Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0400-20-07-.26 - TRAINING FOR EXPERIENCED RADIATION SAFETY OFFICER, TELETHERAPY OR MEDICAL PHYSICIST, AUTHORIZED MEDICAL PHYSICIST, AUTHORIZED USER, NUCLEAR PHARMACIST, AND AUTHORIZED NUCLEAR PHARMACIST

(1) An individual identified on a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State license or a permit issued by a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State broad scope licensee or master material license permit or by a master material license permittee of broad scope as a radiation safety officer, a teletherapy or medical physicist, an authorized medical physicist, a nuclear pharmacist or an authorized nuclear pharmacist on or before the effective date of these rules need not comply with the training requirements of Rule 0400-20-07-.23, Rule 0400-20-07-.24, or Rule 0400-20-07-.25, respectively, except the radiation safety officers and authorized medical physicists identified in this paragraph must meet the training requirements in paragraph (4) of Rule 0400-20-07-.23 or paragraph (3) of Rule 0400-20-07-.24, as appropriate, for any material or uses for which they were not authorized prior to this date.

(2) Any 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 Rule 0400-20-07-.23 to be identified as a radiation safety officer or as an associate radiation safety officer on a Division, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or an Agreement State license or U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission master material license permit for those materials and uses that these individuals performed on or before October 24, 2005.

(3) Any 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 described in Rule 0400-20-07-.24, for those materials and uses that these individuals performed on or before October 24, 2005.

(4) Physicians, dentists, or podiatrists identified as authorized users for the medical use of radioactive material on a license issued by the Division, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an Agreement State, a permit issued by a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission master material licensee, a permit issued by the Division, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or Agreement State broad scope licensee, or a permit issued by a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission master material license broad scope permittee on or before January 14, 2019, who perform only those medical uses for which they were authorized on or before that date need not comply with the training requirements of Rules 0400-20-07-.38, 0400-20-07-.39, 0400-20-07-.40, 0400-20-07-.43, 0400-20-07-.45, 0400-20-07-.46, 0400-20-07-.47, 0400-20-07-.48, 0400-20-07-.49, 0400-20-07-.52, 0400-20-07-.53, 0400-20-07-.54, 0400-20-07-.55, 0400-20-07-.56, 0400-20-07-.58, 0400-20-07-.59, 0400-20-07-.60, 0400-20-07-.62, and 0400-20-07-.80.

(5) Physicians, dentists, or podiatrists not identified as authorized users for the medical use of radioactive material on a license issued by the Division, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State, a permit issued by a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission master material licensee, a permit issued by a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State broad scope licensee, or a permit issued in accordance with a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission master material license of broad scope on or before October 24, 2005, need not comply with the training requirements of Rules 0400-20-07-.39, 0400-20-07-.43, 0400-20-07-.47, 0400-20-07-.48, 0400-20-07-.49, 0400-20-07-.59, 0400-20-07-.60, 0400-20-07-.62 and 0400-20-07-.80 for those materials and uses that these individuals performed on or before October 24, 2005, as follows:

(a) For uses authorized under Rules 0400-20-07-.38 and 0400-20-07-.40, 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 one of the following: 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 American Osteopathic Board of Nuclear Medicine in nuclear medicine;

(b) For uses authorized under Rule 0400-20-07-.44, a physician who was certified on or before October 24, 2005, by one of the following: 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;

(c) For uses authorized under Rules 0400-20-07-.51 and 0400-20-07-.63, a physician who was certified on or before October 24, 2005, in one of the following: 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

(d) For uses authorized under Rule 0400-20-07-.61, a physician who was certified on or before October 24, 2005, in one of the following: 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.

(6) Physicians, dentists, or podiatrists who used only accelerator-produced radioactive materials, discrete sources of radium-226, or both, for medical uses performed at a State of Tennessee agency or Federally recognized Indian Tribe before November 30, 2007, or at all other locations of use before August 8, 2009, or an earlier date as noticed by the Division, need not comply with the training requirements of Rules 0400-20-07-.38, 0400-20-07-.39, 0400-20-07-.40, 0400-20-07-.43, 0400-20-07-.45, 0400-20-07-.46, 0400-20-07-.47, 0400-20-07-.48, 0400-20-07-.49, 0400-20-07-.52, 0400-20-07-.53, 0400-20-07-.54, 0400-20-07-.55, 0400-20-07-.56, 0400-20-07-.58, 0400-20-07-.59, 0400-20-07-.60, 0400-20-07-.62 and 0400-20-07-.80, when performing the same medical uses. A physician, dentist, or podiatrist, who used only accelerator-produced radioactive materials, discrete sources of radium-226, or both, for medical uses at the locations and time period identified in this paragraph, qualifies as an authorized user for those materials and uses performed before these dates, for the purposes of this Chapter.

(7) Individuals who need not comply with training requirements as described in this rule may serve as preceptors for, and supervisors of, applicants seeking authorization on Division or NRC licenses for the same uses for which these individuals are authorized.

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Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0400-20-07-.26

Original rule filed February 22, 2012; effective May 22, 2012. Amendments filed December 4, 2023; effective 3/3/2024.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-201, et seq.; 68-202-101, et seq.; and 68-202-201, et seq.