Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION
Chapter 7 - MEDICAL USE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL
Section 180-7-026 - PROVISIONS FOR EXPERIENCED RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER, TELETHERAPY OR MEDICAL PHYSICIST, AUTHORIZED MEDICAL PHYSICIST, AUTHORIZED USER, NUCLEAR PHARMACIST AND AUTHORIZED NUCLEAR PHARMACIST
Current through September 17, 2024
026.01 LICENSE OR PERMIT. An individual identified on an NRC or Agreement State license or a permit issued by an NRC or Agreement State broad scope licensee or master material license permit or by a master material license permittee of broad scope as an RSO, a teletherapy or medical physicist, an authorized medical physicist, a nuclear pharmacist or an authorized nuclear pharmacist on or before the effective date of these regulations need not comply with the training requirements of 180 NAC 7-022 through 7-024, respectively, other than RSOs and authorized medical physicists identified in this paragraph must meet the training requirements in 180 NAC 7-022(D) or 7-0234(C) as appropriate, for any material or uses for which they were not authorized prior to this date.
026.02 CERTIFICATION. 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 180 NAC 7-022 to be identified as a radiation safety officer or as an associate on an NRC or an Agreement State license or NRC master material license permit for those materials and uses that these individuals performed on or before October 24, 2005.
026.03 PRIOR CERTIFICATION. Any individual certified by the American Board of Radiology in therapeutic radiological physics, Roentgen ray and gamma ray physics, x-ray 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 180 NAC 7-023, for those materials and uses that these individuals performed on or before October 24, 2005.
026.04 IDENTIFIED AS AN AUTHORIZED USER. Physicians, dentists, or podiatrists identified as authorized users for the medical use of radioactive material on a license issued by the NRC, an Agreement State or the Department, a permit issued by an NRC master material licensee, a permit issued by an NRC, an Agreement State, or the Department broad scope licensee, or on a permit issued by an NRC master material license broad scope permittee before the effective date of these regulations, who perform only those medical uses for which they were authorized on or before that date need not comply with the training requirements 180 NAC 7-041 through 7-084.
026.05 NOT IDENTIFIED AS AN AUTHORIZED USER. Physicians, dentists, or podiatrists not identified as authorized users for the medical use of radioactive material on a license issued by the NRC or an Agreement State, a permit issued by an NRC master material licensee, a permit issued by an NRC or an Agreement State broad scope licensee, or a permit issued by an NRC master material broad scope license on or before October 24, 2005, need not comply with the training requirements for those materials and uses that these individuals performed on or before October 24, 2005, as follows:
026.06 PRECEPTORS AND SUPERVISORS. Individuals who need not comply with training requirements as described in 180 NAC 7-026 may serve as preceptors for, and supervisors of, applicants seeking authorization on Department licenses for the same uses for which these individuals are authorized.
