Ohio Admin. Code 3701:1-58-12 - Authority and responsibilities for the radiation protection program
(A) In addition to
the radiation protection program requirements of rule
3701:1-38-11
of the Administrative Code, a licensee's management shall approve in writing:
(1) Requests for a license application,
renewal, or amendment before submittal to the director;
(2) Any individual before allowing that
individual to work as an authorized user, authorized nuclear pharmacist, or
authorized medical physicist; and
(3) Radiation protection program changes that
do not require a license amendment and are permitted under rule
3701:1-58-13
of the Administrative Code.
(B) A licensee's management shall appoint a
radiation safety officer, who agrees, in writing, to be responsible for
implementing the radiation protection program. The licensee, through the
radiation safety officer, shall ensure that radiation safety activities are
being performed in accordance with licensee-approved procedures and regulatory
requirements. A licensee's management may appoint, in
writing, one or more associate radiation safety officers to support the
radiation safety officer. The radiation safety officer, with written agreement
of the licensee's management, must assign the specific duties and tasks to each
associate radiation safety officer. These duties and tasks are restricted to
the types of use for which the associate radiation safety officer is listed on
a license. The radiation safety officer may delegate duties and tasks to the
associate radiation safety officer but shall not delegate the authority or
responsibilities for implementing the radiation protection
program.
(C) For up to sixty
days each year, a licensee may permit an authorized
user or an individual qualified to be a radiation safety officer,
under rules
3701:1-58-18
and
3701:1-58-22
of the Administrative Code, to function as a temporary radiation safety officer
and to perform the functions of a radiation safety officer, as provided in
paragraph (G) of this rule, if the licensee takes the actions required in
paragraphs (B), (E), (G), and (H) of this rule and notifies the director in
accordance with paragraph (B) of rule
3701:1-58-09 of the
Administrative Code.
(D) A licensee
may simultaneously appoint more than one temporary radiation safety officer in
accordance with paragraph (C) of this rule, if needed to ensure that the
licensee has a temporary radiation safety officer that satisfies the
requirements to be a radiation safety officer for each of the different types
of uses of radioactive material permitted by the license.
(E) A licensee shall establish the authority,
duties, and responsibilities of the radiation safety officer in
writing.
(F) Licensees that are
authorized for two or more different types of uses of radioactive material
under rules
3701:1-58-37
to
3701:1-58-52
of the Administrative Code and rules
3701:1-58-55
to
3701:1-58-71
of the Administrative Code, or two or more types of units under rules
3701:1-58-55
to
3701:1-58-71
of the Administrative Code, shall establish a radiation safety committee to
oversee all uses of radioactive material permitted by the license. The
committee must include an authorized user of each type of use permitted by the
license, the radiation safety officer, a representative of the nursing service,
and a representative of management who is neither an authorized user nor a
radiation safety officer. The committee may include other members the licensee
considers appropriate.
(G) A
licensee shall provide the radiation safety officer sufficient authority,
organizational freedom, time, resources, and management prerogative, to:
(1) Identify radiation safety
problems;
(2) Initiate, recommend,
or provide corrective actions;
(3)
Stop unsafe operations; and,
(4)
Verify implementation of corrective actions.
(H) A licensee shall retain a record of
actions taken under paragraphs (A), (B), and (E) of this rule in accordance
with rule
3701:1-58-73
of the Administrative Code.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3748.02, 3748.04
Rule Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior Effective Dates: 08/15/2005
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