Ohio Admin. Code 3701:1-58-18 - Training for radiation safety officer and associate radiation safety officer
Except as provided in rule 3701:1-58-21 of the Administrative Code, the licensee shall require an individual fulfilling the responsibilities of the radiation safety officer or an individual assigned duties and tasks as an associate radiation safety officer as provided in rule 3701:1-58-12 of the Administrative Code to be an individual who:
(A) Is certified by a specialty board whose
certification process has been recognized by the director, the United States
nuclear regulatory commission, or an agreement state and who meets the
requirements in paragraph (D) of this rule. The names of board certifications
which have been recognized by the director, the United States nuclear
regulatory commission, or an agreement state will be posted on the United
States nuclear regulatory commission's "Medical Uses Licensee Toolkit" web page
at www.nrc.gov. To have its certification
process recognized, a specialty board shall require all candidates for
certification to:
(1)
(a) Hold a bachelor's or graduate degree from
an accredited college or university in physical science or engineering or
biological science with a minimum of twenty college credits in physical
science;
(b) Have five or more
years of professional experience in health physics, for which graduate training
may be substituted for no more than two years of the required experience, with
at least three years in applied health physics; and
(c) Pass an examination administered by
diplomates of the specialty board, which evaluates knowledge and competence in
radiation physics and instrumentation, radiation protection, mathematics
pertaining to the use and measurement of radioactivity, radiation biology, and
radiation dosimetry; or
(2)
(a)
Hold a master's or doctor's degree in physics, medical physics, other physical
science, engineering, or applied mathematics from an accredited college or
university;
(b) Have two years of
full-time practical training and/or supervised experience in medical physics:
(i) Under the supervision of a medical
physicist who is certified in medical physics by a specialty board recognized
by the director, United States nuclear regulatory commission, or an agreement
state; or
(ii) In clinical nuclear
medicine facilities providing diagnostic and/or therapeutic services under the
direction of physicians who meet the requirements for authorized users in rule
3701:1-58-21,
3701:1-58-36 or rule
3701:1-58-40 of the
Administrative Code; and
(c) Pass an examination, administered by
diplomates of the specialty board, that assesses knowledge and competence in
clinical diagnostic radiological or nuclear medicine physics and in radiation
safety; or
(B)
Has achieved the following requirements:
(1)
Has completed a structured educational program consisting of both:
(a) Two hundred hours of classroom and
laboratory training in the following areas:
(i) Radiation physics and
instrumentation;
(ii) Radiation
protection;
(iii) Mathematics
pertaining to the use and measurement of radioactivity;
(iv) Radiation biology; and
(v) Radiation dosimetry; and
(b) One year of full-time
radiation safety experience under the supervision of the individual identified
as the radiation safety officer on a United States nuclear regulatory
commission or agreement state license, or permit issued by a United States
nuclear regulatory commission master material licensee, that authorizes similar
type(s) of use(s) of radioactive material. An associate radiation safety
officer may provide supervision for those areas for which the associate
radiation safety officer is authorized on a United States nuclear regulatory
commission or agreement state license, or permit issued by a United States
nuclear regulatory commission master material licensee. The full-time radiation
safety experience must involve the following:
(i) Shipping, receiving, and performing
related radiation surveys;
(ii)
Using and performing checks for proper operation of instruments used to
determine the activity of dosages, survey meters, and instruments used to
measure radionuclides;
(iii)
Securing and controlling radioactive material;
(iv) Using administrative controls to avoid
mistakes in the administration of radioactive material;
(v) Using procedures to prevent or minimize
radioactive contamination and using proper decontamination
procedures;
(vi) Using emergency
procedures to control radioactive material; and
(vii) Disposing of radioactive material;
and
(2) This
individual must obtain a written attestation, signed by a preceptor radiation
safety officer or associate radiation safety officer who has experience with
the radiation safety aspects of similar types of use of radioactive material
for which the individual is seeking approval as a radiation safety officer or
an associate radiation safety officer. The written attestation must state that
the individual has satisfactorily completed the requirements in paragraphs
(B)(1) and (D) of this rule, and is able to independently fulfill the radiation
safety-related duties as a radiation safety officer or as an associate
radiation safety officer for a medical use license; or
(C)
(1) Is
a medical physicist who has been certified by a specialty board whose
certification process has been recognized by the director, United States
nuclear regulatory commission, or an agreement state under paragraph (A) of
rule 3701:1-58-19 of the
Administrative Code and has experience in radiation safety for similar types of
use of radioactive material for which the licensee is seeking the approval of
the individual as radiation safety officer or an associate radiation safety
officer and who meets the requirements in paragraph (D) of this rule;
or
(2) Is an authorized user,
authorized medical physicist, or authorized nuclear pharmacist identified on a
United States nuclear regulatory commission or an agreement state license, a
permit issued by a United States nuclear regulatory commission master material
licensee, a permit issued by a United States nuclear regulatory commission or
an agreement state licensee of broad scope, or a permit issued by a United
States nuclear regulatory commission master material license broad scope
permittee, has experience with the radiation safety aspects of similar types of
use of radioactive material for which the licensee seeks the approval of the
individual as the radiation safety officer or associate radiation safety
officer, and meets the requirements in paragraph (D) of this rule; or
(3) Has experience with the radiation safety
aspects of the types of use of radioactive material for which the individual is
seeking simultaneous approval both as the radiation safety officer and the
authorized user on the same new medical use license or new medical use permit
issued by a United States nuclear regulatory commission master material
license
licensee . The individual must also meet the
requirements in paragraph (D) of this rule.
(D) Has training in the radiation safety,
regulatory issues, and emergency procedures for the types of use for which a
licensee seeks approval. This training requirement may be satisfied by
completing training that is supervised by a radiation safety officer, an
associate radiation safety officer, authorized medical physicist, authorized
nuclear pharmacist, or authorized user, as appropriate, who is authorized for
the type(s) of use for which the licensee is seeking approval.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3748.04
Rule Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior Effective Dates: 08/15/2005, 12/22/2008, 01/01/2012, 08/15/2021
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