Medical Physics Jurisprudence Exam TMB -
Questions And Answers
What documents are required for licensure? -
correct answer ✅(1) evidence of work experience
(2) University transcripts
(3) States of which med phys specialty
(4) Three professional references [two physicists, one physician]
(5) Proof of age [passport]
(6) name changes
(7) examination verification
(8) training license affidavit
(9) license verifications
(10) criminal record information
Purpose of Jurisprudence Rules (2x)
RULE §160.1a -
correct answer ✅1) protect the health, safety, and welfare of the
citizens of this state from harmful effects of radiation;
2) Protect the public from "the practice of medical physicists by
incompetent licensees."
How does the Texas Administrative Code protect the public?
,Medical Physics Jurisprudence Exam TMB -
Questions And Answers
RULE §160.1b -
correct answer ✅(1) establishing minimum standards of
education, training, and competency for persons engaged in the
practice of medical physics; and
(2) ensuring that the privilege of practicing in the field of medical
physics is entrusted only to those persons licensed under the Act.
Quality Assurance
RULE §160.2(21) -
correct answer ✅An all encompassing term that includes data
recording, patient management, outcome analysis and equipment
performance monitoring.
Quality Control
RULE §160.2(22) -
correct answer ✅A subset of quality assurance that concerns
monitoring the performance of imaging, treatment and associated
radiological equipment.
Types of Supervision
(a) General
, Medical Physics Jurisprudence Exam TMB -
Questions And Answers
(b) Direct
(c) Personal -
correct answer ✅(a) Trainee is under the supervisor but the
supervisor's presence is not required during the work
(b) Supervisor is present in the building and available for assistance,
but not necessarily in the room
(c) Supervisor is physically present in the room
Medical "health" physics -
correct answer ✅The branch of medical physics that deals with the
safe use of x-rays, gamma rays, particle beams, radionuclides, and
radiation from sealed radionuclide sources for both diagnostic and
therapeutic purposes in humans and the use of equipment required
to perform appropriate radiation tests and measurements.
Medical "nuclear" physics -
correct answer ✅The branch of medical physics that deals with the
therapeutic and diagnostic application of radionuclides, except
those used in sealed sources for therapeutic purposes, but
including therapy with radiolabeled microspheres and with the use
of equipment associated with the production and use of
radionuclides.
Questions And Answers
What documents are required for licensure? -
correct answer ✅(1) evidence of work experience
(2) University transcripts
(3) States of which med phys specialty
(4) Three professional references [two physicists, one physician]
(5) Proof of age [passport]
(6) name changes
(7) examination verification
(8) training license affidavit
(9) license verifications
(10) criminal record information
Purpose of Jurisprudence Rules (2x)
RULE §160.1a -
correct answer ✅1) protect the health, safety, and welfare of the
citizens of this state from harmful effects of radiation;
2) Protect the public from "the practice of medical physicists by
incompetent licensees."
How does the Texas Administrative Code protect the public?
,Medical Physics Jurisprudence Exam TMB -
Questions And Answers
RULE §160.1b -
correct answer ✅(1) establishing minimum standards of
education, training, and competency for persons engaged in the
practice of medical physics; and
(2) ensuring that the privilege of practicing in the field of medical
physics is entrusted only to those persons licensed under the Act.
Quality Assurance
RULE §160.2(21) -
correct answer ✅An all encompassing term that includes data
recording, patient management, outcome analysis and equipment
performance monitoring.
Quality Control
RULE §160.2(22) -
correct answer ✅A subset of quality assurance that concerns
monitoring the performance of imaging, treatment and associated
radiological equipment.
Types of Supervision
(a) General
, Medical Physics Jurisprudence Exam TMB -
Questions And Answers
(b) Direct
(c) Personal -
correct answer ✅(a) Trainee is under the supervisor but the
supervisor's presence is not required during the work
(b) Supervisor is present in the building and available for assistance,
but not necessarily in the room
(c) Supervisor is physically present in the room
Medical "health" physics -
correct answer ✅The branch of medical physics that deals with the
safe use of x-rays, gamma rays, particle beams, radionuclides, and
radiation from sealed radionuclide sources for both diagnostic and
therapeutic purposes in humans and the use of equipment required
to perform appropriate radiation tests and measurements.
Medical "nuclear" physics -
correct answer ✅The branch of medical physics that deals with the
therapeutic and diagnostic application of radionuclides, except
those used in sealed sources for therapeutic purposes, but
including therapy with radiolabeled microspheres and with the use
of equipment associated with the production and use of
radionuclides.
