Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-7-716 - Surveys of Ambient Radiation Exposure Rate, Surveys for Contamination, and PET Radiation Exposure Concerns
A. In addition to the surveys required in
Article 4 of this Chapter, a licensee shall survey with a radiation detection
survey instrument at the end of each day of use all areas where unsealed
radioactive material, requiring a written directive, is prepared for use or
administered. In areas of routine use, that are to be released for unrestricted
use, a licensee shall perform a survey of the area using an instrument
appropriate for detecting contamination before releasing the area for
unrestricted use.
B. A licensee
shall obtain the services of a person, experienced in the principles of
radiation protection and installation design, to design a PET facility and
perform a radiation survey when the facility is ready for patient imaging. The
licensee shall provide a copy of the installation radiation survey to the
Department within 30 days of imaging the first patient.
C. The licensee shall use engineering
controls or shield each PET use area with protective barriers necessary to
comply with the radiation exposure limits in
R9-7-408 and
R9-7-416.
1. At the time of application for a new
license or amendment to an existing license, and before imaging of the first
patient, the licensee shall provide to the Department a copy of the
installation report signed by the contractor who installed the shielding
material recommended by a person meeting the requirements in subsection (B) and
a copy of the installation radiation survey required in subsection
(B).
2. The licensee shall perform
shielding calculations in accordance with AAPM Task Group 108: PET and
PET/ CT Shielding Requirements, in Medical Physics, Vol. 33, No. 1,
January 2006, which is incorporated by reference, published by the American
Association of Physicists in Medicine, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD
20740, and on file with the Department. This incorporation by reference
contains no future editions or amendments. In lieu of these procedures, the
licensee may use equivalent calculations approved by the Department.
D. As part of the annual ALARA
review required in
R9-7-407, the licensee shall
document a review of the PET patient workload and associated change, if any, in
public exposure resulting from the installed facility shielding and other
public radiation exposure controls in use at the time of the review.
Notes
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