Ohio Admin. Code 3701:1-58-21 - Training for experienced radiation safety officer, teletherapy or medical physicist, authorized medical physicist, authorized user, nuclear pharmacist, and authorized nuclear pharmacist
(A)
(1) An
individual identified as a radiation safety officer, a teletherapy or medical
physicist, an authorized medical physicist, a nuclear pharmacist or an
authorized nuclear pharmacist on a United States nuclear regulatory commission
or agreement state license or a permit issued by a United States nuclear
regulatory commission or agreement state broad scope licensee or master
material license permit or by a master material license permittee of broad
scope on or before January 14, 2019 need not comply with the training
requirements of rule
3701:1-58-18,
3701:1-58-19, or
3701:1-58-20 of the
Administrative Code, respectively, except the radiation safety officers and
authorized medical physicists identified in this paragraph must meet the
training requirements in paragraph (D) of rule
3701:1-58-18 of the
Administrative Code or paragraph (C) of rule
3701:1-58-19 of the
Administrative Code, as appropriate, for any material or uses for which they
were not authorized prior to this date.
(2) Any individual certified by the "American
Board of Health Physics" in comprehensive health physics; "American Board of
Radiology"; "American Board of Nuclear Medicine"; "American Board of Science"
in nuclear medicine; "Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties" in nuclear pharmacy;
"American Board of Medical Physics" in radiation oncology physics; "Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada" in nuclear medicine; "American
Osteopathic Board of Radiology"; or "American Osteopathic Board of Nuclear
Medicine" on or before October 24, 2005, need not comply with the training
requirements of rule
3701:1-58-18 of the
Administrative Code to be identified as a radiation safety officer or as an
associate radiation safety officer on a United States nuclear regulatory
commission or an agreement state license or United States nuclear regulatory
commission master material license permit for those materials and uses that
these individuals performed on or before October 24, 2005.
(3) Any individual certified by the "American
Board of Radiology" in therapeutic radiological physics, Roentgen ray and gamma
ray physics, xray and radium physics, or radiological physics, or certified by
the "American Board of Medical Physics" in radiation oncology physics, on or
before October 24, 2005, need not comply with the training requirements for an
authorized medical physicist described in rule
3701:1-58-19 of the
Administrative Code, for those materials and uses that these individuals
performed on or before October 24, 2005.
(4) A radiation safety officer, a medical
physicist, or a nuclear pharmacist, who used only accelerator-produced
radioactive materials, discrete sources of radium-226, or both, for medical
uses or in the practice of nuclear pharmacy at a government agency or federally
recognized indian tribe before November 30, 2007, or at all other locations of
use before August 8, 2009, or an earlier date as noticed by the United States
nuclear regulatory commission, need not comply with the training requirements
of rule
3701:1-58-18,
3701:1-58-19, or
3701:1-58-20 of the
Administrative Code, respectively, when performing the same uses. A nuclear
pharmacist, who prepared only radioactive drugs containing accelerator-produced
radioactive materials, or a medical physicist, who used only
accelerator-produced radioactive materials, at the locations and time period
identified in this paragraph, qualifies as an authorized nuclear pharmacist or
an authorized medical physicist, respectively, for those materials and uses
performed before these dates, for purposes of this chapter.
(B)
(1)
Physicians, dentists, or podiatrists identified as authorized users for the
medical use of byproduct material on a license issued by the United States
nuclear regulatory commission or agreement state, a permit issued by a United
States nuclear regulatory commission master material licensee, a permit issued
by a United States nuclear regulatory commission or agreement state broad scope
licensee, or a permit issued by a United States nuclear regulatory commission
master material license broad scope permittee on or before January 14, 2019,
who perform only those medical uses for which they were authorized on or before
that date need not comply with the training requirements of rules
3701:1-58-32 to
3701:1-58-71 of the
Administrative Code.
(2)
Physicians, dentists, or podiatrists not identified as authorized users for the
medical use of byproduct material on a license issued by the United States
nuclear regulatory commission or agreement state, a permit issued by a United
States nuclear regulatory commission master material licensee, a permit issued
by a United States nuclear regulatory commission or agreement state broad scope
licensee, or a permit issued by
in accordance with a United States nuclear
regulatory commission master material license broad scope permittee
license on
or before October 24, 2005, need not comply with the training requirements of
rules 3701:1-58-32 to
3701:1-58-71 of the
Administrative Code for those materials and uses that these individuals
performed on or before October 24, 2005, as follows:
(a) For uses authorized under rule
3701:1-58-32 of the
Administrative Code or rule
3701:1-58-34 of the
Administrative Code, or oral administration of sodium iodide I-131 requiring a
written directive for imaging and localization purposes, a physician who was
certified on or before October 24, 2005, in nuclear medicine by the "American
Board of Nuclear Medicine"; diagnostic radiology by the "American Board of
Radiology"; diagnostic radiology or radiology by the "American Osteopathic
Board of Radiology"; nuclear medicine by the "Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Canada"; or "American Osteopathic Board of Nuclear Medicine" in
nuclear medicine;
(b) For uses
authorized under rule
3701:1-58-37 of the
Administrative Code, a physician who was certified on or before October 24,
2005, by the "American Board of Nuclear Medicine"; the "American Board of
Radiology" in radiology, therapeutic radiology, or radiation oncology; nuclear
medicine by the "Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada"; or the
"American Osteopathic Board of Radiology" after 1984;
(c) For uses authorized under rule
3701:1-58-43 of the
Administrative Code or rule
3701:1-58-55 of the
Administrative Code, a physician who was certified on or before October 24,
2005, in radiology, therapeutic radiology or radiation oncology by the
"American Board of Radiology"; radiation oncology by the "American Osteopathic
Board of Radiology"; radiology, with specialization in radiotherapy, as a
British "Fellow of the Faculty of Radiology" or "Fellow of the Royal College of
Radiology"; or therapeutic radiology by the "Canadian Royal College of
Physicians and Surgeons"; and
(d)
For uses authorized under rule
3701:1-58-53 of the
Administrative Code, a physician who was certified on or before October 24,
2005, in radiology, diagnostic radiology, therapeutic radiology, or radiation
oncology by the "American Board of Radiology"; nuclear medicine by the
"American Board of Nuclear Medicine"; diagnostic radiology or radiology by the
"American Osteopathic Board of Radiology"; or nuclear medicine by the "Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada."
(3) Physicians, dentists, or podiatrists who
used only accelerator-produced radioactive materials, discrete sources of
radium-226, or both, for medical uses performed at a government agency or
federally recognized indian tribe before November 30, 2007, or at all other
locations of use before August 8, 2009, or an earlier date as noticed by the
United States nuclear regulatory commission, need not comply with the training
requirements of rules
3701:1-58-32 to
3701:1-58-71 of the
Administrative Code, when performing the same medical uses. A physician,
dentist, or podiatrist, who used only accelerator-produced radioactive
materials, discrete sources of radium-226, or both, for medical uses at the
locations and time period identified in this paragraph, qualifies as an
authorized user for those materials and uses performed before these dates, for
purposes of this chapter.
(C) Individuals who need not comply with
training requirements as described in this rule may serve as preceptors for,
and supervisors of, applicants seeking authorization on Ohio radioactive
material licenses for the same uses for which these individuals are
authorized.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3748.04
Rule Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior Effective Dates: 08/15/2005, 12/22/2008, 10/04/2010, 01/01/2012, 08/15/2021
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