Ohio Admin. Code 3701:1-58-20 - Training for an authorized nuclear pharmacist
Except as provided in rule 3701:1-58-21 of the Administrative Code, the licensee shall require the authorized nuclear pharmacist to be a pharmacist who:
(A)
Is certified by a specialty board whose certification process has been
recognized by the director, United States nuclear regulatory commission, or an
agreement state. The names of board certifications which have been recognized
by the director, 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) Have graduated from a pharmacy program
accredited by the "American
Accreditation Council on Pharmaceutical
Education" (ACPE) (previously named the "American
Council on Pharmaceutical Education") or have passed the "Foreign
Pharmacy Graduate Examination Committee" (FPGEC) examination;
(2) Hold a current, active license to
practice pharmacy;
(3) Provide
evidence of having acquired at least four thousand hours of training/experience
in nuclear pharmacy practice. Academic training may be substituted for no more
than two thousand hours of the required training and experience; and
(4) Pass an examination in nuclear pharmacy
administered by diplomates of the specialty board, that assesses knowledge and
competency in procurement, compounding, quality assurance, dispensing,
distribution, health and safety, radiation safety, provision of information and
consultation, monitoring patient outcomes, research and development;
or
(B) Has achieved the
following requirements:
(1) Has completed
seven hundred hours in 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) Chemistry of radioactive material for
medical use; and
(v) Radiation
biology; and
(b)
Supervised practical experience in a nuclear pharmacy involving:
(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, if appropriate,
instruments used to measure alpha- or beta-emitting radionuclides;
(iii) Calculating, assaying, and safely
preparing dosages for patients or human research subjects;
(iv) Using administrative controls to avoid
medical events in the administration of radioactive material; and
(v) Using procedures to prevent or minimize
radioactive contamination and using proper decontamination procedures;
and
(2) Has
obtained written attestation, signed by a preceptor authorized nuclear
pharmacist, that the individual has satisfactorily completed the requirements
in paragraph (B)(1) of this rule and is able to independently fulfill the
radiation safety-related duties as an authorized nuclear pharmacist.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3748.04
Rule Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior Effective Dates: 08/15/2005, 12/22/2008, 08/15/2021
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