Re: Associate Membership in AAHP was Re: Certification

["Mcelrath Susan S." <MCELRATHS@rscpo1.wilm.ge.com>]

" being a certified health physicist (or on the track to becoming one) does 
not
        necessarily qualify one as a health physics technician" ...nor does 
it ensure the individual's competency as an RSO. How many times do we hear 
of learned individuals who can't seem to get their act together to comply 
with their license conditions and regulations? Could it be because some 
don't really know the requirements?

I recall I was visiting a large university recently and a PhD/MD authorized 
user didn't seem to realize the importance of knowing where all his licensed 
material was located. I'm sure glad he's not the RSO there, and I hope the 
RSO has a better grasp on the requirements!.
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From: root
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: Associate Membership in AAHP was Re: Certification
Date: Saturday, June 10, 1995 9:03AM

        here's my two cents ...

        I disagree with the statement that something is needed "between" the 

        RRPT and CHP.  I see the two certifications as distinct "endpoints"
to
        two different career paths.  While it is true that a person who has:
1)
        worked as a technician, 2) achieved certification by the NRRPT 3)
taken
        adequate college coursework, and 4) demonstrated the required
        professional level work experience can become a certified health
        physicist.  (I should know since I am certified by the NRRPT, have a 

        masters degree in health physics, have passed part I of the ABHP, 
and
        will eventually seek full certification).  I do not think that one
        predisposes a person to be the other.  More importantly, being a
        certified health physicist (or on the track to becoming one) does 
not
        necessarily qualify one as a health physics technician (as the
described
        lineage suggests)



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