{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-8702","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Education Law § 8702","heading":"Definition of \"practice of medical physics\"","body":"§ 8702. Definition of \"practice of medical physics\". 1. The \"practice\nof the profession of medical physics\" shall mean the use and application\nof accepted principles and protocols of physics in a clinical setting to\nassure the correct quality, quantity and placement of radiation during\nthe performance of a radiological procedure, so as to protect the\npatient and other persons from harmful, excessive or misapplied\nradiation. Such practice shall include, but not necessarily be limited\nto: radiation beam calibration and characterization; oversight and\nresponsibility for patient radiation dose measurement, calculation and\nreporting; oversight and responsibility for quality control; instrument\nspecification; optimization of image quality; acceptance testing;\nshielding design; protection analysis on radiation emitting equipment\nand radio-pharmaceuticals; and consultation with a physician to assure\naccurate radiation dosage and application to a specific patient.\n  2. A license to practice medical physics shall be issued with special\ncompetency in one or more specialty areas in which the licensee has\nsatisfied the requirements of section eighty-seven hundred five of this\narticle.\n  3. The practice in any specialty by a person whose license is not\nissued with special competency for such specialty shall be deemed the\nunauthorized practice of the profession of medical physics.\n  4. Only a person licensed under this article shall practice the\nprofession of medical physics.","path":["Education Law","Title 8. The Professions","Article 166. Medical Physics Practice"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/EDN/8702","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"67ce370af62daa1cdd498005fde50fa9765b8c5ff69fe603e210406755612a15","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-8701","next":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-8703"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}