R 333.5707 Medical physicist.

Rule 707. A registrant with 1 or more CT scanners shall employ or contract with a medical physicist to review the quality and safety of the operation of the CT scanner. The medical physicist shall meet all of the following: (a) Initial qualifications. Before beginning to independently provide consultation to a CT facility, a medical physicist shall meet 1 of the following: (i) Be certified in diagnostic radiological physics or radiological physics by the American board of radiology, or in diagnostic imaging physics by the American board of medical physics, or in diagnostic radiology physics by the Canadian college of physicists in medicine. (ii) Have a graduate degree in medical physics, radiological physics, physics, or other relevant physical science or engineering discipline from an accredited institution and have formal coursework in the biological sciences with at least 1 course in biology or radiation biology and 1 course in anatomy, physiology, or similar topics related to the practice of medical physics, and have 3 years of documented experience in a clinical CT environment. An accredited institution is a college or university accredited by a regional accrediting organization that has been recognized either by the U.S. department of education (USDE) or by the council for higher education accreditation (CHEA) or both. Individuals with non-U.S. degrees shall provide documentation that their foreign degrees are equivalent to those granted from an approved institution in the U.S. and that the granting institution is equivalent to a regionally accredited institution in the U.S. (b) Continuing experience. Within 24 months following the date when the requirements of subdivision (a) of this rule were completed, the medical physicist shall have evaluated at least 2 CT scanners in the prior 24-month period. (c) Continuing education. Within 36 months following the date when the requirements of subdivision (a) of this rule were completed, the medical physicist shall have earned at least 15 continuing medical education units, at least half shall be category 1, in the prior 36-month period. The continuing education shall include credits pertinent to CT. (d) Reestablishing qualifications. A medical physicist who fails to maintain the required continuing experience or continuing education requirements shall reestablish his or her qualifications before resuming the independent evaluation of CT scanners and facilities, as follows: (i) A medical physicist who fails to meet the continuing experience requirements of subdivision (b) of this rule shall evaluate a sufficient number of CT scanners, under the supervision of a medical physicist, to meet the requirements of subdivision (b) of this rule. (ii) A medical physicist who fails to meet the continuing education requirements of subdivision (c) of this rule shall obtain a sufficient number of additional continuing education credits to meet the requirements of subdivision (c) of this rule.