AAPM Government Affairs

State Regulations and Licensure

The information contained herein was a result of a collaborative effort between the Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors and the AAPM. Although every effort is taken to maintain the information as up to date as possible, the official information resides with the state agencies having responsibility for regulating radioactive materials and machines that produce radiation and licensure or registration of medical physicists.

AAPM and the CRCPD will continually modify the map as new information becomes available. Please send any suggestions or changes to Amanda Potter and/or Sudarshan Chamakuri.

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Alabama
Area(s) of Specific Registration:	Therapy, Shield Calculation Performance, Surveys & Calibration
Fee Schedule:	None
Term Valid:	Five Years
Board Certification Required:	No
State Radiation Information Page:	view State Radiation Information Page
Documentation & Forms:	view Documentation & Forms website
Contact(s):	Kirksey E. Whatley, Director Office of Radiation Control Alabama Department of Public Health P.O. Box 303017 Montgomery, AL 36130-3017 Phone: 334/206-5391 Fax: 334/206-5387 Email: kirksey.whatley@adph.state.al.us

Alaska
Not Applicable. Neither Licensure nor Registration needed.
State Radiation Information Page:	view State Radiation Information Page
Contact(s):	Clyde E. Pearce, Chief Radiological Health Program Section of Laboratories State of Alaska/DH&SS 4500 Boniface Parkway Anchorage, AK 99507-1270 Phone: 907/334-2107 Fax: 907/334-2163 Email: clyde.pearce@alaska.gov

Arizona
Area(s) of Specific Registration:	Diagnostic other than Mammography, Mammography, Nuclear Medicine, Therapy, Shield Calculation Performance
Fee Schedule:	$0
Term Valid:	One Year
Board Certification Required:	No
State Radiation Information Page:	view State Radiation Information Page
Documentation & Forms:	view Documentation & Forms website
Contact(s):	Aubrey V. Godwin, Director Arizona Radiation Regulatory Agency 4814 South 40th Street Phoenix, AZ 85040 Phone: 602/255-4845 ext. 222 Fax: 602/437-0705 Email:agodwin@azrra.gov

California
Area(s) of Specific Registration:	Mammography, Therapy, X-Ray Calibration and Health Surveys
Term Valid:	Life
Board Certification Required:	Yes
State Radiation Information Page:	view State Radiation Information Page
Contact(s):	Gary Butner, Branch Chief Radiological Health Branch Division of Food, Drug & Radiation Safety California Dept. of Health Services 1500 Capitol P. O. Box 997414, MS-7610 Sacramento, CA 95899-7414 Phone: 916/440-7899 Fax: 916/341-7101 Email: gary.butner@cdph.ca.gov

Connecticut
No Information Currently Available.
State Radiation Information Page:	view State Radiation Information Page
Contact(s):	Edward Wilds, Ph.D., Director Department of Environmental Protection Division of Radiation 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Phone: 860/424-3029 Fax: 860/424-4065 Email: edward.wilds@ct.gov

Delaware
Area(s) of Specific Registration:	Therapy, Additional categories for Radiation Service Provider: installation, calibration, health physics consultation radiation dosimetry
Fee Schedule:	None
Term Valid:	Two Years
Board Certification Required:	Yes
State Radiation Information Page:	view State Radiation Information Page
Documentation & Forms:	view Documentation & Forms website
Contact(s):	Frieda Fisher-Tyler, CIH, Administrator Office of Radiation Control Division of Public Health 417 Federal Street Dover, DE 19903 Phone: 302/744-4546 Fax: 302/739-3839 Email: frieda.fisher-tyler@state.de.us

Florida
Licensure Categories:	Diagnostic Radiological Physicist, Therapeutic Radiological Physicist, Medical Nuclear Radiological Physicist, Medical Health Radiological Physicist
Fee Schedule:	$605 application fee per specialty - Physicist $205 - Physicist in Training
Term Valid:	Two Years
Board Certification Required:	Yes
State Radiation Information Page:	view State Radiation Information Page
Documentation & Forms:	view Documentation & Forms website
Contact(s):	Vicki Grant, Executive Director Department of Health Division of Medical Quality Assurance Advisory Council of Medical Physicists PO Box 6330 Tallahassee, FL 32314 Phone: 850-245-4394 Email: vicki_grant@doh.state.fl.us

Hawaii
Licensure Categories:	Qualified Medical Physicist, Qualified Health Physicist
Fee Schedule:	$30
Term Valid:	Two Years
Board Certification Required:	Yes
State Radiation Information Page:	view State Radiation Information Page
Contact(s):	Russell S. Takata, Program Manager Hawaii State Department of Health Radiation Section 591 Ala Moana Boulevard Honolulu, HI 96813 Phone: 808-586-4700 Fax: 808/586-5838 Email: Russell.takata@doh.hawaii.gov

Iowa
Area(s) of Specific Registration:	Mammography, Therapy, RAM licenses when appropriate; Authorized Medical Physicists
Fee Schedule:	$100
Term Valid:	One Year
Board Certification Required:	Yes
State Radiation Information Page:	view State Radiation Information Page
Contact(s):	Melanie Rasmusson, Chief, Iowa Department of Public Health Bureau of Radiological Health Lucas State Office Building 5th Floor Des Moines, Iowa, 50319 Phone: 515/281-3478 Email: mrasmuss@idph.state.ia.us

Kansas
Area(s) of Specific Registration:	Therapy
Fee Schedule:	None
Term Valid:	No Expiration
Board Certification Required:	No
State Radiation Information Page:	view State Radiation Information Page
Documentation & Forms:	view Documentation & Forms website
Contact(s):	Thomas A. Conley, Radiation Section Chief Kansas Department of Health and Environment 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 310 Topeka, KS 66612 Phone: 785/296-1565 Fax: 785/296-7455 Email: tconley@kdheks.gov

Michigan
Area(s) of Specific Registration:	Mammography
Fee Schedule:	None
Term Valid:	Three Years
Board Certification Required:	No
State Radiation Information Page:	view State Radiation Information Page
Documentation & Forms:	view Documentation & Forms website
Contact(s):	Bruce A. Matkovich, Manager Radiation Safety Section Michigan Department of Community Health 611 W. Ottawa Street Lansing, Michigan 48933 Phone: 517/241-1993 Fax: 517/241-1981 Email: bmatko@michigan.gov

North Dakota
Not Applicable. Other.
Area(s) of Specific Registration:	An individual acting as a medical physicist must meet federal requirements under 10 CFR 35
State Radiation Information Page:	view State Radiation Information Page
Contact(s):	Terry L. O'Clair, Director North Dakota Department of Health Division of Air Quality, 2nd Floor 918 East Divide Avenue Bismarck, ND 58501-1947 Phone: 701/328-5188 Fax: 701/328-5200 Email: toclair@nd.gov

Minnesota
Area(s) of Specific Registration:	Diagnostic other than Mammography, Therapy, Shield Calculation Performance, equipment performance evaluations and quality control testing.
Fee Schedule:	None
Term Valid:	One Year
Board Certification Required:	Yes
State Radiation Information Page:	view State Radiation Information Page
Documentation & Forms:	view Documentation & Forms website
Contact(s):	Tom Hogan, Manager Minnesota Department of Health Radiation Control 625 Robert Street North St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0975 Phone: 651/201-4602 Fax: 651/201-4606 Email: Tom.hogan@state.mn.us

Nebraska
Area(s) of Specific Registration:	Nuclear Medicine, Therapy, Shield Calculation Performance
Fee Schedule:	$110
Term Valid:	One Year
Board Certification Required:	No
State Radiation Information Page:	view State Radiation Information Page
Documentation & Forms:	view Documentation & Forms website
Contact(s):	Julia S. Schmitt, Manager Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Public Health Office of Radiological Health P.O. Box 95026 Lincoln, NE 68509-5026 Phone: 402/471-0528 Fax: 402/471-0169 Email: Julia.schmitt@nebraska.gov

New Hampshire
Area(s) of Specific Registration:	Therapy, Shield Calculation Performance
Fee Schedule:	None
Term Valid:	One Year
Board Certification Required:	No
State Radiation Information Page:	view State Radiation Information Page
Contact(s):	Dennis O'Dowd, Administrator Radiological Health Section Dept of Health and Human Services 29 Hazen Drive Concord, NH 03301-6504 Phone: 603/271-4588 Fax: 603/225-2325 Email: dodowd@dhhs.state.nh.us

Rhode Island
Area(s) of Specific Registration:	Diagnostic other than Mammography, Nuclear Medicine, Therapy, Shield Calculation Performance
Fee Schedule:	$150
Term Valid:	One Year
Board Certification Required:	Yes
State Radiation Information Page:	view State Radiation Information Page
Contact(s):	Marie Stoeckel, Chief of Operations Rhode Island Department of Health Office of Facilities Regulations 3 Capitol Hill, Room 306 Providence, RI 02908 Phone: 401/222-4520 Fax: 401/222-3999 Email: marie.stoeckel@health.ri.gov