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North Carolina Academy of Sleep Medicine

Welcome !!

"The North Carolina Association of Sleep Technologists"

is now

"The North Carolina

Academy of Sleep Medicine"

All of us on the Board wish everyone a great 2012 and we hope to be a part of your new year.

Hopefully all Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (RPSGTs) have listed with 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 :  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Visit website:   www.med.unc.edu/ahs/ndss


Please note that we honor our veterans !  We have a VA Hospital in Durham, NC.

 
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Our Vision

Our VISION is to be the leader in advancing standards, and education of sleep medicine for the State of North Carolina.

 
Our Mission

To promote excellence in sleep medicine health care, education and research, advocate for recognition of sleep disorders and provide an exchange of sleep information to all sleep professionals in the State of North Carolina.