Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 480 - RULES OF GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF PHARMACY
Chapter 480-25 - NUCLEAR PHARMACIES AND PHARMACISTS
Rule 480-25-.02 - Applicability of Regulations

(1) All persons who manufacture, possess, transport, or otherwise handle pharmaceuticals or radioactive materials intended for radiopharmaceutical use prior to their arrival at a nuclear pharmacy shall comply with the requirements of the Department's Rules and Regulations for Radioactive Materials, and the requirements of the Rules and Regulations of the Board.

(2) The requirements of these Rules and Regulations are in addition to, and not in substitution of, other applicable Rules and Regulations by the Department for radioactive materials and applicable Rules and Regulations promulgated by the Board for pharmacists and pharmacies.

(3) Nothing in these Rules and Regulations shall be construed as requiring a licensed physician to obtain a separate license as a nuclear pharmacist, when his/her use of radiopharmaceuticals is limited to the diagnosis and treatment of his/her own patients.

(4) Nothing in these Rules and Regulations shall be construed so as to require a licensed clinical laboratory which is also licensed by the Department to handle radioactive materials to obtain the services of a nuclear pharmacist, or to have a nuclear pharmacy license, unless the laboratory is engaged in the commercial sale or resale of radiopharmaceuticals.

(5) Nothing in these Rules and Regulations shall be construed to require a department of nuclear medicine which is located in a hospital of 250 beds or less, which has a board certified radiologist in the practice of nuclear medicine, and which is licensed by the Department to handle radioactive materials to obtain the services of a nuclear pharmacist or to have a nuclear pharmacy license.