Minn. R. agency 144, ch. 4731, MEDICAL USE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL, pt. 4731.4414 - TRAINING; EXPERIENCED RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER, TELETHERAPY OR MEDICAL PHYSICIST, AUTHORIZED USER, AND NUCLEAR PHARMACIST
A. An individual identified as a radiation
safety officer, a teletherapy or medical physicist, or a nuclear pharmacist on
a license issued by the NRC or an agreement state; a permit issued by an NRC or
agreement state broad scope licensee; a master material license permit; or a
permit issued by a master material license permittee of broad scope on or
before January 14, 2019, need not comply with the training requirements under
parts 4731.4411,
4731.4412, or
4731.4413, respectively, except a
radiation safety officer or authorized medical physicist identified in this
item must meet the training requirements in part
4731.4411, subpart 1, item A, subitem
(2), or 4731.4412, subpart 1, item A, subitem (2), as appropriate, for any
material or uses for which they were not authorized prior to this
date.
B. An individual certified by
the American Board of Health Physics in Comprehensive Health Physics; American
Board of Radiology; American Board of Nuclear Medicine; American Board of
Science in Nuclear Medicine; Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties in Nuclear
Pharmacy; American Board of Medical Physics in radiation oncology physics;
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in nuclear medicine;
American Osteopathic Board of Radiology; or American Osteopathic Board of
Nuclear Medicine on or before October 24, 2005, need not comply with the
training requirements of part
4731.4411 to be identified as a
radiation safety officer or as an associate radiation safety officer on a
commission or an agreement state license or commission master material license
permit for those materials and uses that these individuals performed on or
before October 24, 2005.
C. An
individual certified by the American Board of Radiology in therapeutic
radiological physics, roentgen ray and gamma ray physics, x-ray and radium
physics, or radiological physics, or certified by the American Board of Medical
Physics in radiation oncology physics on or before October 24, 2005, need not
comply with the training requirements for an authorized medical physicist in
part 4731.4412 for those materials and uses
that these individuals performed on or before October 24, 2005.
D. Physicians, dentists, or podiatrists
identified as authorized users for the medical use of radioactive material on a
license issued by the NRC or an agreement state; a permit issued by an NRC
master material licensee; a permit issued by an NRC or agreement state broad
scope licensee; or a permit issued by an NRC master material license broad
scope permittee on or before January 14, 2019, who perform only those medical
uses for which they were authorized on that date, need not comply with the
training requirements of parts
4731.4432 to
4731.4479.
E. Physicians, dentists, or podiatrists not
identified as authorized users for the medical use of radioactive material on a
license issued by the NRC or an agreement state, a permit issued by an NRC
master material licensee, a permit issued by an NRC or agreement state broad
scope licensee, or a permit issued in accordance with an NRC master material
broad scope license on or before October 24, 2005, need not comply with the
training requirements of parts
4731.4432 to
4731.4479 for those materials and uses
that these individuals performed on or before October 24, 2005, as follows:
(1) for uses authorized under part
4731.4432 or
4731.4434, or oral administration of
sodium iodide I-131 requiring a written directive for imaging and localization
purposes, a physician who was certified on or before October 24, 2005, in
nuclear medicine by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine, diagnostic
radiology by the American Board of Radiology, diagnostic radiology or radiology
by the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology, nuclear medicine by the Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, or the American Osteopathic Board
of Nuclear Medicine in nuclear medicine;
(2) for uses authorized under part
4731.4440, a physician who was
certified on or before October 24, 2005, by the American Board of Nuclear
Medicine; the American Board of Radiology in radiology, therapeutic radiology,
or radiation oncology; nuclear medicine by the Royal College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Canada; or the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology after
1984;
(3) for uses authorized under
part 4731.4450 or
4731.4463, a physician who was
certified on or before October 24, 2005, in radiology, therapeutic radiology,
or radiation oncology by the American Board of Radiology; radiation oncology by
the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology; radiology, with specialization in
radiotherapy, as a British "Fellow of the Faculty of Radiology" or "Fellow of
the Royal College of Radiology"; or therapeutic radiology by the Canadian Royal
College of Physicians and Surgeons; and
(4) for uses authorized under part
4731.4460, a physician who was
certified on or before October 24, 2005, in radiology, diagnostic radiology,
therapeutic radiology, or radiation oncology by the American Board of
Radiology; nuclear medicine by the American Board of Nuclear Medicine;
diagnostic radiology or radiology by the American Osteopathic Board of
Radiology; or nuclear medicine by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Canada.
F.
Individuals who need not comply with training requirements described in this
part may serve as preceptors for, and supervisors of, applicants seeking
authorization on licenses issued under this chapter for the same uses for which
these individuals are authorized.
Notes
Statutory Authority: MS s 144.1202; 144.1203
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