N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43A-30.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:43A-30.3 - Radiation therapy oncology services staff qualifications

(a) All physicians performing radiation oncology services shall have successfully completed an approved residency training program in radiology or radiation oncology.

(b) In order to be qualified under this subchapter, a radiation oncologist shall be certified by the American Board of Radiology in general radiology, radiation oncology or therapeutic radiology prior to 1976; or certified by the American Board of Radiology or the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology in radiation oncology since 1976 or actively engaged in the process for certification by the American Board of Radiology or the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology.

1. All radiation oncologists shall be board certified by the American Board or the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology within five years of the initial application for board certification.

2. Upon application made to the Department by the physician, a waiver of the requirement of board certification shall be granted to a radiation oncologist who is licensed by and in good standing with the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners as of September 18, 2000.

i. If granted, the waiver shall remain for the duration of the applicant's career unless the applicant fails to maintain his or her status of good standing with the New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners.

ii. If the applicant fails to maintain good standing with that Board, the waiver shall automatically become null and void.

iii. Physicians falling out of good standing, and subsequently achieving good standing status, shall be eligible to reapply for a subsequent waiver, provided the applicant shall show cause why a subsequent waiver should be approved.

(c) All radiation therapists in the radiation oncology facility shall be licensed by the State of New Jersey in accordance with 26:2D-24 et seq. and N.J.A.C. 7:28-19.

(d) All radiological physicists in the radiation oncology facility shall be qualified to insure that Cobalt-60 units and other energy units are calibrated and used properly.

(e) For the purposes of this subchapter, qualified radiological physicists means one who:

1. Is certified, or in the process of certification, by the American Board of Radiology in either radiologic physics or therapeutic radiologic physics or by the American Board of Medical Physics in radiation oncology physics; or

2. Does not meet the criteria in (e)1 above, but whose petition for recognition as a "qualified radiological physicist," as defined at 7:28-14.2, has been granted by the Commission on Radiation Protection.

(f) To obtain recognition as a "qualified radiological physicist" within the meaning of (e)2 above, the individual shall submit a written petition to the Commission on Radiation Protection that contains sufficient information about the individual's educational, professional, clinical, technical, employment and/or any other relevant experience, and shall adhere to such other procedures and requirements that the Commission may prescribe.

1. The Commission may approve any such petition based on its determination that the individual demonstrates competence to act as a qualified radiological physicist.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:43A-30.3

Amended by R.2008 d.24, effective 1/22/2008.
See: 39 N.J.R. 2309(a), 40 N.J.R. 702(a).
Rewrote the section.