Bill Text: PA HR113 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating the month of March 2011 as "Medical Physicist Awareness and Appreciation Month" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-03-08 - Adopted (198-0) [HR113 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-HR113-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 989
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 113 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY READSHAW, MAJOR, PRESTON, SCAVELLO, BAKER, BOBACK, K. BOYLE, BRADFORD, CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, D. COSTA, CUTLER, DALEY, DEASY, DeLUCA, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, EVERETT, GABLER, GEORGE, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, HARHART, HESS, KIRKLAND, KOTIK, MICOZZIE, MILLARD, MIRABITO, MOUL, M. O'BRIEN, O'NEILL, PAYNE, REICHLEY, SANTONI, K. SMITH, SONNEY AND VULAKOVICH, MARCH 4, 2011
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MARCH 4, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of March 2011 as "Medical Physicist
Awareness and Appreciation Month" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Medical physicists calibrate, test and monitor the
radiation emission of equipment used in diagnostic radiological
physics, therapeutic radiological or radiation oncology physics,
medical nuclear physics and medical health physics; and
WHEREAS, The work of medical physicists is necessary and
integral to ensure the safe and effective use of radiation in a
medical context; and
WHEREAS, Patients and the general public are typically
unaware of the integral role medical physicists play in ensuring
that only safe and appropriate levels of radiation are applied
during a radiation-based medical treatment; and
WHEREAS, This Commonwealth has an interest in recognizing and
promoting the safe application of medical physics by qualified
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medical physicists; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
month of March 2011 as "Medical Physicist Awareness and
Appreciation Month" in Pennsylvania.
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