Michigan Limited Diagnostic Radiographers
Prepare for Michigan’s rule 5212.
Michigan’s Rule 5212 takes effect early 2027. Anyone operating an x-ray machine outside an active license has to complete a 40-hour training program with both didactic and clinical components, plus 12 continuing education credits every two years after that.
Control the Dose has educated limited X-ray operators for over 25 years. We rebuilt the didactic portion of our course around what Michigan’s rules require, and we kept the format simple enough that a busy clinic can run staff through it without shutting down for a week.
Existing LXMOs
Many clinics have staff who’ve been taking x-rays for years. Some of them, decades. They worked in a state with no education requirement for limited operators, and they got good at the job by doing the job. Now Michigan wants formal education on file by March 2027, or they can’t keep doing the work.
Cross Train your Existing Staff
The course works the same way for your existing staff you want to cross train. The didactic teaches what someone new to imaging needs to know. The clinical component takes longer when the RT is training a beginner instead of documenting an experienced operator’s existing skills.
Our online didactic course fulfill the formal radiation safety, anatomy, and image production knowledge required by Rule 5212.
**State regulations can change. This information is based on our current knowledge of state rules. We recommend you check with your relevant governing body.
Sample Lecture:
Basic Limited Operator Course
- Self-paced & online.
- Students complete presentations, videos, downloadable items, quizzes, and self-tests; progress is recorded.
- Instructor support available via email, phone, or zoom.
- To complete hands-on requirements, a local supervisor and X-ray facility are necessary. Supervisor qualifications may vary, but an ideal supervisor is an RT(R).*
- Average time of completion is 12-16 weeks.**
- Receive Certificate of Completion upon completion of online portion and supervisor validation of clinical experience.***
*Course instructors are all licensed RTs and available to assist with the course if needed.
**Course length varies and depends on the student’s state as well as availability to learn material AND complete hands-on procedures.
***Didactic-only certificates available upon request.
Comprehensive Limited Operator Bundle
Includes everything in the Basic Course, as well as spine, skull and Test Prep/Mock Exam
Comprehensive Course
- Self-paced & online videos, downloadable items, quizzes and self tests.
- Instructor support available via email, phone or zoom.
- Requires a local supervisor and X-ray facility to complete hands-on requirements. Supervisor qualifications may vary, but an ideal supervisor is an RT(R).*
- Average time of completion is 16-24 weeks.**
- Receive Certificate of Completion upon completion of online portion and supervisor validation of clinical experience.
*Course instructors are all licensed RTs and available to assist with the course if needed.
**Course length varies and depends on the student’s state as well as availability to learn material AND complete hands-on procedures.
Test Prep + Mock Exam
Our 2-part Test Prep System based on the ARRT Limited Scope of Practice in Radiography test specifications.
This product is intended to be used AFTER you’ve completed a limited radiography course. Our Test Prep System can be used to prepare for the ARRT exam.
Topics for Test Prep & Mock Exam include:
- Chest
- Extremities
- Image Production
- Patient Care
- Safety
- Spine
For Teams:
Manage your students
Train your existing staff to take X-rays in a limited capacity.
Add new seats with bulk pricing.
View grades and course progress to keep your students on track as you supervise their lab assignments on site.
Prepare your supervisor
Supervisors help students maximize their potential in the COMPREHENSIVE course.
This mini course aims to ready and provide necessary tools to the on-site coordinator who will support a participant in either a BASIC or COMPREHENSIVE course. The coordinator is typically an RT (Radiologic Technologist), although in certain states, an LRT, MD, DO, or PA can also serve in this capacity.
- Monitor students with a course progress dashboard.
- Introduce students to your clinic’s X-ray room and equipment.
- Verify students’ completion of clinical requirements.
Made for
Urgent Care
Provide access to X-ray services for less than critical needs.
Orthopedic
Equip your existing staff to take onsite X-rays in a limited scope.
Family Practice
Give patients access to X-ray services with a familiar face at their family clinic.
College Curriculum
Partner with us to use our limited X-ray resources and platform for a college-level curriculum.
Chiropractic
Equip your existing staff to take onsite X-rays in a limited scope.
Workplace Health Clinics
Provide cost-effective limited X-ray services in-house as a benefit to your employees.
Reviews
Continuing Education
Unlimited access.
One low price.
- 33+ ASRT-approved ARRT Category A credits in our growing CE library
- ARRT® & state renewal
- Watch videos, take the test online
- 1 year of access
Series:
Radiation Basics & Safety
8.75 ASRT-approved CE Credits
X-rays & the Image, Beam & Radioactivity, Biologic Effects, Risks & Sources of Exposure, Responsibilities of the Operator, Radiation Facts & Fiction
Series:
Skeletal Imaging
10 ASRT-approved CE Credits
Principles of Interpretation, Upper Extremities, Lower Extremities, Spine Intro & C Spine, Thoracic, Lumbar & Sacrum/Coccyx
Series:
Guide to Medical Language
8 ASRT-approved CE Credits
Medical Language Fundamentals, Prefixes, Suffixes, Orthopedics, Respiratory System, Digestive System
Special Needs Patients
2.5 ASRT-approved CE Credits
Considerations for pediatric, geriatric, sensory loss, and ambulatory limited patients
Some Things Never Change
1.5 ASRT-approved CE Credits
Technology may change, but some skills are timeless.
Chest Procedures
1.5 ASRT-approved CE Credits
Survey of chest and rib procedures images
Abdomen Procedures
1.5 ASRT-approved CE Credits
Survey of abdomen procedures and images
