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All medical physicists (including part-time and locum tenens staff) must meet MQSA requirements and must have initial and continuing qualification documentation available at the facility for any on-site visits. In addition, a qualification form for attestation of qualifications is required for initial, renewal and reinstatement applications. This qualification form is attached at the bottom of this article.
Initial Qualifications | |
Master's Degree or Higher | Bachelor's Degree (Must be qualified before 4/28/99) |
All of these:
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In addition to the above, the medical physicist must:
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In addition, the medical physicist must document 8 hours of training in a mammographic modality (e.g., digital) before surveying units of that modality | |
Continuing Experience Requirement | |
Survey 2 mammography facilities and 6 mammography units over a 24-month period. The FDA allows medical physicists to count surveys of the same facility and the same mammography unit more than once per year provided that the facility surveys are at least 10 months apart and the unit surveys are at least 60 days apart. See FDA’s Policy Guidance Help System for specific guidance on this topic. For example, you may meet the FDA requirement for continuing experience by surveying your unit 3 times a year (once every 4 months). You will then have 6 surveys in 2 years and meet the requirements. Keep in mind that each year at least 1 of the surveys must be a full facility survey (i.e., it must include an evaluation of the technologist’s QC). | |
Continuing Education Requirement | |
15 CME/CEUs in mammography in a 36-month periodAdditional information regarding appropriate units for and documentation of CME is available here. | |
For your convenience, the Medical Physicist Requirements Form is attached below.
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