Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024
Except as provided in
He-P
4035.71, the licensee shall require an individual
fulfilling the responsibilities of the radiation safety officer or an
individual assigned duties and tasks as an associate radiation safety officer
as provided in He-P 4035.10 to be an individual
who:
(a) Is certified by a specialty
board whose certification process has been recognized by DHHS/RHS, or an
agreement state, or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and which meets the
requirements in He-P 4035.61(e). The names of board certifications that have
been recognized by DHHS/RHS, an agreement state, or the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission are posted on the NRC's Medical Uses Licensee Toolkit web page. To
have its certification process recognized, a specialty board shall require all
candidates for certification to:
(1) Hold a
bachelor's or graduate degree from an accredited college or university in
physical science or engineering or biological science with a minimum of 20
college credits in physical science;
(2) Have 5 or more years of professional
experience in health physics (graduate training may be substituted for no more
than 2 years of the required experience) including at least 3 years in applied
health physics; and
(3) Pass an
examination administered by diplomats of the specialty board, which evaluates
knowledge and competence in radiation physics and instrumentation, radiation
protection, mathematics pertaining to the use and measurement of radioactivity,
radiation biology, and radiation dosimetry; or
(4) Hold a master's or doctorate level degree
in physics, medical physics, other physical science, engineering, or applied
mathematics from an accredited college or university; and
(5) Have 2 years full-time practical
training; and supervised experience in medical physics; under either:
a. The supervision of a medical physicist who
is certified in medical physics by a specialty board recognized by DHHS/RHS, or
an agreement state or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; or
b. In clinical nuclear medicine facilities
providing diagnostic and/or therapeutic services under the direction of
physicians who meet the requirements for authorized users in
He-P
4035.64,
He-P
4035.65 or
He-P
4035.71; and
(6) Pass an examination, administered by
diplomats of the specialty board, that assesses knowledge and competence in
clinical diagnostic radiological or nuclear medicine physics and in radiation
safety.
(b) Has
completed a structured educational program consisting of:
(1) 200 hours of classroom and laboratory
training in the following areas:
a. Radiation
physics and instrumentation;
b.
Radiation protection;
c.
Mathematics pertaining to the use and measurements of radioactivity;
d. Radiation biology;
e. Radiation dosimetry; and
(2) One year of full-time
radiation safety experience under the supervision of the individual identified
as the radiation safety officer on a DHHS/RHS, or agreement state, or Nuclear
Regulatory Commission license, or permit issued by a Nuclear Regulatory
Commission master material license that authorized similar type(s) of use(s) of
byproduct material. An associate radiation safety officer shall provide
supervision for those areas for which the associate radiation safety officer is
authorized on a DHHS/RHS or an agreement state license or permit issued by a
Nuclear Regulatory Committee master material license. The full radiation safety
experience shall involve the following:
a.
Shipping, receiving, and performing related radiation surveys;
b. Using and performing checks for proper
operation of instruments used to determine the activity of dosages, survey
meters, and instruments used to measure radionuclides;
c. Securing and controlling byproduct
material;
d. Using administrative
controls to avoid mistakes in the administration of byproduct
material;
e. Using procedures to
prevent or minimize radioactive contamination and using proper decontamination
procedures;
f. Using emergency
procedures to control byproduct material; and
g. Disposing of byproduct material;
and
(3) Obtaining a
written attestation, signed by a preceptor radiation safety officer or
associate radiation Safety officer who has experience with the radiation safety
aspects of similar types of use of byproduct material for which the individual
is seeking approval as a radiation safety officer or an associate radiation
safety officer. The written attestation shall state that the individual has
satisfactorily completed the requirements in He-P 4035.61(b)(1), and (b)(2),
and is able to independently fulfill the radiation safety-related duties as a
radiation safety officer or as an associate radiation safety officer for a
medical use license; or
(c) Is a medical physicist who has been
certified by a specialty board whose certification process has been recognized
by DHHS/RHS under 4035.70(a), or an agreement state, or the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, and has experience in radiation safety for similar types of use of
byproduct material for which the licensee is seeking the approval of the
individual as radiation safety officer or as associate radiation safety
officer, and who meets the requirements in He-P 4035.61 £; or
(d) an authorized user, authorized medical
physicist, or authorized nuclear pharmacist identified on the DHHS/RHS or
agreement state or Nuclear Regulatory Commission license, a permit issued by a
Nuclear Regulatory Commission master material licensee, a permit issued by
DHHS/RHS or agreement state or Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensee of broad
scope, or a permit issued by a Nuclear Regulatory Commission master material
license broad scope permittee, and has experience with:
(1) The radiation safety aspects of similar
types of use of byproduct material for the licensee seeks the individual as the
radiation safety officer or associate radiation safety officer, and meets the
requirements in He-P 4035.61(e); or
(2) The radiation safety aspects of the types
of use of byproduct material for which the individual is seeking simultaneous
approval both as the radiation safety officer and the authorized user on the
same new medical use license or new medical use permit issued by a Nuclear
Regulatory Commission master material license. The individual shall also meet
the requirements in He-P 4035.61(e).
(e) Has training in the radiation safety,
regulatory issues, and emergency procedures for the types of use for which a
licensee seeks approval. This training requirement may be satisfied by
completing training that is supervised by a radiation safety officer, associate
radiation safety officer, authorized medical physicist, authorize nuclear
pharmacist, or authorized user, as appropriate, who is authorized for the
type(s) of use for which the licensee is seeking approval.
(See Revision Note at part heading for He-P 4035) #6942,
eff 2-1-99; ss by #8800, INTERIM, eff 2-1-07, EXPIRED: 7-31-07
New. #8959, eff
8-7-07
