Ohio Admin. Code 3701:1-58-30 - Release of individuals containing unsealed radioactive material or implants containing radioactive material
(A) A licensee may authorize the release from
its control of any individual who has been administered unsealed radioactive
material or implants containing radioactive material if the total effective
dose equivalent to any other individual from exposure to the released
individual is not likely to exceed five millisieverts (0.5 rem).
(B) A licensee shall provide the released
individual, or the individual's parent or guardian, with instructions,
including written instructions, on actions recommended to maintain doses to
other individuals as low as is reasonably achievable if the total effective
dose equivalent to any other individual is likely to exceed one millisievert
(0.1 rem). If the total effective dose equivalent to a nursing infant or child
could exceed one millisievert (0.1 rem) assuming there were no interruption of
breast-feeding, the instructions must also include:
(1) Guidance on the interruption or
discontinuation of breast-feeding; and
(2) Information on the potential
consequences, if any, of failure to follow the guidance.
(C) A licensee shall maintain a record of the
basis for authorizing the release of an individual in accordance with paragraph
(A) of rule
3701:1-58-82
of the Administrative Code.
(D) The
licensee shall maintain a record of instructions provided to a breast-feeding
female in accordance with rule
3701:1-58-82
of the Administrative Code.
(E) Any
patient administered gamma emitting radiopharmaceuticals or permanent
brachytherapy sources and is required to be furnished
written instructions in accordance with paragraph (B) of this rule shall
be provided a patient release card to include:
(1) The patient's name;
(2) The radionuclide administered and its
activity;
(3) The facility name
which administered the radionuclide;
(4) The date of the administration of the
radionuclide; and
(5) The
expiration date of the card.
The card is not applicable to those patients who are institutionalized in facilities such as hospitals, nursing homes, correctional institutions, etc. or to those patients whose radiation levels do not exceed one microsievert per hour (0.1 mrem/hr) at one meter.
Notes
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 3748.02, 3748.04
Rule Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior Effective Dates: 08/15/2005, 12/22/2008
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