United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Patient Care Services

National Health Physics Program (NHPP)

NHPP provides regulatory oversight for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission master materials license issued to VHA to include permitting for use of materials, on-site inspections, and investigations of allegations, medical events, and incidents. In addition we provide oversight for machine sources of ionizing radiation used for radiation therapy. Finally we provide assistance and technical information for uses of ionizing radiation for healthcare diagnosis and treatment and non-human biomedical research.

Additional information can be obtained by contacting vhconhpp@va.gov via email.