very difficult to obtain the years oversight if it isn't worked into the ultrasound program requirements. What this means for you is that you will finish an unaccredited program and be seeking your own supervision. This is very difficult and then you have to sit for the registry after the year. For many individuals this means they have forgotten much of the academic material. Do not be fooled by a shorter program, for many it ends up being a deadend.

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Registered US Tech in Corpus Christi, Texas said: Just a quick comment too...regardless of discrimination laws, ultrasound can be a hard field for men. Most hospitals who want "general" ultrasound techs want someone who can do abdomens, ob/gyn, and vascular. At the very least abdomen & gyn and this becomes a problem for men since the hospitals have to provide a chaperone for the male whilst doing transvaginal exams or breast exams. Places hate to do this because they see it as an added cost (pulling a paid employee from another task to chaperone a male tech when such would not be needed with a female tech). I think that it would be wise for men who want to do ultrasound to chose the echo/vascular track as it appears to be less of a problem on that side.

While I don't agree with it (and I think women tend to be irrational over things like that) it seems to be a reality. It is lopsided as well as women tend not to need a chaperone to do a testicular exam. *shrug* I'm a female and I think it is ridiculous and unbelievably one-sided.

I've had some trouble in the past that was not related to a male in the medical field... A construction worker walked in on me topless for an EKG when I was in highschool... The lady running the test chases himout and yelled at him... Anyway, it made me extremely paranoid about tests and ultrasounds and doctor visits in general. I feel more comfortable with a female in the room.

That being said I don't think that it is fair for men wanting to go into this field to have this battle, but life isn't fair. It is a business decision, and I am a female in the engineering field with construction management and I face struggles every day bases on gender. It sucks but it is life. I would hire a woman before a mammon this case, too. (if both were equally qualified) it just makes sense.

AB in San Antonio, Texas said: I've had some trouble in the past that was not related to a male in the medical field... A construction worker walked in on me topless for an EKG when I was in highschool...

Did he get a good peek at your sweater cows, or did you cover up right away? LOL

I was wondering if anyone who has gone through the DMSO program at St. Philip's has had to pay double tuition? I am being charged the special tuition fee as well as in district tuition. Is that right? I can't get to campus for a few weeks as I'm out of town.

Registered US Tech in Corpus Christi, Texas said: The ARRT accreditation is generally viewed as being substandard to that of ARDMS registration. The ARRT accreditation CANNOT be taken right out of school either...you must be a Rad Tech to take it instead of the ARDMS.

I would say their answer leads me to believe no. I am also wondering why they didn't answer your question about their grad rates and employment numbers. Their accreditation will not benefit you after you graduate. Are you opposed to an accredited program or is it not possible for you to move to get it? If not, I would encourage you to consider another field.

As for the CARE bill, I support it completely. We need minimum educational standards as well as professional recognition through licensure. We are PROFESSIONALS, but how can we be considered as such if we do not hold ourselves to a higher standard. Our profession is SO complex and we are not yet required to be registered. It is unfortunate that this was not instituted sooner and the faster the CARE bill is implemented, the better.

Thats not true