[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 5482]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-1971]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993-American Society of Radiologic Technologists

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 17, 2004, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (the ``Act''), American Society of 
Radiologic Technologists (``ASRT'') has filed written notifications 
simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade 
Commission disclosing (1) the name and principal place of business of 
the standards development organization and (2) the nature and scope of 
its standards development activities. The notifications were filed for 
the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of 
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the name and principal place 
of business of the standards development organization is: American 
Society of Radiologic Technologists, Albuquerque, NM. The nature and 
scope of ASRT's standards development activities are: Amending the 
practice standards for radiologic technologists in the fields of 
radiography, mammography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance 
imaging, diagnostic sonography, nuclear medicine, cardiovascular-
interventional radiography and radiation therapy. The standards 
amendment activities will cover defining the scopes of practice in 
these areas, and delineate practice standards criteria for clinical 
performance, quality performance, and professional performance. ASRT's 
standards also include development of new standards for cardio-
interventional radiography, vascular-interventional radiography, bone 
densitometry as well as the practice of radiologist assistants.

Dorothy B. Fountain,
Deputy Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 05-1971 Filed 2-1-05; 8:45 am]
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