As used in rules 3701-83-43 to
3701-83-50
of the Administrative Code:
(A)
"Authorized user" means a physician who meets the definition
of "authorized user" in rule
3701:1-58-01 of the
Administrative Code and is listed as the authorized user on the radioactive
materials license issued by the director to the freestanding radiation therapy
center.
(B) "Brachytherapy" means a
method of radiation therapy in which sources are used to deliver a radiation
dose at a distance of up to a few centimeters by surface, intracavitary,
intraluminal, or interstitial application.
(C) "Dose" or "radiation dose" is a generic
term that means absorbed dose, dose equivalent, committed effective dose
equivalent, or total effective dose equivalent as defined in rule
3701:1-38-01 of the
Administrative Code.
(D)
"Freestanding radiation therapy center" means a facility, part of a facility,
or any arrangement in which radiation therapy services are transported to
various sites, at which radiation therapy is provided to patients.
"Freestanding radiation therapy center" does not include the provision of
radiation therapy by a hospital registered under section
3701.07
of the Revised Code, or the provision of radiation therapy by an entity that is
reviewed as part of a hospital accreditation or certification
program.
(E) "Interstitial
application" means the use of sealed radioactive sources within special
applicators placed in tissue in a predetermined pattern.
(F) "Intracavitary application" means the use
of radioactive sources in closed containers placed in body cavities.
(G) "Intraluminal" means within the lumen of
a tube or tubular organ, such as a blood vessel.
(H) "Ionizing radiation" means gamma rays and
x-rays, alpha and beta particles, high-speed electrons, neutrons, protons, and
other atomic or nuclear particles or rays.
(I) "Nuclear medicine physician" means a
physician listed as an authorized user on a radioactive materials license
issued by the director for that modality as required in Chapter 3701:1-58 of
the Administrative Code.
(J)
"Radiation oncologist" means a physician who
has
satisfactorily completed a radiation oncology residency in an accreditation
council for graduate medical education or American osteopathic association
approved program; and is certified by one of the following:
meets the requirements of paragraph (C) of rule
3701:1-67-02
of the Administrative Code.
(1) The American board of radiology
or the American osteopathic board of radiology and who has a practice limited
to radiation oncology;
(2) The American board of radiology,
the American osteopathic board of radiology, or the royal college of physicians
and surgeons of Canada in radiation oncology or therapeutic radiology;
or
(3) The American board of
certification in radiology in radiation oncology.
(K) "Radiologist" means a physician board
certified in radiology by the American board of radiology, the American
osteopathic board of radiology, or by the royal college of physicians and
surgeons of Canada, or who has completed a formal accreditation council for
graduate medical education (ACGME) or American osteopathic association approved
residency in radiology.
(L)
"Radiation therapy" means the use of ionizing radiation or radiopharmaceuticals
for therapy, including external beam radiation therapy (teletherapy),
intraoperative radiation therapy, brachytherapy, and radioactive materials for
therapeutic administration as authorized on a radioactive materials license
issued by the director pursuant to rules
3701:1-58-43
and
3701:1-58-55
of the Administrative Code in the treatment of human illness.
(M) "Simulation" means the mock-up of a
patient treatment with radiographic documentation of the treatment
portals.
(N)
A "
teletherapy
Teletherapy physicist" means a physicist who meets the
definition in rule
3701:1-58-01 of the
Administrative Code and the training criteria specified in rule
3701:1-58-71
of the Administrative Code.