Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
A medical physicist must meet the requirements of either
subsection (1), (2), or (3) of this section, and meet the continuing education
and experience requirements of subsections (4) and (5) of this section to
perform the duties of a medical physicist. To qualify as a medical physicist,
an individual must:
(1) Hold a valid
certificate in:
(a) Diagnostic radiological
physics or radiological physics from the American Board of Radiology;
(b) Diagnostic imaging physics from the
American Board of Medical Physics; or
(c) Diagnostic radiology physics from the
Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine.
(2) Complete the following education and
experience:
(a) Graduate from an accredited
institution with a graduate degree in medical physics, radiological physics,
physics, or another relevant physical science or engineering discipline;
including formal course work in the biological sciences with at least:
(i) One course in biology or radiation
biology; and
(ii) One course in
anatomy, physiology, or similar topics related to the practice of medical
physics.
(b) Three years
of documented experience in a clinical CT environment.
(3) Independently evaluated at least three CT
X-ray systems in accordance with this chapter between January 1, 2014, and
January 1, 2017.
(4)
Continuing education:
(a) The
medical physicist must have earned at least fifteen continuing medical
education units in the three years preceding any department review or
inspection.
(i) At least half the units must
be accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education or
equivalent accreditation; and
(ii)
At least one of the units must pertain to CT.
(b) The requirements of this subsection are
waived if it has been less than three years since the medical physicist met the
requirements under subsection (2) of this section.
(5)
Continuing experience: The
medical physicist must meet (a) or (b) of this subsection in the two years
preceding any department review or inspection:
(a) Independently evaluated at least two CT
X-ray systems in accordance with this chapter; or
(b) Evaluated at least five CT X-ray systems
in accordance with this chapter under the direct supervision of a medical
physicist;
(c) The requirements of
this subsection are waived if it has been less than two years since the medical
physicist met the requirements of subsection (2) or (3) of this
section.
