Before going into specific Academy activities over the past months I would like to provide a “State of the Academy” message. We are now in our fifteenth year of existence and have evolved into a mature organization. The Academy Preamble and Bylaws remain essentially as prepared and accepted in 1986. We have in place a Policy Manual, Operating Procedures and a long term Strategic Plan, all of which guide our continuing operations. We have attained financial stability, with sufficient funds in reserve to meet two years’ operating expenses, which is the financial goal of an organization such as ours. Over 85 % of Certified Health Physicists are active members of the Academy and participation in Academy activities is at an all time high, with many more volunteers than positions available. The primary purpose of the Academy, which is to “...provide CHPs a voice in the selection of board members and in the ongoing programs of the ABHP” (from the Academy Preamble) has been met through Academy functions such as board appointments and the assumption of responsibilities for continuing education, appeals, professional ethics and finances. Feedback from the membership generally shows satisfaction with Academy activities and goals.

The question now is: where do we go from here? Do we continue to stay the course and concentrate on the well-defined, but limited, goals of the Academy, or do we expand our interests into other areas, such as entering into cooperative agreements with allied boards and organizations? I think I will defer to these questions to future leaders of the Academy. I believe we face two significant issues today. The first is the reengineering of Part II of the exam. This is not simply a Board exercise, but will require assistance from many Academy members before the goal is met. The second relates to my concern regarding the financial status of the Academy. I anticipate that we will soon start to run actual deficits, due to the decreasing number of HPs taking the exam and the increasing costs of doing our business. It is possible that the reengineering will ultimately reduce our exam costs. In the meantime, it may require some creative financing to keep our heads above water. Again, these are issues to be faced by future Executive Committees.

Last year Chuck Roessler reported that a number things were in progress and would be continuing into my term as President. I would like to update some of those and report on a few new items. While the Executive Committee and the Academy standing committees are continuously working to complete tasks and assignments, many are difficult to bring to closure and seem to have a life of their own. However, I think we have made progress with some of the continuing issues and have actually resolved one or two (subject to future Executive Committee decisions).

It was reported last year that the NRC had published revisions to 10CFR35 that listed training and experience requirements for Radiation Safety Officer, and indicated specific boards whose diplomates automatically met those requirements. It appeared to us that while the ABHP certification met the intent of the regulation, we could not state that we met the letter of the regulation. In May of this year, we submitted a letter to the NRC requesting that the Commission recognize ABHP certification as meeting the training requirements for Radiation Safety Officer. The letter, prepared by Ed Maher, carefully compared the ABHP certification requirements to the Part 35 requirements and made a strong argument for recognition of ABHP certification. We have not yet received a reply...another continuing issue.

As reported in June, items from the membership survey of 1999 have been, or are being addressed. The licensure/registration/title protection topic has been put to rest, at least for the time being. Relationships with other organizations are being investigated. Continuing education questions have been forwarded to the Continuing Education Committee. With the establishment of the Joyce P. Davis Memorial Award we have instituted a mechanism to recognize worthy members of the Academy. A Standard for Qualifications and Practice for University RSOs has been prepared and will soon be published, with a second Standard in preparation. The Strategic Plan has been reviewed and items requiring attention identified (not all of these have yet been addressed).

While we have made progress in a number of areas, many issues, as noted above, tend to carry over from year to year, and the incoming president, Jim Tarpinian, will be busy dealing with some of these.

Good luck, Jim and all the members of the Executive Committee and Standing Committees. I'm certain you will do a terrific job.

Lee Booth, CHP
President, AAHP

Call to Order

President Lee Booth called the meeting to order at 1:00 p.m.

Welcome to Members and Guests

President Booth welcomed members and guests in attendance; attendees are listed below:

Discussion and Approval of Agenda

The agenda was approved as presented in the members’ books.

Approval of Minutes of January 2000 Meeting

A change to Section 5.1 was made. In the third sentence, “Executive Council” was changed to “Executive Committee.”

A motion (Roessler, Denham) to approve the minutes as corrected was made and unanimously approved.

Reports of 2001 Officers

President’s Report

President Booth reported that he had:

1. appointed Matt Moeller as the continuing Chair of the Professional Development Committee;
2. appointed Kyle Kleinhans as the new associate editor of the CHP News;
3. sent out drafts of the committee charters for review.

President-Elect’s Report

President-elect Tarpinian recommended the following standing committee chairs:

A motion was made (Buhl, Roessler) to approve the committee chairs. The motion passed unanimously.

Action item: Jim Tarpinian will submit committee appointments for approval by the Executive Committee via e-mail.

Past President’s Report and Report on Academy Special Session

Past-president Roessler distributed a written report. Topics included:

• AAHP Special Session-2001
• Review of NCRP draft reports
• Background paper on relationships with other certifying programs
• Accreditation of academic health physics programs
• Credentialing RSOs

Secretary’s Report

Minutes from the February 6, 2001 AAHP meeting were included in the members’ packets.

Secretary Liz Brackett reported the results of the AAHP election. The new officers for 2002 are:

In light of the election results, a motion was made (Miltenberger, Buhl) to replace Les Aldrich with Jeff Kotsch as Continuing Education Committee Chair. The motion passed unanimously.

Treasurer’s Report

Treasurer Essig referred the members to the Treasurer’s Report included in their materials. This report contained a summary of his activities since the February 2001 AAHP meeting as well as a statement of cash and investment balances as of March 30, 2001. Also included in the packets were budget comparisons and the Independent Accountant’s Report.

A motion was made (Denham, Tarpinian) to accept the reports and was carried unanimously.

Committee Correspondence and Reports

Appeals Committee

Chair Steven Brown was not in attendance; no written report was submitted. There were no appeals this year.

Continuing Education Committee

Chair Les Aldrich distributed his report to the members in attendance. The committee is considering the establishment of an annual OSHA refresher course at the summer HPS meetings. There was some discussion, including the point that these refresher courses have strict frequency requirements and there may be a problem meeting these with the varying time of the HPS meeting. Other questions that arose were: who, if anyone, issues certificates of the training having been completed; are there any liability issues; and is there QA of the material? Les will check into these.

A draft proposal on the videotaping of courses was included in the handouts. This will be an agenda item at the next meeting.

Action item: Executive Committee members are to review the draft AAHP Continuing Education Course Videotaping Proposal (included in the handouts for item 6.2) and send questions to Les Aldrich prior to the midyear meeting.

Revised Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

Proposed revisions to SOPs 2.2.1, Continuing Education Courses, and 2.2.2, Assigning Continuing Education Credits to Continuing Education Activities, were distributed for review. Discussion of these procedures led to an additional change to the former, on page 2.2.1-5. The first paragraph, Travel Expenses, was changed to read: If an instructor is precluded from accepting an honorarium, payment of documented expenses not to exceed the honorarium the instructor would have received will be made.

Radiation Safety Courses at AIHA Meetings

This item was not discussed.

A motion (Buhl, Essig) was made to accept the report and the revised procedures as amended. The motion passed unanimously.

Exam Site Selection Committee

Chair Betsy Langille distributed a written report to the members. She noted that the ad hoc fourth member of the committee assigned last year had been very helpful and recommended keeping a fourth member. This proposed change to the bylaws was approved by the Executive Committee at the last meeting but it has not yet been submitted to the Academy membership for balloting so the position will continue to be an ad hoc appointment for the time being.

A motion (Tarpinian, Buhl) was made to accept the report. The motion passed unanimously.

Finance Committee

Chair Tom Buhl distributed a copy of an e-mail message from Richard Burk explaining the Academy’s tax-exempt status and a document titled “Review of AAHP Investment Strategy.” These supplemented the documents contained within the members’ materials, including actual to budget comparisons for 1995 through 2002 (proposed budget only for 2002) and a “Statement of Investment Policy for American Academy of Health Physics.” Tom stated that, based on discussions with our Prudential financial advisor, it was good to continue with the current strategy because we are doing well. This prompted a discussion about the selection of a financial advisor and how it was accomplished.

Action item: The Finance Committee will develop criteria for evaluating the Academy’s financial advisor.

Concern was expressed regarding the Investment Income entries in the “Actual to Budget Comparisons” spreadsheet. It was noted that they are misleading because they include undistributed income. It was suggested that this line be broken out into the realized and unrealized components.

The “Statement of Investment Policy for American Academy of Health Physics” contained a proposed change on the last page. It was proposed to replace the strikeout sentence with the immediately following underlined sentence.

A motion (Tarpinian, Denham) was made to accept the Finance Committee’s report. The motion passed unanimously.

A motion was made (Buhl, Roessler) to approve the proposed budget. The motion passed unanimously.

A motion was made (Buhl, Denham) to accept the proposed modification to the investment policy. The motion passed unanimously.

[Note: The last two motions above were made after item 6.5, following the motion to address new business items as they arise in the committee reports.]

Nominating Committee

Committee member Dave Kent discussed the report that was included in the members’ materials. Four recommended nominees for the one open ABHP position were balloted and ranked as follows: James Willison, Shawn Googins, Eric Abelquist, and Paul Jones, Jr. Bob Miltenberger noted that there was a second vacancy on the Board because Richard Vetter is stepping down. The report also included recommended changes to SOP No. 2.5, Standard Operating Procedure for Nominating Committee.

A motion (Roessler, Buhl) was made to accept the report. The motion passed unanimously.

A motion (Roessler, Tarpinian) was made to amend the agenda to proceed to votes on new business items as they are introduced by committee reports. The motion passed unanimously.

A motion (Tarpinian, Miltenberger) to nominate Jim Willison and Shawn Googins for the current position on the Board was made. The motion passed unanimously.

Jim Willison was elected to the ABHP by secret ballot of the Academy Executive Committee. Shawn Googins was then appointed by the President of the Academy to fill the position vacated by Richard Vetter. This will be a shortened term, expiring at the end of 2003.

A motion was made to accept the recommended changes to SOP No. 2.5, as detailed in the Nominating Committee report. The motion passed unanimously.

Professional Development Committee (PDC)

Chair Matt Moeller distributed a report to the members. The two Standards of Qualification/Practice (SQP) under development, one of which is close to being approved, were discussed. Matt noted that there are currently no new SQPs “in the pipeline.” He suggested that the next SQP address qualifications for an RSO at a source manufacturing facility. He’s interested in feedback as to whether this is appropriate. Chuck Roessler said he would like feedback on the usefulness of the first two before proceeding.

A motion (Essig, Tarpinian) was made to accept the report. The motion passed unanimously.

Professional Standards & Ethics Committee

Chair Otto Raabe reported that there were no complaints of violations this year. He went on to discuss the workings of the committee, noting that if there is a complaint, the committee must meet and this can be expensive because it is not associated with a regular meeting that people would already be attending.

A motion (Tarpinian, Roessler) was made to accept the report. The motion passed unanimously.

Ad Hoc Committee on Relationships with Other Certifying Programs

Chuck Roessler and Joe Alvarez distributed a draft report on AAHP/ABHP Relationships with Other Certifying Organizations. Chuck asked for advice as to what the report should include. There was a discussion about the Academy’s strategic plan, which says we will do away with specialty certification. It was suggested that we define what is meant by “comprehensive” certification and determine the role of the Academy or what it should be, then align the strategic plan to fit the conclusions.

Chuck Roessler said that such a document should be more concise and should have some alternatives. The alternatives he proposed are:

1. Confine activities to only comprehensive certification.
   1. Passive – Ignore other professional groups’ credentialing in the radiation safety area.
   2. Active – Actively oppose other professional groups’ from credentialing in this area
2. Treat medical health physics as a special case and continue sponsoring the American Board of Medical Physics medical health physics program as a practical necessity; critically review reciprocity terms and conditions.
3. Revisit the AAHP mission and strategic plan and provide for various alliances with other groups.
4. Revisit the mission and strategic plan to include serving as an umbrella organization for boards in addition to the ABHP, possibly considering one or more models for this.

The American Board of Radiology (ABR) is negotiating with the ABMP to absorb part of their certification process. The ABMP is considering expansion into other areas traditionally not covered by the ABR, primarily in areas of non-ionizing radiation. The Academy could pursue the absorption of the medical health physics portion of the ABMP.

Action item: Lee Booth will talk to our liaisons with the ABMP and determine our current status and, if necessary, go directly to the Board and see if arrangements can be made regarding the absorption of the medical health physics portion of the ABMP.

Ad Hoc Committee on Joyce P. Davis Memorial Award

Dale Denham distributed an updated citation for this award. Dale and Jim Tarpinian had dinner with Joyce’s sister and brother-in-law in Anaheim. They were very pleased and quite moved with what we are doing. The ad hoc committee is now dissolved. The Executive Committee thanked Dale for his efforts.

Action item: Otto Raabe, as Chair of the Professional Standards & Ethics Committee, will issue the call for nominations for the Joyce P. Davis Memorial Award in the December CHP News.

A motion (Miltenberger, Roessler) was made to accept the report. The motion passed unanimously.

Member Communications

Newsletter

Kyle Kleinhans, the new Associate Editor, delivered the report. He asked for input for articles in the CHP Corner. Nancy Johnson suggested a list of exam sites and proctors, with a thank you to those who volunteered. There was also further discussion of asking the committee chairs to write articles.

Web Page

Webmaster Scott Medling was not in attendance and there was no written report.

Report of the American Board of Health Physics

Chair Bob Miltenberger referred members to his report in their packets. Topics included:

• Part I exam development
• Part II exam development
• Part II re-engineering progress
• Miscellaneous activities

Bob also addressed several other topics:

Regarding the accreditation process, Bob thinks the Council of Engineering and Scientific Specialty Boards (CESB) made a mistake with the requirement that no more than one third of the Board members be chosen by the Academy. The Academy is a sponsoring organization and the CESB allows other sponsoring organizations to appoint greater than one third of their members. He thinks the requirement actually applies to the Board. He will write a letter to the CESB explaining the relationship between the Academy and the Board. Also on this topic, George Vargo has been reappointed to the CESB as liaison for another three years.

Tom Essig suggested that a footer regarding CESB accreditation be added to the Board’s stationery.

Action item: George Vargo will look at the Board’s letterhead and come up with suggestions for adding an accreditation mark to it.

The Board is changing the procedure so that Type 1 calculators are allowed for use during the exam. The procedure will define the type of calculators that are allowed and the candidates will sign a statement that their calculators meet the requirements. There will be an article in the CHP Corner discussing this issue.

The domains of practice are being replaced with eight categories as outlined by the job task analysis.

A motion (Roessler, Tarpinian) was made to accept the report. The motion passed unanimously.

Reports from AAHP Liaisons

American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP)

Ken Miller was not in attendance. His written report was included in the members’ packets. Chuck Roessler noted that item 3 of the report tied into the previous discussion under section 6.8 regarding negotiations between the ABR and ABMP.

Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD)

Ruth McBurney was not in attendance; no written report was submitted.

Health Physics Society (HPS)

Ed Maher reported on the issue of title protection. The HPS Board members were polled and said they didn’t know enough about why we should do it. They supported it for ‘CHP’ but not for ‘HP’ because it might exclude some people. The HPS Board has interest in this topic but would like more information and would like to see some kind of information phase to the HPS chapters. The chapters would be good drivers because title protection is a state issue. It was noted that other professions, such as industrial hygiene and safety professionals, are protecting their job titles without certification.

National Registry of Radiation Protection Technologists (NRRPT)

Paula Trinoskey reported that there has been a steady decline in candidates after having peaked several years ago. She discussed efforts to maintain active members and noted that this was the 25th year of the NRRPT. The first meeting of the Board was on November 20, 1975. Paula then gave a brief history of the organization.

Report of the Secretariat

Nancy Johnson noted that the AAHP had also experienced a decline in the number of candidates after peaking in 1996.

Nancy stated that the contract with Burk and Associates needs renewal. The previous contract, originating on 6/29/94 and renewed on 7/25/95 and 7/12/98, was included in the members packets. No changes were proposed.

A motion (Tarpinian, Roessler) was made to accept the report. The motion passed unanimously.

Old Business

CHP Embosser

Joe Alvarez reported that that they were ready to begin taking orders but that the information had not yet been put on the website. All orders must go through Nancy Johnson so she can monitor who is ordering them. The website needs to be set up such that Nancy is the only one from whom the supplier will take orders.

Accreditation of Academic Health Physics Programs

Chuck Roessler reported that the program for accreditation of academic programs is moving forward. Accreditation will be through participation with the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) and will fall under the Related Accreditations Commission (RAC) . The RAC will be renamed Applied Science Program within the next year. The ABET accreditation process is changing from a prescriptive to an outcome-based approach. There will be a PEP session here at the Cleveland meeting for schools that are prospective applicants, as well as a program for training evaluators. Evaluators were appointed by the HPS because they are the cognizant technical organization sponsoring accreditation; four of the seven are CHPs.

There was some discussion regarding the pursuit of a formal presence in the accreditation process. There is a Leadership Committee meeting (AAHP, HPS, NRRPT) on Tuesday morning here in Cleveland. Academy Executive Committee members will raise this issue and see what options may be available.

Outreach to Inactive CHPs

This is an outreach to those individuals who are involuntarily inactive. This includes people who have not paid their dues or have not recertified but have not notified Nancy Johnson that they wish to be put on the ‘inactive’ list. The Board authorized a one-time waiver to these individuals, to remain in effect through the end of the calendar year. A proposed letter to send to those in this category was included in the package from the Anaheim meeting in February of this year; this letter was once again discussed but not finalized. Lee Booth will work on the wording of the letter.

Action item: Lee Booth will work on the wording of the letter for the outreach to inactive CHPs and circulate it for review.

Title Protection Update

Regis Greenwood distributed a three-page draft, modified to include ‘CHP’ only (references to “HP” were removed). He has given up on the licensure act because it would effectively exclude non-CHPs from practicing health physics. He noted that it is not very practical to cover only CHP; other title protection acts cover the entire professions.

Jim Tarpinian suggested that we go back to the Academy’s purpose statement, and noted that there was nothing there that talks about responsibility in this area, in the broadest sense encouraging the area of health physics. He thought it would be advisable to encourage the HPS to take ownership of the entire issue. This is another topic to be brought up at the Leadership Committee meeting later in the week. This issue is being researched because it was on the questionnaire that went out to the membership and people indicated that they were concerned about licensure and titling.

Action item: Lee Booth will summarize the Executive Committee’s sense of responsibility regarding licensure and title protection and circulate the document for review.

Academy Logo Update

Jim Tarpinian and Dale Denham passed around a new set of options for the logo that were supplied by Joe Alvarez. It was decided to pursue the ‘structure’ design, and Jim and Dale will continue to refine it. They will send it out via e-mail for balloting prior to the next meeting. A discussion about trademarking ensued and it was noted that the NRRPT had trademarked their logo.

Action item: Dale Denham and Jim Tarpinian will continue to refine the Academy logo and will send it to Executive Committee members for balloting prior to the midyear meeting.

Revision of SOP 4.5 re.: Use of CHP Designation

A draft procedure addressing the use of the CHP seal by Gary Kephart was distributed to the members. This was a revision to a draft document written by Joe Alvarez. It was suggested that relevant information from this draft procedure be incorporated into SOP 4.5 on the use of the CHP designation.

Action item: Regis Greenwood will combine the draft procedure on the use of the CHP seal with SOP 4.5 and submit a draft by the midyear meeting.

10 CFR Part 35 RSO Credentialing

Ed Maher distributed copies of the proposed rule, including its history. It is currently about 60 days overdue coming out from the OMB. Once this happens, it will be about a week before it appears in the Federal Register and will become effective six months after that. Ed has drafted a letter for submission to the NRC asking that ABHP certification be recognized as meeting the requirements specified in the rule.

Action item: Executive Committee members are to provide Ed Maher with comments on the draft letter to the NRC regarding 10 CFR 35 RSO credentialing requirements by the end of the month on how to make the letter more convincing.

Several suggestions were made during the meeting. Signatures on the letter were discussed. It was decided to have three signatures: Chair of the ABHP, President of the AAHP, and Ed Maher. Ed was thanked for his hard work in this effort.

HPS Study of RSO Certification Update

This group is meeting tomorrow; Chuck Roessler and Bob Miltenberger are participants. There is not yet a draft product from the committee but Ray Johnson, who is leading the effort, has circulated material to its members. Chuck sent comments to Ray on this material, including a note that it changed the scope of the committee. It was decided that we shouldn’t take any strong action but should keep abreast of the activities via our representation on the committee.

Planning Issues

Agenda for Open Meeting

The agenda was included in the members’ packets. Members reviewed it and discussed the topics to be addressed for each report.

Executive Committee Midwinter Meeting (Feb. 17-20, 2002 Orlando)

The next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 19.

Adjournment

Adjourned at 11:55 A.M.

THE 2001 CHP SALARY SURVEY

Gary Lautenschlager

Introduction

The 2001 Certified Health Physicist (CHP) survey data was collected by having CHPs submit their responses to survey questions on a web- based data entry form. As was done last year, data was collected in coordination with a salary survey of the entire Health Physics Society (HPS).

Chris Graham and Andy King will report the HPS salary survey results separately in the Health Physics Newsletter.

The survey was also available in hardcopy form for those who preferred to fax or mail their responses.

Questions about this survey should be directed to Gary Lautenschlager, via email: click here for Email

Data Analysis

The salary ranges marked by CHPs on the completed survey forms were rounded to the midpoints of those ranges before statistical analyses were performed. For example, if a CHP marked the salary range $50,000 to $54,999; their salary was rounded to the midpoint value of $52,500.

Responses from CHPs who were either part time or retired were not analyzed, since the data did not appear to allow meaningful comparisons to be made.

To avoid skewing the results, data from six survey respondents were excluded from the data analysis because they indicated that they earned $170,000 or more per year.

Of 42 respondents who reported receiving a significant (10 % or more) salary increase upon attaining ABHP certification: 19% received this increase from their current employer, 26% from a promotion with their current employer, 48% received this increase from a new employer, 2% from part-time consulting, and 5% did not specify.

CHP salaries by region are also presented in this report.

Data Presentation

In an effort to make the results of the survey interesting and useful, CHPs were subcategorized in several ways by education, primary job responsibility, years of experience, and combinations of these subcategories.

Readers are cautioned that for statistical validity, results were usually given only if there were 10 or more CHPs within that subcategory. Data presented for one subcategory of CHPs may not be possible for another subcategory. However, some exceptions were made for general interest.

The subcategories in the tables may also change from year to year, depending on the number of responses received. Every effort was made to keep the subcategories consistent with previous surveys, but if there were an insufficient number of CHPs the results were not given.

Tables and Figures

Tables show results for full-time CHPs who received health, vacation, and retirement benefits from their primary employer unless otherwise noted.

Histograms of the data shown in Table 1- All CHPs and Table 2 - Masters Health Physics are included as Figure 1 and Figure 2, respectively.

Table 6: CHPs by Education and NRRPT

	Count	Average	Median	Max	Min	Std Dev
Bachelors Other Field	14	$81,429	$80,000	$122,500	$42,500	$20,864
Masters Health Physics	12	$88,750	$80,000	$142,500	$67,500	$22,475

Table 7: Masters Health Physics and Primary Employer

	Count	Average	Median	Max	Min	Std Dev
Consulting Firm	12	$92,500	$90,000	$147,500	$67,500	$23,932
Commercial	15	$97,833	$92,500	$147,500	$57,500	$24,456
Federal Government	22	$85,000	$82,500	$122,500	$62,500	$16,165
Government Contractors	16	$96,875	$87,500	$147,500	$67,500	$23,796
National Laboratory	21	$96,071	$92,500	$162,500	$72,500	$22,591
Nuclear Power Facility	13	$86,346	$82,500	$112,500	$67,500	$14,165
University	14	$74,286	$75,000	$92,500	$52,500	$14,224

Table 8: All CHPs by Other Certifications

	Count	Average	Median	Max	Min	Std Dev
PE	13	$96,346	$102,500	$122,500	$42,500	$20,932
NRRPT	43	$82,616	$82,500	$142,500	$42,500	$20,773
Other	23	$92,065	$87,500	$162,500	$47,500	$26,582

Table 9: Masters Health Physics and Primary Job Responsibility

	Count	Average	Median	Max	Min	Std Dev
Administration	16	$105,313	$102,500	$162,500	$57,500	$27,262
Applied Health Physics	46	$85,978	$82,500	$142,500	$52,500	$19,318
Dosimetry	10	$89,500	$82,500	$122,500	$77,500	$14,181
Environmental	10	$79,000	$77,500	$92,500	$67,500	$7,835
Radiological Assessment	10	$100,500	$97,500	$147,500	$67,500	$24,404
Reactors, Power	10	$87,000	$82,500	$112,500	$67,500	$15,357

Table 10: All CHPs by Primary Job Responsibility

	Count	Average	Median	Max	Min	Std Dev
Administration	21	$104,405	$102,500	$162,500	$57,500	$28,437
Medical Physics CHPs	9	$96,944	$92,500	$137,500	$72,500	$21,715
Regulations, Standards	9	$78,611	$77,500	$97,500	$67,500	$11,118
Applied Health Physics	80	$83,313	$82,500	$142,500	$42,500	$20,399
Dosimetry	19	$89,079	$82,500	$122,500	$67,500	$12,916
Environmental	23	$82,283	$77,500	$112,500	$42,500	$16,270
Radiological Assessment	22	$90,455	$87,500	$147,500	$57,500	$20,682
Reactors, Power	26	$92,115	$87,500	$122,500	$67,500	$15,226

Table 11: CHPs as Professional Staff (All CHPs in this category and by Education)

	Count	Average	Median	Max	Min	Std Dev
All CHPs in this Category	125	$85,180	$82,500	$147,500	$42,500	$17,558
Bachelors Other Field	15	$82,500	$82,500	$132,500	$42,500	$20,874
Master's Health Physics	57	$83,640	$82,500	$147,500	$52,500	$17,035
Master's Other Field	14	$86,071	$90,000	$112,500	$57,500	$17,478
Ph.D. Health Physics	10	$85,000	$80,000	$112,500	$47,500	$20,983

Table 12: CHPs as 1st Line Supervisors (All CHPs in this category)

	Count	Average	Median	Max	Min	Std Dev
All CHPs in this Category	13	$82,885	$82,500	$112,500	$57,500	$13,763

Table 13: CHPs as Supervisors of Professional Staff
(All CHPs in this category and by Education)

	Count	Average	Median	Max	Min	Std Dev
All CHPs in this Category	35	$91,214	$87,500	$147,500	$47,500	$23,052
Master's Health Physics	17	$98,088	$97,500	$147,500	$67,500	$25,180

Table 14: CHPs as RPM/RSO
(All CHPs in this category and by Education)

	Count	Average	Median	Max	Min	Std Dev
All CHPs in this Category	49	$92,092	$87,500	$137,500	$52,500	$18,815
Master's Health Physics	22	$86,591	$87,500	$112,500	$52,500	$14,111

Acknowledgements

Thank you to all who participated in this survey. If you did not participate this year, please plan to do so next year. The more CHPs that respond to our survey the better the results will be. Confidentiality is maintained throughout, and Scott Medling has built in safeguards to protect your privacy. Your participation will benefit the entire health physics community. Special thanks to Scott for his work to put our survey on the web and make it easier for all of us.