A study was conducted to determine the validity and viability of a Southeastern Pennsylvania biomedical equipment technician program at the community college level. The results of a survey questionnaire, site visits, and interviews with administrators of existing health care facilities and ongoing biomedical curricula, indicated the following: (1) biomedical equipment technician (BMET) is an emerging occupation in the greater Philadelphia region; (2) a BMET program could be an option to an existing electronics program; and (3) a BMET program could be offered in a more cost effective manner by coordinated programming with several institutions; the need for replicating high initial cost facilities would be eliminated and only minor changes in existing electronics curricula would be required of the institutions forming a consortium in BMET. (A copy of the survey form is included in the appendices.) (JH)