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...(A) A licensee authorized to use a teletherapy unit for medical use shall perform full calibration measurements on each teletherapy unit: (1) Before the first medical use of the unit; (2) Before medical use under the following conditions: (a) Whenever spot-check measurements, as described in rule 3701:1-58-64 of the Administrative Code, indicate that the output differs by more than five per cent from the output ob...

...(A) A licensee authorized to use a remote afterloader unit for medical use shall perform full calibration measurements on each unit: (1) Before the first medical use of the unit; (2) Before medical use under the following conditions: (a) Following replacement of the source or following reinstallation of the unit in a new location outside the facility; and (b) Following any repair of the unit that includes removal...

...(A) A licensee authorized to use a gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit for medical use shall perform full calibration measurements on each unit: (1) Before the first medical use of the unit; (2) Before medical use under the following conditions: (a) Whenever spot-check measurements, as described in rule 3701:1-58-66 of the Administrative Code, indicate that the output differs by more than five per cent from the ...

...(A) A licensee authorized to use teletherapy units for medical use shall perform output spot-checks on each teletherapy unit once in each calendar month that include determination of: (1) Timer accuracy, and timer linearity over the range of use; (2) On-off error; (3) The coincidence of the radiation field and the field indicated by the light beam localizing device; (4) The accuracy of all distance measuring and ...

...(A) A licensee authorized to use a remote afterloader unit for medical use shall perform spot-checks of each remote afterloader facility and on each unit: (1) Before the first use on any given day that a high dose-rate, medium dose-rate, or pulsed dose-rate remote afterloader is in operation; (2) Before each patient treatment with a low dose-rate remote afterloader unit; and (3) After each source installation. (B...

...(A) A licensee authorized to use a gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit for medical use shall perform spot-checks of each gamma stereotactic radiosurgery facility and on each unit: (1) Monthly; (2) Before the first use of the unit on a given day; and (3) After each source installation. (B) A licensee shall: (1) Perform the measurements required by paragraph (A) of this rule in accordance with written procedures ...

...(A) A licensee providing mobile remote afterloader service shall: (1) Check survey instruments before medical use at each address of use or on each day of use, whichever is more frequent; and (2) Account for all sources before departure from a client's address of use. (B) In addition to the periodic spot-checks required by rule 3701:1-58-65 of the Administrative Code, a licensee authorized to use mobile afterloade...

...(A) In addition to the survey requirement in rule 3701:1-38-14 of the Administrative Code, a person subject to rules 3701:1-58-55 to 3701:1-58-71 of the Administrative Code shall make surveys to ensure that the maximum radiation levels and average radiation levels from the surface of the main source safe with the source(s) in the shielded position do not exceed the levels stated in the sealed source and device regist...

...(A) A licensee shall have each teletherapy unit and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit fully inspected and serviced during source replacement or at intervals not to exceed five years, whichever comes first, to assure proper functioning of the source exposure mechanism. (B) This inspection and servicing may only be performed by persons specifically licensed to do so by the director, the United States nuclear regula...

...(A) A licensee shall have each teletherapy unit and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit fully inspected and serviced during source replacement, to assure proper functioning of the source exposure mechanism and other safety components. The interval between each full-inspection servicing shall not exceed five years for each teletherapy unit and shall not exceed seven years for each gamma stereotact...

...Except as provided in rule 3701:1-58-21 of the Administrative Code, the licensee shall require an authorized user of a sealed source for a use authorized under rule 3701:1-58-55 of the Administrative Code to be a physician who: (A) Is certified by a medical specialty board whose certification process has been recognized by the director, United States nuclear regulatory commission, or an agreement state and who meets...

...Except as provided in rule 3701:1-58-21 of the Administrative Code, the licensee shall require an authorized user of a sealed source for a use authorized under rule 3701:1-58-55 of the Administrative Code to be a physician who: (A) Is certified by a medical specialty board whose certification process has been recognized by the director, the United States nuclear regulatory commission, or an agreement s...

...Except as provided in rule 3701:1-58-21 of the Administrative Code, the licensee shall require an authorized user of a sealed source for a use authorized under rule 3701:1-58-55 of the Administrative Code to be a physician who: (A) Is certified by a medical specialty board whose certification process has been recognized by the director, the United States nuclear regulatory commission, or an agreement s...

...A licensee may use radioactive material or a radiation source approved for medical use which is not specifically addressed in rules 3701:1-58-32, 3701:1-58-34, 3701:1-58-37, 3701:1-58-43, 3701:1-58-53 and 3701:1-58-55 of the Administrative Code if: (A) The applicant or licensee has submitted the information required by paragraphs (B) to (D) of rule 3701:1-58-07 of the Administrative Code; and (B) The applicant or ...

...(A) A licensee shall retain a record of actions taken by the licensee's management in accordance with paragraph (A) of rule 3701:1-58-12 of the Administrative Code for five years. The record must include a summary of the actions taken and a signature of licensee management. (B) The licensee shall retain a copy of both authority, duties, and responsibilities of the radiation safety officer as required by paragraph (...

...(A) A licensee shall retain a record of actions taken by the licensee's management in accordance with paragraph (A) of rule 3701:1-58-12 of the Administrative Code for five years. The record must include a summary of the actions taken and a signature of licensee management. (B) The licensee shall retain a record of the authority, duties, and responsibilities of the radiation safety officer as ...

...A licensee shall retain a record of each radiation protection program change made in accordance with paragraph (A) of rule 3701:1-58-13 of the Administrative Code for five years. The record must include a copy of the old and new procedures, the effective date of the change, and the signature of the licensee management that reviewed and approved the change.

...For purposes of this chapter, a licensee shall retain a copy of each written directive as required by rule 3701:1-58-15 of the Administrative Code for three years.

...For purposes of this chapter, a licensee shall retain a copy of the procedures required by paragraph (A) of rule 3701:1-58-16 of the Administrative Code for the duration of the license.

...A licensee shall maintain a record of instrument calibrations required by rule 3701:1-58-23 of the Administrative Code for three years. The records must include the model and serial number of the instrument, the date of the calibration, the results of the calibration, and the name of the individual who performed the calibration.

...A licensee shall maintain a record of radiation survey instrument calibrations required by rule 3701:1-58-24 of the Administrative Code for three years. The record must include the model and serial number of the instrument, the date of the calibration, the results of the calibration, and the name of the individual who performed the calibration.

...(A) For purposes of this chapter, a licensee shall maintain a record of dosage determinations required by rule 3701:1-58-25 of the Administrative Code for three years. (B) The record must contain: (1) The radiopharmaceutical; (2) The patient's or human research subject's name, or identification number if one has been assigned; (3) The prescribed dosage, the determined dosage, or a notation that the total activity...

...(A) A licensee shall retain records of leak tests required by paragraph (B) of rule 3701:1-58-27 of the Administrative Code for three years. The records must include the model number, and serial number if one has been assigned, of each source tested; the identity of each source by radionuclide and its estimated activity; the results of the test; the date of the test; and the name of the individual who performed the ...

...A licensee shall retain a record of each survey required by rule 3701:1-58-29 of the Administrative Code for three years. The record must include the date of the survey, the results of the survey, the instrument used to make the survey, and the name of the individual who performed the survey.

...(A) A licensee shall retain a record of the basis for authorizing the release of an individual in accordance with rule 3701:1-58-30 of the Administrative Code, if the total effective dose equivalent is calculated by: (1) Using the retained activity rather than the activity administered; (2) Using an occupancy factor less than 0.25 at one meter; (3) Using the biological or effective half-life; or (4) Considering t...