Electroneurodiagnostic Technologists

Certification or Licensing

ABRET offers certification or registration programs in electroencephalography, evoked potential testing, neurophysiologic intraoperative monitoring, long-term monitoring, and autonomics. Other organizations that offer certification/registration include the American Association of Electrodiagnostic Technologists, American Board of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, and the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists. Although certification/registration is not required for employment, it is proof of the technologist's desire to meet the highest standards established in his or her profession, and it does make advancement easier. Certification/registration may also provide an increase in salary.

Currently, technologists who perform electroencephic, evoked potentials, intraoperative neuromonitoring, and nerve conduction procedures are not required to have a license. Some states are currently considering passing laws that require licensing for EEG technologists. And some states have already passed laws. New Jersey and Louisiana now require licensure for technologists performing polysomnography studies.