Governance

A Qualified Medical Physicist (QMP) is an individual who is credentialed to independently provide clinical professional services in one or more of the subfields¹ of medical physics. The subfields of medical physics are:

1. Therapeutic Medical Physics
2. Imaging Medical Physics
3. Nuclear Medical Physics
4. Medical Health Physics

A Qualified Medical Physicist:

1. Has earned a master's or doctoral degree in physics, medical physics, biophysics, radiological physics, medical health physics, or equivalent disciplines from an accredited college or university; and
2. Has been granted certification in the specific subfield(s) of medical physics with its associated medical health physics aspects by an appropriate certifying body; and
3. Holds a professional medical physics license where required; and
4. Upholds AAPM Code of Ethics

The following certifying bodies have been deem appropriate:

1. For the subfield of Therapeutic Medical Physics, certification by:
• The American Board of Radiology; or
• The American Board of Medical Physics; or
• The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine.
2. For the subfield of Imaging Medical Physics, certification by:
• The American Board of Radiology; or
• The American Board of Medical Physics; or
• The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine.
3. For the subfield of Nuclear Medical Physics, certification by:
• The American Board of Radiology; or
• The American Board of Medical Physics; or
• The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine; or
• The American Board of Science in Nuclear Medicine.
4. For the subfield of Medical Health Physics, certification by:
• The American Board of Medical Physics; or
• The American Board of Health Physics including a minimum of three years relevant experience in the subfield of medical health physics.

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