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Medical physicists urge licensure in Massachusetts to protect patients using diagnostic and therapeutic radiation
Summary
Medical physicists testified in support of H2425 to require licensure for medical physicists, saying board certification, education and licensure would standardize qualifications, enhance safety for radiological imaging and radiation therapy patients, and reduce risk from technical errors.
Medical physicists testified to the Joint Committee on Public Health in support of H2425, an act to license medical physicists, saying licensure would set statewide minimum qualifications and improve public protections for patients who undergo diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy. Navin Hariharan, a board‑certified therapeutic radiological physicist working at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and site lead physicist…
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