HB515 • 2026

Radiologist assistants; authorize certain communications with health care providers.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-58-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE RADIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS TO NOTIFY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TREATING THE PATIENT THAT THE ORDERED IMAGING PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN COMPLETED; TO PROVIDE THAT RADIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS MAY ONLY COMMUNICATE THEIR INITIAL OBSERVATIONS TO THE RADIOLOGIST; TO AUTHORIZE RADIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS TO COMMUNICATE THE RADIOLOGIST'S FINAL OR PRELIMINARY INTERPRETATION TO OTHER HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Healthcare

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Creekmore IV
Last action: 2026-03-02
Official status: Law
Effective date: July 1, 20

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text does not explicitly state that it requires new rules and regulations for licensing and supervising radiologist assistants, though it mentions the board's authority to promulgate such rules.

Radiologist Assistants Can Talk to Doctors About Imaging Tests

This law allows radiologist assistants to inform healthcare providers when imaging tests are completed and share the radiologist's final or preliminary interpretation with other healthcare providers.

What This Bill Does

Allows radiologist assistants to notify health care providers that ordered imaging procedures have been completed.
Limits radiologist assistants to only sharing their initial observations about images with a radiologist.
Permits radiologist assistants to share the radiologist's final or preliminary interpretation of images with other healthcare providers.

Who It Names or Affects

Radiologist assistants
Health care providers treating patients

Terms To Know

radiologist assistant: A healthcare professional who works under the supervision of a radiologist to help with imaging procedures.

Limits and Unknowns

This law only applies in the state of Mississippi starting July 1, 2026.
The official source does not provide information on whether rules and regulations for licensing and supervising radiologist assistants are required by this act.

Bill History

2026-03-02 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
03/02 Approved by Governor
2026-02-19 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
02/19 (S) Enrolled Bill Signed
2026-02-19 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
02/19 (H) Enrolled Bill Signed
2026-02-19 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
02/19 (S) Returned For Enrolling
2026-02-18 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
02/18 (S) Passed
2026-02-17 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
02/17 (S) Title Suff Do Pass
2026-02-13 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
02/13 (S) Referred To Public Health and Welfare
2026-02-06 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
02/06 (H) Transmitted To Senate
2026-02-05 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
02/05 (H) Passed
2026-02-05 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
02/05 (H) Committee Substitute Adopted
2026-01-28 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
01/28 (H) Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
2026-01-12 Mississippi Legislative Bill Status System
01/12 (H) Referred To Public Health and Human Services

Official Summary Text

Radiologist assistants; authorize certain communications with health care providers.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

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To: Public Health and Human
Services
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION 2026

By: Representative Creekmore IV

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 515

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 41-58-7, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO 1
AUTHORIZE RADIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS TO NOTIFY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS 2
TREATING THE PATIENT THAT THE ORDERED IMAGING PROCEDURES HAVE BEEN 3
COMPLETED; TO PROVIDE THAT RADIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS MAY ONLY 4
COMMUNICATE THEIR INITIAL OBSERVATIONS TO THE RADIOLOGIST; TO 5
AUTHORIZE RADIOLOGIST ASSISTANTS TO COMMUNICATE THE RADIOLOGIST'S 6
FINAL OR PRELIMINARY INTERPRETATION TO OTHER HEALTH CARE 7
PROVIDERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES. 8
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI: 9
SECTION 1. Section 41-58-7, Mississippi Code of 1972, is 10
amended as follows: 11
41-58-7. (1) The State Board of Medical Licensure shall 12
license and regulate the practice of radiologist assistants in 13
accordance with the provisions of this section. 14
(2) A radiologist may use the services of a radiologist 15
assistant to practice radiology assistance under the supervision 16
of the radiologist, provided that the radiologist assistant is 17
duly qualified and licensed as provided in this section. 18
(3) The board shall promulgate and publish reasonable rules 19
and regulations necessary to enable it to discharge its functions 20
and enforce the provisions of law regulating the practice of 21
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radiologist assistants. Those rules and regulations shall 22
include, but are not limited to: qualifications for licensure for 23
radiologist assistants; scope of practice of radiologist 24
assistants; supervision of radiologist assistants; identification 25
of radiologist assistants; grounds for disciplinary actions and 26
discipline of radiologist assistants; and setting and charging 27
reasonable fees for licensure and license renewals for radiologist 28
assistants. 29
(4) Those rules and regulations adopted by the board 30
pertaining to the scope of practice and the educational 31
qualifications necessary to practice as a radiologist assistant 32
shall be consistent with guidelines adopted by the American 33
College of Radiology, the American Society of Radiologic 34
Technologists, and the American Registry of Radiologic 35
Technologists. 36
(5) Applicants for licensure as a radiologist assistant must 37
be: (a) credentialed to provide radiology services under the 38
supervision of a radiologist; (b) a radiologic technologist 39
registered under Sections 41-58-1 through 41-58-5; and (c) 40
certified and registered with the American Registry of Radiologic 41
Technologists. 42
(6) A radiologist assistant may not interpret images, make 43
diagnoses or prescribe medications or therapies. A radiologist 44
assistant may notify health care providers treating the patient 45
that the ordered imaging procedures have been completed. A 46
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ST: Radiologist assistants; authorize certain
communications with health care providers.
radiologist assistant may only communicate their initial 47
observations to the radiologist. A radiologist assistant may 48
communicate the radiologist's final or preliminary interpretation 49
to other health care providers. 50
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from 51
and after July 1, 2026. 52