Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control
Chapter 3701:1-58 - Medical Use of Radioactive Materials
Section 3701:1-58-39 - Safety precautions for unsealed radioactive material
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3701:1-58-39
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) For each patient or human research subject who cannot be released under rule 3701:1-58-30 of the Administrative Code, a licensee shall:
(1) Quarter the patient or the human research
subject either in:
(a) A private room with a
private sanitary facility; or
(b) A
room, with a private sanitary facility, with another individual who also has
received therapy with unsealed radioactive material and who also cannot be
released under rule
3701:1-58-30
of the Administrative Code;
(2) Visibly post the patient's or the human
research subject's room with a "radioactive materials" sign.
(3) Note on the door or in the patient's or
human research subject's chart where and how long visitors may stay in the
patient's or the human research subject's room; and
(4) Either monitor material and items removed
from the patient's or the human research subject's room to determine that their
radioactivity cannot be distinguished from the natural background radiation
level with a radiation detection survey instrument set on its most sensitive
scale and with no interposed shielding, or handle the material and items as
radioactive waste.
(B) A licensee shall notify the radiation safety officer, or his or her designee, and an authorized user as soon as possible if the patient or human research subject has a medical emergency or dies.
Effective: 8/10/2015
Five Year
Review (FYR) Dates: 05/26/2015 and
06/01/2020
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 3748.02,
3748.04
Rule
Amplifies: 3748.04
Prior
Effective Dates: 8/15/2005
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