The North Central Chapter of the Health Physics Society is a professional organization of Specialists in Radiation Safety in the five state area including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and North and South Dakota. The objectives of the Chapter are to aid in the work of Health Physics, to improve dissemination of information between individuals in this field and related fields (such as environmental health, industrial hygiene, medical physics, nuclear engineering and radiological physics), to improve public understanding of the problems and needs in radiation protection and to promote and improve Health Physics as a profession.