Arizona Administrative Code › Title 9 - HEALTH SERVICES › Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES - RADIATION CONTROL › Article 5 - SEALED SOURCE INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY › Appendix A - Standards for Organizations that Provide Radiography Certification

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
Note: For purposes of this Article an "independent certifying
				  organization" means an organization that meets all of the criteria in this
				  Appendix.
I. Requirements for an Organization that Provides
				  Radiographer Certification
To qualify to provide radiographer certification an
				  organization shall:
A.
Be a society or association, with members
				  who participate in, or have an interest in, the field of industrial
				  radiography;
B.
Not restrict membership because of race,
				  color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or disability;
C.
Have a certification program that is open to
				  nonmembers, as well as members;
D.
Be an incorporated, nationally recognized
				  organization that is involved in setting national standards of practice within
				  its fields of expertise;
E.
Have a staff comparable to other nationally
				  recognized organizations, a viable system for financing its operations, and a
				  pol-icy-and decision-making review board;
F.
Have a set of written, organizational
				  by-laws and policies that address conflicts of interest and provide a system
				  for monitoring and enforcing the by-laws and policies;
G.
Have a committee, with members who can carry
				  out their responsibilities impartially, review and approve the certification
				  guidelines and procedures, and advise the organization's staff in implementing
				  the certification program;
H.
Have a committee, with members who can carry
				  out their responsibilities impartially, review complaints against certified
				  individuals and determine sanctions;
I.
Have written procedures describing all
				  aspects of the organization's certification program;
J.
Maintain records of the current status of
				  each individual's certification and administration of the certification
				  program;
K.
Have procedures to ensure that certified
				  individuals are provided due process with respect to administration of the
				  certification program, including a process for becoming certified and a process
				  for imposing sanctions against certified individuals;
L.
Have procedures for proctoring examinations
				  and qualifying proctors. The organization, through these procedures, shall
				  ensure that an individual who proctors an examination is not employed by the
				  same company or corporation (or a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company or
				  corporation) that employs an examinee;
M.
Exchange information about certified
				  individuals with the Department, other independent certifying organizations,
				  the NRC, or Agreement States and allow periodic review of its certification
				  program and related records; and
N.
Provide a description to the Department of
				  its procedures for choosing examination sites and providing a favorable
				  examination environment.
II. Requirements for a Certification Program An independent
				  certifying organization shall ensure that its certification program:
A.
Requires an applicant for certification
				  to:
1. Obtain training in the subjects listed in R9-7-543(G) or
				  equivalent NRC or Agreement State regulations, and
2. Satisfactorily complete a written examination that covers
				  these subjects;
B.
Requires an applicant for certification to
				  provide documentation demonstrating that the applicant has:
1. Received training in the subjects listed in R9-7-543(G) or
				  equivalent NRC or Agreement State regulations;
2. Satisfactorily completed the on-the-job training required
				  in R9-7-543(A); and
3. Received verification by an Agreement State or a NRC
				  licensee that the applicant has demonstrated the capability of independently
				  working as a radiographer;
C.
Provides procedures that protect examination
				  questions from disclosure;
D.
Provides procedures for denying
				  certification to an applicant and revoking, suspending, and reinstating a
				  certificate;
E.
Provides a certification period that is not
				  less than three years or more than five years, procedures for renewing
				  certifications and, if the procedures allow renewals without examination, a
				  system for assessing evidence of recent full-time employment and annual
				  refresher training; and
F.
Provides a timely response to inquiries, by
				  telephone or letter, from members of the public, about an individual's
				  certification status.
III. Requirements for a Written Examination
An independent certifying organization shall ensure that its
				  examination:
A.
Is designed to test an individual's
				  knowledge and understanding of the subjects listed in R9-7-543(G);
B.
Is written in a multiple-choice format;
				  and
C.
Has psychometrically valid questions drawn
				  from a question bank and based on the material in
				  R9-7-543(G).