Illinois Administrative Code
Title 32 - ENERGY
Part 335 - MEDICAL USE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Subpart C - GENERAL TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Section 335.2110 - Release of Individuals Containing Unsealed Radioactive Material or Implants Containing Radioactive Material
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
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 5 mSv (0.5 rem) following assessment of the patient's medical, living and working conditions.
AGENCY NOTE: NUREG-1556, Vol. 9, "Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Medical Licenses," published September 2019, exclusive of subsequent amendments or editions, describes methods for calculating doses to other individuals and contains tables of activities not likely to cause doses exceeding 5 mSv (0.5 rem).
b) If the total effective dose equivalent to any other individual is likely to exceed 1 mSv (0.1 rem), the licensee shall provide the released individual and, as determined appropriate by the authorized physician user, the individual's spouse, parent, guardian or other primary caregiver with verbal and written instructions on actions recommended to maintain doses to other individuals as low as is reasonably achievable. If the total effective dose equivalent to a minor, pregnant individual or nursing infant or child could exceed 1 mSv (0.1 rem), assuming there were no interruptions of breast-feeding, the instructions shall also include:
c) Release of the patient pursuant to this Section shall be approved by an authorized physician user who is approved for the applicable use of radioactive material under Subpart F or H. The authorized user physician shall state in writing that he or she is satisfied that patient compliance with necessary instructions is likely and that the patient is suitable for release.
d) A licensee shall retain a record for 5 years after the release of the individual for the following: