1. (1) The licensee may authorize the release from its control of any individual who has been administered unsealed byproduct material or implants containing byproduct material if the total effective dose equivalent to any other individual from exposure to the released individual is not likely to exceed five millisieverts (0.5 rem).

   Note: The current revision of NUREG-1556, Vol. 9, "Consolidated Guidance About Materials Licenses: Program-Specific Guidance About Medical Licenses'' describes methods for calculating doses to other individuals and contains tables of activities not likely to cause doses exceeding 5 mSv (0.5 rem).

2. (2) The licensee must provide the released individual, or the individual's parent or guardian, with instructions, including written instructions, on actions recommended to maintain radiation exposures to other individuals as low as is reasonably achievable if the total effective dose equivalent to any other individual is likely to exceed one millisievert (0.1 rem). If the dose to a breast-feeding infant or child could exceed one millisievert (0.1 rem) assuming there were no interruption of breast-feeding, the instructions must also include:

   1. (a) Guidance on the interruption or discontinuation of breast-feeding; and
   2. (b) Information on the potential consequences, if any, of failure to follow the guidance.
3. (3) The licensee must maintain a record of the basis for authorizing the release of an individual, for a minimum of five years after the date of release in accordance with OAR 333-100-0057.
4. (4) The licensee must maintain a record, for a minimum of five years after the date of release, in accordance with OAR 333-100-0057, that instructions were provided to a breast-feeding woman if the radiation dose to the infant or child from continued breast-feeding could result in a total effective dose equivalent exceeding five millisieverts (0.5 rem).

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 453.635

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 453.605 - 453.807

History

PH 15-2018, minor correction filed 02/01/2018, effective 02/01/2018
PH 10-2011, f. 9-30-11, cert. ef. 10-1-11
PH 14-2008, f. & cert. ef. 9-15-08
PH 4-2007, f. & cert. ef. 3-1-07
PH 12-2006, f. & cert. ef. 6-16-06
PH 36-2004, f. & cert. ef. 12-1-04
PH 31-2004(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 10-8-04 thru 4-5-05
PH 3-2003, f. & cert. ef. 3-27-03
HD 1-1991, f. & cert. ef. 1-8-91