Appendix A to Part 34 - Radiographer Certification
10:1.0.1.1.24.8.94.3.20 : Appendix A
Appendix A to Part 34 - Radiographer Certification I. Requirements
for an Independent Certifying Organization
An independent certifying organization shall:
1. Be an organization such as a society or association, whose
members participate in, or have an interest in, the fields of
industrial radiography;
2. Make its membership available to the general public
nationwide that is not restricted because of race, color, religion,
sex, age, national origin or disability;
3. Have a certification program open to nonmembers, as well as
members;
4. Be an incorporated, nationally recognized organization, that
is involved in setting national standards of practice within its
fields of expertise;
5. Have an adequate staff, a viable system for financing its
operations, and a policy-and decision-making review board;
6. Have a set of written organizational by-laws and policies
that provide adequate assurance of lack of conflict of interest and
a system for monitoring and enforcing those by-laws and
policies;
7. Have a committee, whose members can carry out their
responsibilities impartially, to review and approve the
certification guidelines and procedures, and to advise the
organization's staff in implementing the certification program;
8. Have a committee, whose members can carry out their
responsibilities impartially, to review complaints against
certified individuals and to determine appropriate sanctions;
9. Have written procedures describing all aspects of its
certification program, maintain records of the current status of
each individual's certification and the administration of its
certification program;
10. Have procedures to ensure that certified individuals are
provided due process with respect to the administration of its
certification program, including the process of becoming certified
and any sanctions imposed against certified individuals;
11. Have procedures for proctoring examinations, including
qualifications for proctors. These procedures must ensure that the
individuals proctoring each examination are not employed by the
same company or corporation (or a wholly-owned subsidiary of such
company or corporation) as any of the examinees;
12. Exchange information about certified individuals with the
Commission and other independent certifying organizations and/or
Agreement States and allow periodic review of its certification
program and related records; and
13. Provide a description to the Commission of its procedures
for choosing examination sites and for providing an appropriate
examination environment.
II. Requirements for Certification Programs
All certification programs must:
1. Require applicants for certification to (a) receive training
in the topics set forth in § 34.43(g) or equivalent Agreement State
regulations, and (b) satisfactorily complete a written examination
covering these topics;
2. Require applicants for certification to provide documentation
that demonstrates that the applicant has: (a) received training in
the topics set forth in § 34.43(g) or equivalent Agreement State
regulations; (b) satisfactorily completed a minimum period of
on-the-job training; and (c) has received verification by an
Agreement State or a NRC licensee that the applicant has
demonstrated the capability of independently working as a
radiographer;
3. Include procedures to ensure that all examination questions
are protected from disclosure;
4. Include procedures for denying an application, revoking,
suspending, and reinstating a certificate;
5. Provide a certification period of not less than 3 years nor
more than 5 years;
6. Include procedures for renewing certifications and, if the
procedures allow renewals without examination, require evidence of
recent full-time employment and annual refresher training.
7. Provide a timely response to inquiries, by telephone or
letter, from members of the public, about an individual's
certification status.
III. Requirements for Written Examinations
All examinations must be:
1. Designed to test an individual's knowledge and understanding
of the topics listed in § 34.43(g) or equivalent Agreement State
requirements;
2. Written in a multiple-choice format;
3. Have test items drawn from a question bank containing
psychometrically valid questions based on the material in §
34.43(g).