Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control
Chapter 3701:1-58 - Medical Use of Radioactive Materials
Section 3701:1-58-15 - Written directives
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) A written directive must be dated and signed by an authorized user before the administration of iodine-131 sodium iodide greater than 1.11 megabecquerels (thirty microcuries), any therapeutic dosage of unsealed radioactive material or any therapeutic dose of radiation from radioactive material. If, because of the emergent nature of the patient's condition, a delay in order to provide a written directive would jeopardize the patient's health, an oral directive is acceptable. The information contained in the oral directive must be documented as soon as possible in writing in the patient's record. A written directive must be prepared within forty-eight hours of the oral directive.
(B) The written directive must contain the patient or human research subject's name and the following information:
(C) A written revision to an existing written directive may be made if the revision is dated and signed by an authorized user before the administration of the dosage of unsealed radioactive material, the brachytherapy dose, the gamma stereotactic radiosurgery dose, the teletherapy dose, or the next fractional dose. If, because of the patient's condition, a delay in order to provide a written revision to an existing written directive would jeopardize the patient's health, an oral revision to an existing written directive is acceptable. The oral revision must be documented as soon as possible in the patient's record. A revised written directive must be signed by the authorized user within forty-eight hours of the oral revision.
(D) The licensee shall retain a copy of the written directive in accordance with rule 3701:1-58-75 of the Administrative Code.