Ohio Admin. Code 3701:1-58-19 - Training for an authorized medical physicist
Except as provided in rule 3701:1-58-21 of the Administrative Code, 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 the director, the United States
nuclear regulatory commission, or an agreement state and who meets the
requirements in paragraphs (B)(2) and
paragraph (C) of this rule. The names of board
certifications which have been recognized by the director,
the United States nuclear regulatory commission,
or an agreement state will be posted on the United States nuclear regulatory
commission's "Medical Uses Licensee Toolkit" web
page at www.nrc.gov. 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
under this rule by the director,
the United States nuclear regulatory commission,
or an agreement state; or
(b) In
clinical radiation facilities providing high-energy, external beam therapy with
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 rule
3701:1-58-21,
3701:1-58-51,
or
3701:1-58-71
of the Administrative Code; 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 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. This
training and work experience must be conducted in clinical radiation facilities
that provide high-energy, external beam therapy with 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
paragraph (C) and paragraphs
(A)
(B) (1) and
(A)(2), or (B) (1) and (C) of this rule,
and has achieved a level of competency sufficient to
function
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 rule 3701:1-58-19 or
3701:1-58-21
of the Administrative Code or equivalent United States 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;
and
.
(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.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3748.04
Rule Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior Effective Dates: 08/15/2005, 12/22/2008, 01/01/2012
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