Applications

Application for Professional Certification through Exemption

Notes for Applicants

1. Who may apply?
   1. HKIPM Members who have been granted professional certification in either Radiotherapy Physics or Imaging Physics by a professional medical physics certification body which is recognized by HKIPM.
   2. Members may apply for certification in the specialty in which he/she is granted certification by a HKIPM recognized professional medical physics certification body.
   3. Applicants shall be practicing medical physics in medicine.
2. A Member who is certified by another professional certification body which is recognized by HKIPM may be granted professional certification in a relevant specialty in either Radiotherapy Physics or Imaging Physics, on condition that the Member passes a professional interview conducted by the Certification Board.
3. Each application shall be considered by the Certification Board on a case by case basis.
4. The decision by the Certification Board shall be final. The Board is not obliged to give any reason for its decision.
5. Members granted the status of Professional Certification shall receive a certificate and shall have his/her name entered in the register of Certified Medical Physicists and shall be posted on the HKIPM website (www.hkipm.org).
6. Application Fees:
   
   1. HKD 500 per specialty.
7. Supporting documents to be submitted with the application
   
   1. Completed application form
   2. Proof of present employment as practicing medical physics in medicine.
   3. Certified true copy of the certificate granted by a professional medical physics certification body.
   4. Any other supporting documents as may be required by the Certification Board for assessment of the application.
8. The application should be submitted to:
   
         Dr. Kimi YANG 
         c/o Medical Physics Department,
         3/F, 3 Tung Wong Road, A Kung Ngam,
         Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong.
9. Please refer to ‘A Scheme for Professional Certification of Medical Physicists’ which can be downloaded from HKIPM website (www.hkipm.org) for details.
10. For enquiry, please contact Dr. Kimi YANG at '[email protected]'.