Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article V - Radiological Health
Chapter 219 - STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION
Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 219.3 - Definitions
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
The following terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Medical reportable event for radiation-producing diagnostic or interventional X-ray procedures-The administration to a human being, except for an administration resulting from a direct intervention of a patient that could not have been reasonably prevented by the licensee or registrant, that results in one of the following:
(i) An unintended peak skin dose to the same area in a single procedure greater than 1500 rad (15 Gy).
(ii) An unintended dose, other than skin dose, in a single procedure exceeding five times the facility's established protocol and 50 rad (0.5 Gy) to any organ.
(iii) A dose to the wrong patient, or wrong site for the entire procedure, and exceeding 50 rad (0.5 Gy) to any organ.
Medical reportable event for radiation-producing machine therapy-The administration to a human being, except for an administration resulting from a direct intervention of a patient that could not have been reasonably prevented by the licensee or registrant, that results in one of the following:
(i) An administration of a therapeutic radiation dose to the wrong individual, wrong treatment site or using a treatment delivery intended for another individual.
(ii) An administration of a dose for therapy identified in a written directive that differs from the prescribed dose for the treatment site or any other organ from the intended prescribed dose, by one of the following:
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 228.35 (relating to operating procedures).
