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PP 1-G Definition of A Qualified Medical Physicist 3/30/2011 11/29/2011
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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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1 Previous certification categories in medical physics included radiological physics, therapeutic radiological physics, medical nuclear physics, diagnostic radiological physics and diagnostic imaging physics.
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Policy version history
Policy number Policy name Policy date Sunset date Active?
PP 1-A Definition of A Qualified Medical Physicst 8/8/1993 11/29/1994 Inactive
PP 1-B Definition of A Qualified Medical Physicst 11/30/1994 6/30/1997 Inactive
PP 1-C Definition of A Qualified Medical Physicist 7/1/1997 11/30/2004 Inactive
PP 1-D Definition of A Qualified Medical Physicist 12/1/2004 7/30/2008 Inactive
PP 1-E Definition of A Qualified Medical Physicist 7/31/2008 11/27/2009 Inactive
PP 1-F Definition of A Qualified Medical Physicist 11/28/2009 3/29/2011 Inactive
PP 1-G Definition of A Qualified Medical Physicist 3/30/2011 11/29/2011 Inactive
PP 1-H Definition of A Qualified Medical Physicist 11/30/2011 8/2/2017 Inactive
PP 1-I Definition of A Qualified Medical Physicist 8/3/2017 8/1/2018 Inactive
PP 1-J Definition of A Qualified Medical Physicist 8/2/2018 12/31/2023 Inactive
PS 7-A Definition of A Qualified Medical Physicist 8/2/2018 12/31/2028 Active

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