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Urgent-care witnesses say SB324 would expand rural access by modernizing x‑ray operator rules
Summary
Proponents told the Senate Health Committee that modernizing rules for General X‑ray Machine Operators (GXMOs) in SB324 would reduce ER visits and expand urgent-care capacity in rural Ohio by allowing general supervision and reciprocity and by enabling delegation to PAs and NPs with physician oversight.
Multiple urgent-care executives and clinicians testified in support of Senate Bill 324, which would modernize Ohio’s rules governing General X‑ray Machine Operators (GXMOs). Witnesses said the current requirement for a physician on-site makes basic imaging cost‑prohibitive in many freestanding urgent cares and limits access in rural communities.
Alan Ayres (urgent-care consultant) told the committee that, based on industry data,…
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