Apply for recognition of a course for the acquisition or updating of the required expertise in radiation protection

If you wish to organize courses to acquire or update the necessary specialist knowledge in radiation protection, the course must be recognized by the competent body and consist of an examination of suitability and certification.

If you would like to have courses to acquire and update the necessary specialist knowledge in radiation protection in the fields of human medicine, veterinary medicine, dentistry or for non-medical fields of application recognized, the body responsible for the course location will check whether:

• The course content is suitable for teaching the necessary skills and knowledge in radiation protection for the respective field of application,
• the qualifications of the teaching staff, the teaching materials used and the equipment of the course center ensure proper knowledge transfer
• and a performance review takes place,

If the requirements are met, your courses must be recognized.

Department II8 "Radiation Protection, Large Accelerators, Emergency Protection" of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (HMUKLV) is responsible.

Application form

• Designation of the course by specifying the subject group and / or modules,
• Information on the implementation (synchronous-physical presence, synchronous-virtual presence, asynchronous, hybrid)
• Details of the course organizer,
• Details of the course location and venue,
• Details of the responsible course leader

Syllabus

• Details of the subject areas with the respective lecturer and the number of teaching units,
• Details of demonstration/exercises and practicals,
• Information on the duration of the teaching units and the number of teaching units per day

Teaching content

• Description of the teaching content (as a bullet point or formulated script),
• Description of the demonstration/exercises or practicals)

Teaching staff

• Proof of the qualification of the teaching staff with regard to the teaching content (e.g. possession of the required specialist knowledge in radiation protection and, if applicable, updating of this or professional training, professional experience and details of previous lecturing or teaching activities or participation in specialist committees)

Teaching material

• Overview of the materials made available to the participants
  • course materials,
  • lecture notes,
  • Compilation of legal sources of legislation, standards and directives,
  • Other documents containing illustrations, tables, diagrams and formulas necessary for the participants' future work

Equipment of the course venue

• Technical equipment of the course rooms,
• number of places,
• type and number of workstations, measuring equipment, open or enclosed radioactive substances / radiation sources / X-ray equipment, if applicable

Information on the maximum number of course participants

Concept for monitoring attendance and success

• Information on the performance review,
• Annexes to the admission requirements,
• Information on the duration and procedure of the examination
  

• Forms available: No
• Written form required: Yes
• Informal application possible: Yes
• Personal appearance necessary: No
• Online services available: No

• According to § 51 StrlSchV, you must prove that
  • the radiation protection course you have planned is suitable for teaching the participants the content specified in the technical guideline,
  • the qualification of the teaching staff, the teaching materials used and the equipment of the course location guarantee the proper transfer of knowledge and
  • a performance review takes place.

You can send the documents for your planned course by post or electronically.

The competent body will check whether the course you are planning is suitable in accordance with the legal requirements and the relevant directive.

If the course meets all requirements, the course must be recognized. This is done by written notification.

The application should be submitted before the radiation protection course is held.

Additional URL for fee calculation: https://www.rv.hessenrecht.hessen.de/bshe/document/jlr-UmwMinVwKostOHE2009rahmen/part/X (number 12213): Administrative fine from 40,00 EUR to 1.500,00 EUR (Information on cost composition can be found here)

Further information on the recognition of courses in radiation protection can be found on our homepage under the "Applications" tab.