By October 1, 1997
If you met your initial MQSA qualifications by October 1, 1994, you must then have earned at least 15 CME/CEUs in mammography by October 1, 1997. Failure to meet this requirement will be cited as a non-compliant findings during the MQSA inspection and may require you to work only under direct supervision until you meet the continuing education requirement.

By October 27, 1997
If you are a medical physicist who has been using the degree, training, and experience route to meet MQSA qualifications, by October 27, 1997, you must be:
Certified in an FDA-approved specialty by an FDA-approved board or
State licensed or state approved.
Physicists who fail to meet these requirements must stop providing physics services to mammography facilities.