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Welcome !!
North Carolina Academy of Sleep Medicine
Congratulations to our new officers !
President: Mary Susan Esther, MD
Vice-President: Kristin Daley, PhD
Secretary: Tammy Williams, RPSGT
Treasurer: Steven O'Dell, RPSGT
SAVE THE DATE !!!!!!
Annual 2012 Meeting
November 17th and 18th, 2012
Saturday and Sunday
The William and Ida Friday Center
Chapel Hill, NC
Make plans now to attend. We will be offering a dual track consisting of lectures and workshops. Exhibitors and food/refreshments will be in the main lobby outside of the auditorium this year.
Stay tuned for updates on registration, speakers, topics, educational credits, and hotels.
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Please read the new editorial: "Evolving Roles of Sleep Technologists"
by Vice-President: Kristin Daley, PhD posted under the Editorial Link on the right. Please return often as new articles will be posted.
All RPSGTs in North Carolina MUST be listed with the
NC Medical Board as of January 01, 2012.
Current list of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists with the
North Carolina Medical Board on the link below:
http://wwwapps.ncmedboard.org/Clients/NCBOM/Public/LicenseeInformationSearch.aspx
(Copy and paste in your browser; then click on drop down arrow under
"License Type" and select "Sleep Technologist," then click the green
"Submit Search." You do not need to enter any other field. This will provide
you the complete list of people who have
listed with the NC Medical Board.)
If you are a REGISTERED POLYSOMNOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGIST
RPSGT and do not see your name, then you must contact the
North Carolina Medical Board
Please review the information and links listed below.
Very Important Information from the North Carolina Medical Board. Registration will begin September 15, 2011. Please see the information posted below:
The North Carolina Polysomnography Practice Act will go into effect on January 1, 2012. The Act requires all sleep technologists to have their RPSGT credential and register with the North Carolina State Medical Board.
All sleep technologists must register with the Medical Board and submit fees before January 01, 2012. Please click on the link provided by the Medical Board and follow instructions. FAQs have been created by the Medical Board to help sleep techs understand the registration requirement:
http://www.ncmedboard.org/notices/detail/sleep_tech_register_here/
Registering with the Medical Board will begin on September 15th, 2011 and you must register on line. If you are a technologist please complete this process as soon as possible. If you are a physician, please inform all of your technologists that they must begin registration with the NC Medical Board. Also, the link to the "Polysomnography Practice Act" is provided:
Click to Read the Polysomnography Practice Act
Thank you for your cooperation as this is a requirement pursuant to NC General Statutes. (Information provided to the North Carolina Academy of Sleep Medicine by the North Carolina Medical Board)
Update from the North Carolina Medical Board regarding your registration:
Please click the link on the right - "RPSGT Developments" for more information.
Thanks for your cooperation with us and the North Carolina Medical Board !
NCASM/NCAST (former name)
PO Box 91627
Raleigh, NC 27675-1627
Our email :
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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.S.) in Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science
Earn your bachelor's degree from the world's first Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science B.S. degree program from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (pending UNC Board of Governors approval), with collaborative coursework offered by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Science (NDSS) program is designed for a RPSGT or R.EEG T. like you -- a busy professional, with job and family responsibilites. You can complete your bachelor's degree online in as little as two years if you already have an associate's degree. For more information please contact:
Mary Ellen Wells at 919-843-4673 or email:
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Visit website: www.med.unc.edu/ahs/ndss
Please note that we honor our veterans ! We have a VA Hospital in Durham, NC. |
