Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part VII - Use of Radionuclides in the Healing Arts › Article 3 - General Administrative Requirements › Section 12VAC5-481-1750 - Training for radiation safety officer and associate radiation safety officer

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
Except as provided in
						12VAC5-481-1780, licensees shall
						require an individual fulfilling the responsibilities of the radiation safety
						officer (RSO) or an individual assigned duties and tasks as an associate
						radiation safety officer as provided in
						12VAC5-481-1700 to be an
						individual who:
1. Is certified by a
					 specialty board who has been recognized by the agency, the NRC, or an agreement
					 state and who meets the requirements of subdivision 5 of this section. The
					 names of board certifications that have been recognized by the NRC or an
					 agreement state are posted on the NRC's Medical Uses Licensee Toolkit Web page.
					 To have its certification process recognized, a specialty board shall require
					 all candidates for certification to (i) hold a bachelor's or graduate degree
					 from an accredited college or university in physical science or engineering or
					 biological science with a minimum of 20 college credits in physical science;
					 (ii) have five or more years of professional experience in health physics
					 (graduate training may be substituted for no more than two years of the
					 required experience) including at least three years in applied health physics;
					 and (iii) pass an examination administered by diplomates of the specialty board
					 that evaluates knowledge and competence in radiation physics and
					 instrumentation, radiation protection, mathematics pertaining to the use and
					 measurement of radioactivity, radiation biology, and radiation dosimetry;
					 or
2. Holds a master's or doctorate
					 degree in physics, medical physics, other physical science, engineering, or
					 applied mathematics from an accredited college or university; has two years of
					 full-time practical training or supervised experience in medical physics (i)
					 under the supervision of a medical physicist who is certified in medical
					 physics by a specialty board recognized by the agency, NRC, or an agreement
					 state or (ii) in clinical nuclear medicine facilities providing diagnostic or
					 therapeutic services under the direction of physicians who meet the
					 requirements for authorized users in
					 12VAC5-481-1780,
					 12VAC5-481-1940, or
					 12VAC5-481-1980; and has passed an
					 examination administered by diplomates of the specialty board that assesses
					 knowledge and competence in clinical diagnostic radiological or nuclear
					 medicine physics and in radiation safety; or
3. Has completed a structured educational
					 program consisting of provisions, as follows:
a. 200 hours of classroom and laboratory
					 training in the following areas:
(1) Radiation
					 physics and instrumentation;
(2)
					 Radiation protection;
(3)
					 Mathematics pertaining to the use and measurement of radioactivity;
(4) Radiation biology; and
(5) Radiation dosimetry;