§ 8704. State committee for medical physics. 1. A state committee for
medical physics shall be appointed by the board of regents upon the
recommendation of the commissioner and shall assist on matters of
licensure and professional conduct in accordance with section sixty-five
hundred eight of this title. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
sixty-five hundred eight of this title, the committee shall assist the
board for medicine solely in medical physics matters, which board shall
also function as the state board for medical physics. The licensure
requirements for professional medical physicists shall be waived for the
initial committee appointees, provided that such appointees shall have
received national certification in their specialty.
2. The committee shall consist of eight individuals, to be composed of
the following:
(a) Four licensed medical physicists represented by each of the
following specialties:
(i) diagnostic radiological physics,
(ii) therapeutic radiological or radiation oncology physics,
(iii) medical nuclear physics, and
(iv) medical health physics;
(b) Three licensed physicians represented by each of the following
specialties:
(i) diagnostic radiology,
(ii) radiation therapy or radiation oncology, and
(iii) nuclear medicine; and
(c) A representative of the public at large.