AGENCY NOTE: In accordance with 32 Ill. Adm. Code 335.40(b), licensees authorized for medical use of radiopharmaceuticals may permit work as an authorized user in limited circumstances without first obtaining an amendment. Therefore, possession of the recipient's latest radioactive material license may not list all authorized users.
* 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
* 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
AGENCY NOTE: Specialty boards whose certification processes have been recognized by the Agency, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State will be posted on the NRC's website.
* Have two years of full-time practical training or supervised experience in medical physics under the supervision of a medical physicist who is certified in medical physics by a specialty board recognized by the Agency, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or an Agreement State or in clinical nuclear medicine facilities providing diagnostic or therapeutic services under the direction of physicians who meet the requirements for authorized users in Section 335.9160, 335.9040, or 335.9050; and
* Pass 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
* Shipping, receiving and performing related radiation surveys;
* Using and performing checks for proper operation of instruments used to determine the activity of dosages, survey meters, and instruments used to measure radionuclides;
* Securing and controlling radioactive material;
* Using administrative controls to avoid mistakes in the administration of radioactive material;
* Using procedures to prevent or minimize radioactive contamination and using proper decontamination procedures;
* Using emergency procedures to control radioactive material; and
* Disposing of radioactive material; and
AGENCY NOTE: Subsection (c)(7) contains requirements for measuring the radioactivity of radioactive drugs.
Ill. Admin. Code tit. 32, § 330.260
AGENCY NOTE: Specialty boards whose certification processes have been recognized by the Agency, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State will be posted on NRC's website.