Medical Physicist in Medical Nuclear Physics
- Exam
- Third-party exam
- Education
- Degree
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- None
Medical nuclear physics is the branch of medical physics pertaining to the therapeutic and diagnostic application of radionuclides, excluding those used in sealed sources for therapeutic purposes, the analysis and interpretation of performance measurements associated with radiation imaging equipment and performance oversight of radionuclide calibration equipment associated with the use and production of radioclides, the analysis and interpretation or measurements and calculators associated with patient organ doses, and the radiation safety aspects associated with the production and use of such radionuclides.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Third-party exam required
- Education
- Degree required
- Continuing education
- No continuing education requirement
- Certification
- No mention of certification
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- No criminal record requirements
- Physical requirement
- No physical requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- NYS Education Department
- Board
- Office of the Professions
- Address
- 89 Washington Avenue Albany, NY 12234
- Phone
- (518) 474-3817
- Agency website
- http://www.op.nysed.gov/prof/
- Last updated
- February 14, 2023
Occupations (O*NET)
- Clinical Cytogeneticist Scientist 19-1042.00
- Nuclear Medicine Technologist 29-2033.00
Source and verification
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