Other than provided in 180 NAC 7-026 the licensee must
require the authorized medical physicist to be:
(A) An individual who is certified by a
specialty board whose certification process has been recognized by the
Department, the NRC or an Agreement State and who meets the requirements of 180
NAC 7-0234(C). The names of board certifications that have been recognized by
an Agreement State or the NRCare 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) 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;
(ii) Have two years of full-time practical
training or supervision experience in medical physics:
(1) Under the supervision of a medical
physicist who is certified in medical physics by a specialty board whose
certification process has been recognized under this section by the Department,
an Agreement State or the NRC; or
(2) In a 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 180 NAC 7-026, 7-063 or 7-084; and
(iii) Pass an examination, administered by
diplomates of the specialty board, which 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) An individual who:
(i) 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
full-time work experience under the supervision of an individual who meets the
requirements for an authorized medical physicist for the types or types 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:
(1) Performing sealed source leak
tests and inventories;
(2)
Performing decay corrections;
(3)
Performing full calibration and periodic spot checks of external beam treatment
units, stereotactic radiosurgery units, and remote afterloading units as
applicable; and
(4) Conducting
radiation surveys around external beam treatment units, stereotactic
radiosurgery units, and remote afterloading units as applicable;
and
(ii) Has obtained
written attestation that the individual has satisfactorily completed the
requirements in 180 NAC 7-023.02(B)(i) and 180 NAC 7-023(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 180 NAC 7-023, 7-026 or equivalent NRC 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; and
(C) Has training for the type or types of use
for which authorization is sought that includes hands-on device operation,
safety procedures, clinical use, and 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 or types of use for which
the individual is seeking authorization.
