Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
Excepted as provided in
He-P
4035.71, the licensee shall require the authorized
medical physicist to be an individual who:
(a) Is certified by a specialty board whose
certification process has been recognized by DHHS/RHS, or an agreement state,
or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and who meets the requirements in He-P
4035.70;
(b) The name of board
certifications that have been recognized by DHHS/RHS, an agreement state, or
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 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; and
(2) Have 2 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 recognized
by the DHHS/RHS, or an agreement state, or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
or
b. In clinical radiation
facilities providing high-energy, external beam therapy (photons and electrons
with energies greater than or equal to 1 million electron volts) and
brachytherapy services under the direction of physicians who meet the
requirements in He-P 4035.59,
He-P
4035.69, or
He-P
4035.71; and
(3) Pass an examination, administered by
diplomats 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
(4)
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 has completed 1 year of full-time training in medical physics; and
a. 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 type(s) of use for which the
individual is seeking authorization; and
b. This training and work experience shall be
conducted in clinical radiation facilities that provide high-energy, external
beam therapy (photons and electrons with energies greater than or equal to 1
million electron volts) and brachytherapy services and shall 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 afteloading units as applicable; and
(5) Have obtained written attestation that
the individual has satisfactorily completed the requirements in He-P
4035.70(b)(1) and (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 shall be signed by a
preceptor authorized medical physicist who meets the requirements in He-P
4035.70, He-P 4035.71, or the equivalent
requirements of an agreement state, or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 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.
(See Revision Note at part heading for He-P 4035) #6942,
eff 2-1-99; ss by #8800, INTERIM, eff 2-1-07, EXPIRED: 7-31-07
