Current through September 17, 2024
Other than provided in 180 NAC 7-026, the licensee must
require an individual fulfilling the responsibilities of the RSO or an
individual assigned duties and tasks as ARSO as provided in 180 NAC 7-015 to
meet the following requirements:
(A)
The individual must be certified by a specialty board whose certification
process has been recognized by the Department, an Agreement State or the NRC
and who meets the requirements in 180 NAC 7-022.04. The names of board
certifications that have been recognized by the NRC or an Agreement State are
posted on the NRC's Medical Uses Licensee Toolkit website. To have its
certification process recognized, a specialty board must require all candidates
for certification to:
(i) For bachelor's or
graduate degrees:
(1) Hold a bachelor's or
graduate degree from an accredited college or university in physical science or
engineering or biological science with a minimum of 20 college credits in
physical science;
(2) Have five or
more years of professional experience in health physics, graduate training may
be substituted for no more than two years of the required experience, including
at least three years in applied health physics; and
(3) Pass an examination administered by
diplomates of the specialty board, which evaluates knowledge and competence in
radiation physics and instrumentation, radiation protection, mathematics
pertaining to the use and measurement of radioactivity, radiation biology, and
radiation dosimetry; or
(ii) For master's and doctor's degrees:
(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 or supervised experience in medical physics:
(a) Under the supervision of a medical
physicist who is certified in medical physicist by a specialty board recognized
by the Department, an Agreement State or the NRC; or
(b) In clinical nuclear medicine facilities
providing diagnostic or therapeutic services under the direction of physicians
who meet the requirements for authorized users in 180 NAC 7-026, 7-047 or
7-051; and
(iii) Pass an examination, administered by
diplomates of the specialty board that assesses knowledge and competence in
clinical diagnostic radiological or nuclear medicine physics and in radiation
safety; or
(B) The
individual must:
(i) Have completed a
structured educational program consisting of both:
(1) 200 hours of classroom and laboratory
training in the following areas:
(a)
Radiation physics and instrumentation;
(b) Radiation protection;
(c) Mathematics pertaining to the use and
measurement of radioactivity;
(d)
Radiation biology; and
(e)
Radiation dosimetry; and
(2) One year of full-time radiation safety
experience under the supervision of the individual identified as the RSO on an
NRC or an Agreement State license or permit issued by an NRC master material
licensee that authorizes similar type or types of use or uses of radioactive
material. An ARSO may provide supervision for those areas for which the ARSO is
authorized on an NRC or an Agreement State license or permit issued by an NRC
master material licensee. The full-time radiation safety experience must
involve the following:
(a) Shipping,
receiving, and performing related radiation surveys;
(b) Using and performing checks for proper
operation of instruments used to determine the activity of dosages, survey
meters, and instruments used to measure radionuclides;
(c) Securing and controlling radioactive
material;
(d) Using administrative
controls to avoid mistakes in the administration of radioactive
material;
(e) Using procedures to
prevent or minimize radioactive contamination and using proper decontamination
procedures;
(f) Using emergency
procedures to control radioactive material;
(g) Disposing of radioactive material;
and
(ii) Obtain
a written attestation, signed by a preceptor RSO or ARSO, who has experience
with the radiation safety aspects of similar types of use of radioactive
material for which the individual is seeking approval as an RSO or as an ARSO.
The written attestation must state that the individual has satisfactorily
completed the requirements in 180 180 NAC 7-022(B)(i) and 180 NAC 7-022 (D),
and is able to independently fulfill the radiation safety related duties as a
radiation safety officer or as an associate radiation safety officer for
medical use license; or
(C) The individual must:
(i) Be a medical physicist certified by a
specialty board whose certification process has been recognized by the
Department, the NRC or an Agreement State in 180 NAC 7-023(A) and has
experience in radiation safety for similar types of use of radioactive material
for which the licensee is seeking the approval of the individual as RSO or an
ARSO, and who meets the requirement in 180 NAC 7-022(D); or
(ii) Be an authorized user, authorized
medical physicist, or authorized nuclear pharmacist identified on the
Department, the NRC or an Agreement State license, a permit issued by NRC
master material licensee, a permit issued by the NRC or an Agreement State
licensee of broad scope, or a permit issued by the NRC master material license
broad scope permittee, has experience with the radiation safety aspects of
similar types of use of radioactive material for which the licensee seeks the
approval of the individual as the RSO or ARSO, and meets the requirements in
180 NAC 7-022(D); or
(iii) Have
experience with the radiation safety aspects of the types of use of radioactive
material for which the individual is seeking simultaneous approval both as the
RSO and the authorized user on the same new medical use license or new medical
use permit issued by a Commission master material licensee. The individual must
also meet the requirements in 180 NAC 7-022(D); and
(D) An individual who has training in the
radiation safety, regulatory issues and emergency procedures for the types of
use for which a licensee seeks approval. This training requirement may be
satisfied by completing training supervised by a RSO, an ARSO, authorized
medical physicist, authorized nuclear pharmacist, or authorized user as
appropriate, who is authorized for the type or types of use for which the
licensee is seeking approval.