N.M. Admin. Code § 20.3.7.709

Current through Register Vol. 36, No. 1, January 14, 2025

Section 20.3.7.709 - SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS AND PRECAUTIONS FOR USE OF UNSEALED RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL FOR WHICH A WRITTEN DIRECTIVE IS REQUIRED

In addition to the requirements in 20.3.10.1002 NMAC, the licensee shall provide the following.

A. Safety Instructions. A licensee shall provide radiation safety instructions initially and at least annually, to personnel caring for patients or human research subjects who cannot be released under Subsection I of 20.3.7.703 NMAC. To satisfy this requirement, the instruction must be commensurate with the duties of the personnel and include:

(1) patient or human research subject control;

(2) visitor control, including:

(a) routine visitation to hospitalized individuals in accordance with Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of 20.3.4.413 NMAC; and

(b) visitation authorized in accordance with Subsection F of 20.3.4.413 NMAC;

(3) contamination control;

(4) waste control; and

(5) notification of the radiation safety officer, or their designee, and an authorized user if the patient or the human research subject has a medical emergency or dies.

B. Record Keeping. A licensee shall retain a record of individuals receiving safety instructions, as specified in Subsection A of this section, in accordance with Subsection O of 20.3.7.715 NMAC.

C. Safety Precautions. For each patient or human research subject who cannot be released under Subsection I of 20.3.7.703 NMAC, a licensee shall:

(1) quarter the patient or the human research subject either in:

(a) a private room with a private sanitary facility; or

(b) a room, with a private sanitary facility, with another individual who also has received therapy with unsealed radioactive material and who also cannot be released under Subsection I of 20.3.7.703 NMAC;

(2) visibly post the patient's or human research subject's room with a "Radioactive Materials" sign;

(3) note on the door or in the patient's or human research subject's chart where and how long visitors may stay in the patient's or human research subject's room;

(4) either monitor material and items removed from the patient's or the human research subject's room to determine that their radioactivity cannot be distinguished from the natural background radiation level with a radiation detection survey instrument set on its most sensitive scale and with no interposed shielding, or handle the material and items as radioactive waste; and

(5) a licensee shall notify the radiation safety officer, or their designee, and an authorized user, as soon as possible if the patient or human research subject has a medical emergency or dies.

N.M. Admin. Code § 20.3.7.709

20.3.7.709 NMAC - Rp, 20 NMAC 3.1.7.708, 4/30/2009