CLASS I - once every 4 years
CLASSES II and V - once every 2 years
CLASSES III, IV, VI and VII - annually
Formal Education or Certification | Plus Experience |
1. Bachelor's degree in a physical science or mathematics | 4 years of applied health physics experience in a program with radiation safety problems similar to those in the program to be surveyed |
2. Bachelor's degree in a physical science or a biological science with a physical science minor and 1 year of graduate work in health physics | 3 years of applied health physics experience in a program with radiation safety problems similar to those in the program to be surveyed |
3. Master's degree in health physics or radiological health | 2 years of applied health physics experience in a program with radiation safety problems similar to those in the program to be surveyed |
4. Doctor's degree in health physics or radiological health | 1 year of applied health physics experience in a program with radiation safety problems similar to those in the program to be surveyed |
5. Certification by the American Board of Health Physics or by the American Board of Radiology or be a Fellow, Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine | 1 year of applied health physics experience in a program with radiation safety problems similar to those in the program to be surveyed |
6. 2 notarized letters of reference from persons registered to provide inspections for reduction in fees and meeting any of the above sets of criteria certifying to the individual's capabilities to perform the necessary inspections | 5 years of applied health physics experience in a program with radiation safety problems similar to those in the program to be surveyed |
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0400-20-10-.27
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-201, et seq.; 68-202-101, et seq.; and 68-202-201, et seq.