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Courses for Physicians:
80 Hour Licensing Course

Associates in Medical Physics, LLC is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians.

  • Purpose:
    A course is offered due to changes in the federal regulation that became effective on October 24, 2002 and as revised in Federal Register notice (March 30, 2005, page16364, Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 60 / Wednesday, March 30, 2005 / Rules and Regulations; and 10 FR 16361, March. 30, 2005; 71 FR 1926, January. 12, 2006). It is designed with cardiologists in mind and is intended to satisfy the didactic training requirements needed for a physician to be named as an authorized user and/or RSO on a radioactive materials human medical use license in any one of 17 NRC regulated states for authorizations allowed under 10CFR 35.290. At the time of this writing on December 2008 these states consisted of Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, (District of Columbia is regulated by the NRC too), Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming. Michigan, New Jersey and Virginia have filed letters of intent to become Agreement States. This course has been accepted in Agreement States over the years as the Agreement States adopted the NRC regulations. All Agreement States were to adopt these training requirements by April 2008. Your states should be checked for current requirements.
  • This course is also acceptable for the didactic portion of training needed for physicians taking the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology (CBNC) examination, if it is approved for this purpose by your preceptor. Other training requirements are described on the CBNC web site at cbnc.org (copy and paste in your browser address window - http://www.cbnc.org/siteindex.cfm).

  • Conducted by:
    Associates in Medical Physics consultants and noted industry experts including Paul Early, co-author "Principles & Practice of Nuclear Medicine" and Associates in Medical Physics, LLC.
  • Location:
    See Registration
  • Activity:
    The 80 hour course is offered as an eight day course at 10 class hours per day. Attestation of this course as satisfactory didactic training must be granted to you by your preceptor. Please call the registrar for further details of the training requirements.
  • Tuition
    The 80 hour course is $3,500.00. Tuition covers all textbooks, course materials and lab fees. Checks, MasterCard and VISA credit cards are accepted.
  • Scope
    To be licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission individuals are required, in part, to document successful completion of didactic training in basic radioisotope handling techniques. Individuals who wish to become licensed users of radionuclides must also demonstrate clinical experience that is not provided here.
  • CME Credit
    Associates in Medical Physics, LLC designates these educational activities for a maximum of, or for up to, 80 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
  • Request Registration Form
    We offer you the flexibility of requesting a registration application online, by telephone, facsimile or by mail. Click here.