OAR 333-106-0368
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Qualified CT Medical Physicist

In order to perform a CT survey or provide consultative services on a CT unit, a person must be approved by the Authority, under the provisions of OAR 333-101-0020 (Application for License of Sales, Services, Consultation, and Servicing For Radiation Machines), as a provider of radiation services in CT. In addition, the qualified CT medical physicist shall meet the requirements outlined below:

(1)

Initial qualifications. Before beginning to provide consultation to a CT facility, a medical physicist shall meet one of the following:

(a)

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; or

(b)

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 one course in biology or radiation biology and one course in anatomy, physiology, or similar topics related to the practice of medical physics, and have three 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 USA; or

(c)

CT medical physicists who, prior to August 1, 2014, have been actively working in the area of CT in the State of Oregon and are specifically approved by the Authority to provide CT medical physics services in Oregon, are exempt from the requirements in subsections (a) and (b) this section.

(2)

Continuing experience. After the second anniversary of the date when the requirements of section (1) of this rule were completed, the medical physicist shall have evaluated at least two CT scanners in the prior 24-month period.

(3)

Continuing education. After the third anniversary of the date when the requirements of section (1) of this rule were completed, the CT 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.

(4)

Re-establishing qualifications. A CT 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:

(a)

A CT medical physicist who fails to meet the continuing experience requirements of section (2) of this rule shall evaluate two CT scanners under the supervision of a medical physicist, to meet the requirements of section (2) of this rule.

(b)

A CT medical physicist who fails to meet the continuing education requirements of section (3) of this rule shall obtain a sufficient number of additional continuing education credits to meet the requirements of section (3) of this rule.

(5)

Documentation of continuing education and continuing experience shall be kept on file and made available to an inspector upon request.

Source: Rule 333-106-0368 — Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Qualified CT Medical Physicist, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=333-106-0368.

333–106–0001
Purpose and Scope 333–106–0005
Definitions 333–106–0010
Administrative Controls 333–106–0015
General Requirements: Technique Chart 333–106–0020
General Requirements: Written Rules and Procedures 333–106–0025
General Requirements: Protection of Patients and Personnel 333–106–0035
General Requirements: Deliberate Exposures Restricted 333–106–0040
General Requirements: Patient Holding and Restraint 333–106–0045
General Requirements: Use of Best Procedures and Equipment 333–106–0050
General Requirements: Personnel Monitoring 333–106–0055
General Requirements: X-ray Operator Training 333–106–0060
General Requirements: Radiation Use and Safety Instructor Qualifications 333–106–0101
General Requirements: Diagnostic X-ray Systems 333–106–0105
General Requirements: Information and Maintenance Record and Associated Information 333–106–0110
General Requirements: Plan Review 333–106–0120
General Requirements: Information on Radiation Shielding for Plan Reviews — Optional 333–106–0130
General Requirements: Design Requirements for an Operator’s Booth 333–106–0201
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems 333–106–0205
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Activation of the Fluoroscopic Tube 333–106–0210
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Entrance Exposure Rates 333–106–0215
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Barrier Transmitted Radiation Rate Limits 333–106–0220
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Indication of Potential and Current 333–106–0225
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Source-to-Skin Distance 333–106–0230
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Timer 333–106–0235
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Mobile Fluoroscopes 333–106–0240
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Control of Scattered Radiation 333–106–0245
Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Radiation Therapy Simulation Systems 333–106–0301
Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Beam Limitation for Radiographic Systems Other Than Fluoroscopic, Dental Intraoral, Veterinary Systems, or Computed Tomography(CT) 333–106–0305
Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Radiation Exposure Control Devices 333–106–0310
Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Source-to-Skin Distance 333–106–0315
Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Exposure Reproducibility 333–106–0320
Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Radiation from Capacitor Energy Storage Equipment in Standby Status 333–106–0325
Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Intraoral Dental Radiographic Systems 333–106–0345
Purpose and Scope 333–106–0350
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Definitions 333–106–0355
CT Equipment Requirements 333–106–0360
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Facility Design Requirements 333–106–0361
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Radiation Protection Surveys 333–106–0362
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Operating Procedures and Conditions of Operation 333–106–0363
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Quality Control Program 333–106–0364
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Initial and Annual Qualified CT Medical Physicist Scanner Performance Evaluations 333–106–0366
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Dose Limits 333–106–0367
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Records and Report Retention 333–106–0368
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Qualified CT Medical Physicist 333–106–0369
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Report and Notification of a CT Medical Event 333–106–0370
Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Operator Requirements 333–106–0601
Veterinary X-ray Systems: Veterinary Medicine Radiographic Installations Additional Requirements 333–106–0700
Mammography Requirements: Mammography X-Ray Systems Definitions 333–106–0710
Mammography Requirements: Equipment Standards 333–106–0720
Mammography Requirements: Quality Assurance Program 333–106–0730
Mammography Requirements: Additional Requirements 333–106–0735
Mammography Requirements: Breast Density Notification 333–106–0750
Mammography Requirements: Mammography Personnel Qualifications
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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