Except as provided in
105
CMR 120.528, the licensee shall require the
authorized medical physicist to be an individual who:
(A) Is certified by a speciality board whose
certification process has been recognized by the Agency, Nuclear Regulatory
Commission or an Agreement State and who meets the requirements in 105 CMR
120.525(C). The names of board certifications that have been recognized by the
Agency, Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State are posted on the
NRC's Medical Uses Licensee Toolkit Web page. To have its certification process
recognized, a specialty board shall require all candidates for certification
to:
(1) Hold a master's or doctor's degree in
physics, medical physics, other physical science, engineering, or applied
mathematics from an accredited college or university;
(2) Have two years of full-time practical
training and/or supervised experience in medical physics;
(a) Under the supervision of a medical
physicist who is certified in medical physics by a specialty board whose
certification process has been recognized by the Agency, Nuclear Regulatory
Commission or an Agreement State; or
(b) In clinical radiation facilities
providing high-energy, external beam therapy (photons and electrons with
energies greater than or equal to one million electron volts) and brachytherapy
services under the direction of physicians who meet the requirements for
authorized users in
105
CMR 120.528,
120.566
or
120.587;
and
(3) Pass an
examination, administered by diplomates of the specialty board, that assesses
knowledge and competence in clinical radiation therapy, radiation safety,
calibration, quality assurance, and treatment planning for external beam
therapy, brachytherapy, and stereotactic radiosurgery; or
(B)
(1)
Holds a master's or doctor's degree in physics, medical physics, other physical
science, engineering, or applied mathematics from an accredited college or
university; and has completed one year of full-time training in medical physics
and an additional year of fulltime work experience under the supervision of an
individual who meets the requirements for an authorized medical physicist for
the type(s) of use for which the individual is seeking authorization. This
training and work experience must be conducted in clinical radiation facilities
that provide high-energy, external beam therapy (photons and electrons with
energies greater than or equal to one million electron volts) and brachytherapy
services and must include:
(a) Performing
sealed source leak tests and inventories;
(b) Performing decay corrections;
(c) Performing full calibration and periodic
spot checks of external beam treatment units, stereotactic radiosurgery units,
and remote afterloading units as applicable; and (d) Conducting radiation
surveys around external beam treatment units, stereotactic radiosurgery units,
and remote afterloading units as applicable; and
(2) Has obtained written attestation that the
individual has satisfactorily completed the requirements in 105 CMR
120.525(B)(1) and 120.525(C), and is able to independently fulfill the
radiation safety-related duties as an authorized medical physicist for each
type of therapeutic medical unit for which the individual is requesting
authorized medical physicist status. The written attestation must be signed by
a preceptor authorized medical physicist who meets the requirements in 105 CMR
120.525,
120.528,
or equivalent Nuclear Regulatory Commission or Agreement State requirements for
an authorized medical physicist for each type of therapeutic medical unit for
which the individual is requesting authorized medical physicist
status.
(C) Has training
for the type(s) of use for which authorization is sought that includes hands-on
device operation, safety procedures, clinical use, and the operation of a
treatment planning system. This training requirement may be satisfied by
satisfactorily completing either a training program provided by the vendor or
by training supervised by an authorized medical physicist authorized for the
type(s) of use for which the individual is seeking authorization.
