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...(A) A licensee shall retain a record of each periodic spot-check for teletherapy units required by rule 3701:1-58-64 of the Administrative Code for three years. (B) The record must include: (1) The date of the spot-check; (2) The manufacturer's name, model number, and serial number of the teletherapy unit, source and instrument used to measure the output of the teletherapy unit; (3) An assessment of timer lineari...

...(A) A licensee shall retain a record of each spot-check for remote afterloader units required by rule 3701:1-58-65 of the Administrative Code for three years. (B) The record must include, as applicable: (1) The date of the spot-check; (2) The manufacturer's name, model number, and serial number for the remote afterloader unit and source; (3) An assessment of timer accuracy; (4) Notations indicating the operabili...

...(A) A licensee shall retain a record of each spot-check for gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units required by rule 3701:1-58-66 of the Administrative Code for three years. (B) The record must include: (1) The date of the spot-check; (2) The manufacturer's name, model number, and serial number for the gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit and the instrument used to measure the output of the unit; (3) An assessment ...

...(A) A licensee shall retain a record of each check for mobile remote afterloader units required by rule 3701:1-58-67 of the Administrative Code for three years. (B) The record must include: (1) The date of the check; (2) The manufacturer's name, model number, and serial number of the remote afterloader unit; (3) Notations accounting for all sources before the licensee departs from a facility; (4) Notations indic...

...(A) A licensee shall maintain a record of radiation surveys of treatment units made in accordance with rule 3701:1-58-68 of the Administrative Code for the duration of use of the unit. (B) The record must include: (1) The date of the measurements; (2) The manufacturer's name, model number and serial number of the treatment unit, source, and instrument used to measure radiation levels; (3) Each dose rate measured ...

...(A) A licensee shall maintain a record of the five-year inspections for teletherapy and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units required by rule 3701:1-58-69 of the Administrative Code for the duration of use of the unit. (B) The record must contain: (1) The inspector's radioactive materials license number; (2) The date of inspection; (3) The manufacturer's name and model number and serial number of both the treatm...

...(A) A licensee shall maintain a record of the full-inspection servicing for teletherapy and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units required by rule 3701:1-58-69 of the Administrative Code for the duration of use of the unit. (B) The record must contain: (1) The inspector's radioactive materials license number; (2) The date of inspection; (3) The manufacturer's name and model number and the ...

...(A) A licensee shall report any event as a medical event, except for an event that results from patient intervention, in which: (1) The administration of radioactive material or radiation from radioactive material, except permanent implant brachytherapy, results in: (a) A dose that differs from the prescribed dose or dose that would have resulted from the prescribed dosage by more than 0.05 siev...

...(A) A licensee shall report any dose to an embryo/fetus that is greater than fifty millisievert (five rem) dose equivalent that is a result of an administration of radioactive material or radiation from radioactive material to a pregnant individual unless the dose to the embryo/fetus was specifically approved, in advance, by the authorized user. (B) A licensee shall report any dose to a nursi...

...A licensee shall file a report within five days if a leak test required by rule 3701:1-58-27 of the Administrative Code reveals the presence of one hundred eighty-five becquerels (0.005 microcurie) or more of removable contamination. The report must be filed with the address listed in rule 3701:1-40-04 of the Administrative Code. The written report must include the model number and serial number if assigned, of the...

...(A) Except as provided in rule 3701:1-58-21 of the Administrative Code, the licensee shall require an authorized user for the parenteral administration of unsealed radioactive material requiring a written directive, to be a physician who: (1) Is an authorized user under rule 3701:1-58-40 of the Administrative Code for uses listed in paragraph (B)(1)(b)(vi)(c) or (B)(1)(b)(vi)(d) of rule 3701:1-58-40 of the Administr...

...(A) Except as provided in rule 3701:1-58-21 of the Administrative Code, the licensee shall require an authorized user for the parenteral administration of unsealed radioactive material requiring a written directive, to be a physician who: (1) Is an authorized user under rule 3701:1-58-40 of the Administrative Code for uses listed in paragraph (B)(1)(b)(vi)(c) of rule 3701:1-58-40 of the Administr...

...(A) The licensee shall notify by telephone the department at 614-644-2727 and the distributor of the generator within seven calendar days after discovery that an eluate exceeded the permissible concentration listed in paragraph (A) of rule 3701:1-58-35 of the Administrative Code at the time of generator elution. The telephone report to the department must include the manufacturer, model number, an...

...(A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Air kerma" means the sum of the initial kinetic energy of all charged ionizing particles liberated by uncharged ionizing radiation in a given mass of air. The unit for air kerma is joules per kilogram which is given the special name of gray (Gy). To determine air kerma in Gy from exposure in units of roentgens (R) multiply exposure by the conversion factor 0.0087...

...(A) As used in this chapter: (1) "Air kerma" means the sum of the initial kinetic energy of all charged ionizing particles liberated by uncharged ionizing radiation in a given mass of air. The unit for air kerma is joules per kilogram which is given the special name of gray (Gy). To determine air kerma in Gy from exposure in units of roentgens (R) multiply exposure by the conversion factor 0.00876 Gy/R. (2) "Air ke...

...As used in this rule, "radiation-generating equipment" means radiation-generating equipment used for dental, veterinary, or medical purpose but does not include therapeutic radiation-generating equipment. (A) The director may, upon application thereof or upon his or her own initiative, grant a variance to the requirements of rules in this chapter as he or she determines is authorized by law, provided that the regist...

...As used in this rule, "radiation-generating equipment" means radiation-generating equipment used for dental, veterinary, or medical purpose but does not include therapeutic radiation-generating equipment. (A) The director may, upon application thereof or upon his or her own initiative, grant a variance to the obligations of rules in this chapter as he or she determines is authorized by law, provided th...

...(A) An individual may seek certification from the Ohio department of health as a radiation expert in one or more of the following categories of radiation-generating equipment: (1) Therapeutic; (2) Diagnostic other than mammography; or (3) Mammography. (B) An individual seeking certification or renewal of certification as a radiation expert shall apply to the department on a form prescribed and...

...(A) An individual may seek certification from the Ohio department of health as a radiation expert in one or more of the following categories of radiation-generating equipment: (1) Therapeutic; (2) Diagnostic other than mammography; or (3) Mammography. (B) An individual seeking certification or renewal of certification as a radiation expert will apply to the department on a form prescribed and ...

...(A) Each registrant shall develop, implement and maintain a written quality assurance program in the form of a readily available manual or manuals, either in hard copy format or electronic format. For purposes of this chapter and Chapter 3701:1-67 of the Administrative Code, quality assurance program means a program providing for verification by written procedures such as testing, auditing, and in...

...(A) Each registrant will develop, implement and maintain a written quality assurance program in the form of a readily available manual or manuals, either in hard copy format or electronic format. For purposes of this chapter and Chapter 3701:1-67 of the Administrative Code, quality assurance program means a program providing for verification by written procedures such as testing, auditing, and ins...

...The requirements of this rule do not apply to radiation-generating equipment used for dental intraoral or panoral, mammography, bone densitometry, computed tomography, fluoroscopy or spot film imaging, and equipment used in radiation therapy. (A) General purpose radiographic equipment shall meet the following equipment standards: (1) A means shall be provided for limiting the x-ray beam to the image...

...The obligations of this rule do not apply to radiation-generating equipment used for dental intraoral or panoral, mammography, bone densitometry, computed tomography, fluoroscopy or spot film imaging, and equipment used in radiation therapy. (A) General purpose radiographic equipment will meet the following equipment standards: (1) A means will be provided for limiting the x-ray beam to the image re...

...(A) Dental equipment shall meet the following equipment standards: (1) For dental intraoral equipment, a means shall be provided to limit the source-to-skin distance (SSD) to not less than eighteen centimeters; (2) For dental intraoral equipment, the x-ray field at the minimum SSD shall be containable in a circle having a diameter of no more than seven centimeters; (3) A means shall be prov...

...(A) Dental equipment will meet the following equipment standards: (1) For dental intraoral equipment, a means will be provided to limit the source-to-skin distance (SSD) to not less than eighteen centimeters; (2) For dental intraoral equipment, the x-ray field at the minimum SSD will be containable in a circle having a diameter of no more than seven centimeters; (3) A means will be provided...