HAR §11-45-201. General requirements

(a) All persons licensed for health physics services shall have at least one qualified health physicist certified by the American Board of Health Physics in the appropriate fields or specialties in which services are provided. (b) All persons licensed for medical physics services shall have at least one qualified medical physicist with qualifications in the appropriate fields or specialties in which services are provided. (c) Qualified medical physicists shall be: (1) Medical physicists certified in an appropriate field or specialty by The American Board of Radiology; or The American Board of Medical Physics; or The American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine; or The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine; or (2) Within six months after the effective date of these rules, medical physicists who are not certified in an appropriate specialty by one of the boards specified in paragraph (1) but have the following formal education, training, and experience: (A) Master or doctorate degree in a physical science or engineering with not less than thirty semester hours or equivalent in college level physics and/or radiation science with at least one year of full time work experience in an appropriate field under the supervision of a qualified medical physicist who meets the requirements specified in paragraph (1); and one year of training in an appropriate field in medical physics; or (B) Bachelor degree in a physical science or engineering with at least five years of full time work experience in an appropriate field under the supervision of a qualified medical physicist who meets the requirements specified in paragraph (1); and one year of training in an appropriate field in medical physics. (d) Qualified medical physicists for mammography shall be medical physicists who are certified by the American Board of §11-45-201 45-154 Radiology or the American Board of Medical Physics, and who meet the requirements specified by the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992, Public Law 102-539, 42 U.S.C. 263b, and 21 C.F.R. Part 900. (e) All surveys, audits, reports, and other work performed by a health physics service or medical physics service for licensed facilities shall be reviewed and signed by a qualified health physicist or a qualified medical physicist, respectively. [Eff 11/12/99] (Auth: HRS §§321-10, 321-11, 321-71) (Imp: HRS §§321-1, 321-11(21), 321-71)