Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0400-20-08-.16 - SCHEDULE RHS 8-35: RADIOGRAPHER CERTIFICATION
(1)
Requirements for an independent certifying organization . An independent
certifying organization shall:
(a) Be an
organization such as a society or association, whose members participate in, or
have an interest in, the fields of industrial radiography ;
(b) Make its membership available to the
general public nationwide that is not restricted because of race, color,
religion, sex, age, national origin or disability;
(c) Have a certification program 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 an adequate
staff, a viable system for financing its operations, and a policy -and
decision-making review board;
(f)
Have a set of written organizational by-laws and policies that provide adequate
assurance of lack of conflict of interest and a system for monitoring and
enforcing those by-laws and policies;
(g) Have a committee, whose members can carry
out their responsibilities impartially, to review and approve the certification
guidelines and procedures, and to advise the organization's staff in
implementing the certification program;
(h) Have a committee, whose members can carry
out their responsibilities impartially, to review complaints against certified
individuals and to determine appropriate sanctions;
(i) Have written procedures describing all
aspects of its certification program, maintain records of the current status of
each individual's certification and the administration of its certification
program;
(j) Have procedures to
ensure that certified individuals are provided due process with respect to the
administration of its certification program, including the process of becoming
certified and any sanctions imposed against certified individuals;
(k) Have procedures for proctoring
examinations, including qualifications for proctors. These procedures must
ensure that the same company or corporation (or a wholly owned subsidiary of
such company or corporation) does not employ the individuals proctoring each
examination as any of the examinees;
(l) Exchange information about certified
individuals with the Division and other independent certifying organizations
and/or Agreement States and allow periodic review of its certification program
and related records; and
(m)
Provide a description to the Division of its procedures for choosing
examination sites and for providing an appropriate examination
environment.
(2)
Requirements for certification programs. All certification programs shall: .
(a) Require applicants for certification to:
1. Receive training in the topics set forth
in Rule 0400-20-08-.07; and
2.
Satisfactorily complete a written examination covering these topics;
(b) Require applicants for
certification to provide documentation that demonstrates that the applicant
has:
1. Received training in the topics set
forth in Rule 0400-20-08-.07;
2.
Satisfactorily completed a minimum period of on-the-job training; and
3. Received verification by an Agreement
State or a U.S. NRC licensee that the applicant has demonstrated the capability
of independently working as a radiographer;
(c) Include procedures to ensure that all
examination questions are protected from disclosure;
(d) Include procedures for denying an
application, revoking, suspending and reinstating a certificate;
(e) Provide a certification period of not
less than 3 years or more than 5 years;
(f) Include procedures for renewing
certifications and, if the procedures allow renewals without examination,
require evidence of recent full-time employment and annual refresher training
in industrial radiography .
(g)
Provide a timely response to inquiries, by telephone or letter, from members of
the public, about an individual's certification status.
(3) Requirements for written examinations.
All examinations shall be:
(a) Designed to
test an individual's knowledge and understanding of the topics listed in Rule
0400-20-08-.07;
(b) Written in a
multiple-choice format;
(c) Have
test items drawn from a question bank containing psychometrically valid
questions based on the material in Rule 0400-20-08-.07.
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