http://www.hps.org/ 

Founded in 1956, the Health Physics Society (HPS) is a scientific and professional organization whose members specialize in occupational and environmental radiation safety. The mission of the society is to promote the practice of radiation safety. The activities of the society include encouraging research in radiation science, developing standards, and disseminating radiation safety information. Society members are involved in understanding, evaluating, and controlling the potential risks from radiation relative to the benefits.

The Health Physics Society issues several publications: the Health Physics Society Newsletter, the Health Physics Journal, Operational Radiation Safety, and American National Standards. Fact sheets and position papers published by the Health Physics Society are available on the society’s web site.

Health Physics Society Standards

The HPS is secretariat to two Accredited Standards Committees (ASCs) N13 and N43. The two ASCs, along with the HPS Standards Committee (HPSSC) and the HPS Standards Coordinator, constitute the HPS standards organization. The primary scope of the respective organizations are:

• The HPPSC is concerned with integration among the respective HPS ASCs and with HPS organizational representation to other national and international standards organizations. The HPSSC is charged with prioritizing and publishing HPS Standards.
• The N13 ASC is concerned with radiation protection of workers and the public related to the use, testing, and measurement of radiation.
• The N43 ASC is concerned with radiation protection aspects of radiation producing equipment used in industrial and non-medical research and development activities (excluding nuclear reactors).