Section 180-15-004 - MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONSThis section addresses the qualifications for a radiological medical physicist, a radiological health physicist, and a qualified expert.
004.01RADIOLOGICAL MEDICAL PHYSICIST. A radiological medical physicist must: (A) Be certified by the American Board of Radiology in therapeutic radiological physics, roentgen ray and gamma ray physics, x-ray and radium physics; or radiological physics; or the American Board of Medical Physics in radiation oncology physics or the Canadian College of Medical Physics. Certification must be in the specialty the individual will be clinically practicing; or(B) Have a master's or doctor's degree in physics, medical physics, other physical science, engineering, applied mathematics, nuclear physics, biophysics, radiological physics, or health physics 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 a radiological medical physicist that meets the requirements of 180 NAC 15-004.01(A) at a medical institution. Full time training and full time work experience must be in the specialty the individual will be clinically practicing.004.02RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH PHYSICIST. A radiological health physicist must: (A) Be certified by the American Board of Health Physics or the American Board of Radiology in therapeutic radiological physics, roentgen ray and gamma ray physics, x-ray and radium physics, or radiological physics, diagnostic radiologic physics; or the American Board of Medical Physics, or the Canadian College of Medical Physics;(B) Have a master's or a doctor's degree in a physical or natural science or equivalent, biophysics, radiological physics or health physics, plus one year of full time experience in radiation protection and measurements; or(C) Have a bachelor's degree in a physical or natural science or equivalent, plus three years of full time training and experience in radiation protection and measurements and a written statement from a radiological health physicist as defined in 180 NAC 15-004.02(A) or (B) that two years of training and experience in radiation protection and measurements, including knowledge and training in the field of radiation shielding, have been obtained under their supervision.004.03QUALIFIED EXPERT. A qualified expert must have: (A) A bachelor's degree in a physical or natural science, and one year of experience in radiation protection and measurements; or(B) A certificate or associate degree from an accredited radiological technology school and one year of experience in radiation protection and measurements.180 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 15, § 004
Adopted effective 11/25/2020