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...Except as provided in rule 3701:1-58-21 of the Administrative Code, the licensee shall require the authorized user of strontium-90 for ophthalmic radiotherapy to be a physician who: (A) Is an authorized user under rule 3701:1-58-51 of the Administrative Code, or equivalent United States nuclear regulatory commission or agreement state requirements; or (B) Has achieved the following requirements: (1) Has completed...

...Except as provided in rule 3701:1-58-21 of the Administrative Code, the licensee shall require the authorized user of strontium-90 for ophthalmic radiotherapy to be a physician who: (A) Is an authorized user under rule 3701:1-58-51 of the Administrative Code, or equivalent United States nuclear regulatory commission or agreement state requirements; or (B) Has achieved the following requirements: (1...

...(A) A licensee must use only sealed sources that are not in medical devices for diagnostic medical uses if the sealed sources are approved in the sealed source and device registry for diagnostic medicine. The sealed sources may be used for diagnostic medical uses that are not explicitly listed in the sealed source and device registry but must be used in accordance with the radiation safety con...

...Except as provided in rule 3701:1-58-21 of the Administrative Code, the licensee shall require the authorized user of a diagnostic sealed source for use in a device authorized under rule 3701:1-58-53 of the Administrative Code to be a physician, dentist, or podiatrist who: (A) Is certified by a specialty board whose certification process includes all of the requirements in paragraphs (B) and (C) of this rule and who...

...Except as provided in rule 3701:1-58-21 of the Administrative Code, the licensee shall require the authorized user of a diagnostic sealed source or a device authorized under rule 3701:1-58-53 of the Administrative Code to be a physician, dentist, or podiatrist who: (A) Is certified by a specialty board whose certification process includes all of the requirements in paragraphs (C) and (D) of this rule a...

...A licensee shall use sealed sources in photon emitting remote afterloader units, teletherapy units, or gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units for therapeutic medical uses: (A) As approved in the sealed source and device registry; or (B) In research in accordance with an active investigational device exemption application accepted by the United States food and drug administration provided the requirements of paragrap...

...(A) A licensee must only use sealed sources: (1) Approved and as provided for in the sealed source and device registry in photon emitting remote afterloader units, teletherapy units, or gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units to deliver therapeutic doses for medical uses; or (2) In research involving photon-emitting remote afterloader units, teletherapy units, or gamma stereotactic radiosurger...

...(A) Before releasing a patient or a human research subject from licensee control, a licensee shall survey the patient or the human research subject and the remote afterloader unit with a portable radiation detection survey instrument to confirm that the source(s) has been removed from the patient or human research subject and returned to the safe shielded position. (B) A licensee shall retain a record of these surve...

...(A) Only a person specifically licensed by the director, the United States nuclear regulatory commission, or an agreement state shall install, maintain, adjust, or repair a remote afterloader unit, teletherapy unit, or gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit that involves work on the source(s) shielding, the source(s) driving unit, or other electronic or mechanical component that could expose the source(s), reduce the s...

...(A) A licensee shall: (1) Secure the unit, the console, the console keys, and the treatment room when not in use or unattended; (2) Permit only individuals approved by the authorized user, radiation safety officer, or authorized medical physicist to be present in the treatment room during treatment with the source(s); (3) Prevent dual operation of more than one radiation producing device in a treatment room if app...

...(A) A licensee shall: (1) Secure the unit, the console, the console keys, and the treatment room when not in use or unattended; (2) Permit only individuals approved by the authorized user, radiation safety officer, or authorized medical physicist to be present in the treatment room during treatment with the source(s); (3) Prevent dual operation of more than one radiation producing device in...

...(A) Except for low dose-rate remote afterloader sources where the source output or activity is determined by the manufacturer, a licensee shall have a calibrated dosimetry system available for use. To satisfy this requirement, one of the following two conditions must be met: (1) The system must have been calibrated using a system or source traceable to the "National Institute of Standards and Technology" (NIST) and...

...(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...