1. (1) A licensee authorized to use a gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit for medical use must perform full calibration measurements on each unit:

   1. (a) Before the first medical use of the unit;

   2. (b) Before medical use under the following conditions:

      1. (A) Whenever spot-check measurements indicate that the output differs by more than five percent from the output obtained at the last full calibration corrected mathematically for radioactive decay;
      2. (B) Following replacement of the sources or following reinstallation of the gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit in a new location; and
      3. (C) Following any repair of the gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit that includes removal of the sources or major repair of the components associated with the source assembly; and
   3. (c) At intervals not exceeding one year, with the exception that relative helmet factors need only be determined before the first medical use of a helmet and following any damage to a helmet.

2. (2) To satisfy the requirement of subsection (1)(a) of this rule, full calibration measurements must include determination of:

   1. (a) The output within +/-three percent;
   2. (b) Relative helmet factors;
   3. (c) Isocenter coincidence;
   4. (d) Timer accuracy and linearity over the range of use;
   5. (e) On-off error;
   6. (f) Trunnion centricity;
   7. (g) Treatment table retraction mechanism, using backup battery power or hydraulic backups with the unit off;
   8. (h) Helmet microswitches;
   9. (i) Emergency timing circuits; and
   10. (j) Stereotactic frames and localizing devices (trunnions).
3. (3) A licensee must use the dosimetry system described in OAR 333-116-0560(1) to measure the output for one set of exposure conditions. The remaining radiation measurements required in subsection (2)(a) of this rule may be made using a dosimetry system that indicates relative dose rates.
4. (4) A licensee must make full calibration measurements required by section (1) of this rule must be performed in accordance with published protocols accepted by nationally recognized bodies.
5. (5) A licensee must mathematically correct the outputs determined in subsection (2)(a) of this rule at intervals not exceeding one month for cobalt-60 and at intervals consistent with one percent physical decay for all other radionuclides.
6. (6) Full calibration measurements required by section (1) of this rule and physical decay corrections required by section (5) of this rule must be performed by the authorized medical physicist.
7. (7) A licensee must retain a record of each calibration in accordance with OAR 333-100-0057.

Statutory/Other Authority

ORS 453.635

Statutes/Other Implemented

ORS 453.605 - 453.807

History

PH 52-2018, minor correction filed 02/01/2018, effective 02/01/2018
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