Mich. Admin. Code 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.
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