Appendix 3 Medical Physicist Services - Technical Description of Services
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Appendix 3
Medical Physicist Services Technical Description of Services Performed
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System
SFVAHCS
San Francisco
Medical Physicist Services – Technical Description of Services Performed The Contractor shall furnish all materials, supplies, equipment, labor, and qualified personnel to provide on-site diagnostic medical physics support or services for the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System (SFVAHCS), under the terms and conditions stated herein, and must adhere to VHA Directive 1105.04, Fluoroscopy Safety, dated June 21, 2018, and VHA Directive 1129, Radiation Protection for Machine Sources of Ionizing Radiation, dated February 5, 2015. The Contractor shall comply with radiation protection standards in 29 CFR 1910.1096 and immediately report any unsafe conditions, which have the potential to adversely impact the facility radiation workers or patients, to the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO) immediately upon discovery.
General Requirements
1. Performance
All work shall be performed by a medical physicist. A medical physicist is a person who is certified by the American Board of Radiology, American Board of Medical Physics, or the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine. For mammography, a qualified medical physicist can have state licensure to perform mammography inspections in lieu of board certification. For diagnostic computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine, PET, or MRI, a qualified medical physicist can meet the following requirements in lieu of board certification: ● A graduate degree in physics, medical physics, biophysics, radiologic physics, medical health physics, or a closely related science or engineering discipline from an accredited college or university
● Formal graduate-level coursework in the biological sciences with at least one course in biology or radiation biology and one course in anatomy, physiology, or a similar topic related to the practice of medical physics
● Documented 3 years of clinical experience in CT, nuclear medicine, PET, or MRI. The physicist must document the 3 years of experience for the modality being inspected.
2. Mandatory Services To be Performed
a. The medical physicist shall perform imaging equipment (X-Ray equipment, nuclear medicine cameras, PET/CT cameras, ultrasound units, and MRIs) inspections to ensure compliance with the current American College of Radiology (ACR) and Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) requirements. Any deficiencies or non-conformances
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