Uhls named to Kentucky Board for Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy

Published February 3, 2021

Med Center Health congratulates Nancy Uhls, Certified Nuclear Medicine Technologist with The Medical Center at Franklin, who was named to the Kentucky Board for Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy. Uhls is the first African American to be named to this state board.

“It is truly an honor to serve the Commonwealth of Kentucky as board member for Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy,” Uhls said. “It is very humbling and I am grateful for the confidence that Governor Beshear has placed in me. I have been providing Nuclear Medicine for 37 years and I am very excited about being able to share my experience to help even more people in Kentucky.”

The Kentucky Board for Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy was created to promote, preserve, and protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the Commonwealth of Kentucky by regulating and licensing individuals who use ionizing or nonionizing radiation as advanced imaging professionals, medical imaging technologists, radiographers, radiation therapists, nuclear medicine technologists, limited X-ray machine operators, or any combination of professions licensed under the chapter. The members of the board are appointed by the Governor, and are selected by meeting specified qualifications and experience.