Re[2]: The H. P. Profession

[Steven.Rima@DOEGJPO.COM (Steven Rima)]

     David et al,
     
     I cannot speak for the AAHP/ABHP nor was I present when the 
     requirement was changed. I did, however, take an interest and 
     expressed my views when it was being considered. (The change was 
     adopted at the mid-year 1994 meeting.) I wrote a letter expressing a 
     number of concerns that was published in the February, 1995 HPS 
     Newsletter. Included is a response from the AAHP/ABHP justifying the 
     change. In addition, there is a pro/con argument in the June, 1995 
     Newsletter. They make for interesting reading. These are the only two 
     written expressions of this type that I am aware of.
     
     Steven D. Rima, CHP
     Manager, Health Physics and Industrial Hygiene
     MACTEC-ERS, LLC
     steven.rima@doegjpo.com


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Subject: Re: The H. P. Profession 
Author:  "David W. Lee" <lee_david_w@lanl.gov> at Internet
Date:    9/12/97 11:34 AM


        I second Sandy's comments.  The thinking process that the American Board
of HP used to impose their recent Bachelor degree requirment has not been 
answered.  What I find curious about this is that their are active 
RADSAFERS in the American Academy of HP, such as Ron Kathern and Dan Strom, 
who ought to be able to shed some light on the thinking used by the AAHP in 
imposing this degree requirment.  Can Ron perhaps suggest a name of someone 
in the AAHP who might have been present when the board decision was made to 
impose this degree requirment, the rationale for it, etc.?  Radsafer Joyce 
Davis is on the AAHP Professional Standards and Ethics Committee, but the 
text of her most recent comment on this issue indicated to me that this 
committee and she, herself, were not involved in the actual AAHP meeting 
where this degree requirement was decided.
     
        There seems to be a curious unwillingness of any of the AAHP
officers/directors to provide accurate information regarding the rationale 
for the degree requirement.
     
Best regards  David
     
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