N.Y. Education Law § 8704 – State committee for medical physics

1. A state committee for medical physics shall be appointed by the board of regents upon the recommendation of the commissioner and shall assist on matters of licensure and professional conduct in accordance with section sixty-five hundred eight of this title. Notwithstanding the provisions of section sixty-five hundred eight of this title, the committee shall assist the board for medicine solely in medical physics matters, which board shall also function as the state board for medical physics. The licensure requirements for professional medical physicists shall be waived for the initial committee appointees, provided that such appointees shall have received national certification in their specialty.
2. The committee shall consist of eight individuals, to be composed of the following:
1. (a) Four licensed medical physicists represented by each of the following specialties:
  1. (i) diagnostic radiological physics,
  2. (ii) therapeutic radiological or radiation oncology physics,
  3. (iii) medical nuclear physics, and
  4. (iv) medical health physics;
2. (b) Three licensed physicians represented by each of the following specialties:
  1. (i) diagnostic radiology,
  2. (ii) radiation therapy or radiation oncology, and
  3. (iii) nuclear medicine; and
3. (c) A representative of the public at large.