Or. Admin. Code § 333-116-0740

Current through Register Vol. 64, No. 1, January 1, 2025

Section 333-116-0740 - Training for Experienced Authorized User, Radiation Safety Officer, Teletherapy or Medical Physicist, Authorized Medical Physicist, Nuclear Pharmacist or 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 January 14, 2019 need not comply with the training requirements of OAR 333-116-0640, 333-116-0905 or 333-116-0910, respectively, except the Radiation Safety Officers and authorized medical physicists identified in this section must meet the training requirements in OAR 333-116-0640(5) or 333-116-0905(3) 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 OAR 333-116-0640 to be identified as a Radiation Safety Officer or as an Associate Radiation Safety Officer on a 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 OAR 333-116-0905 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 byproduct material on a license issued by the U.S. Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State, a permit issued by a 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 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 OAR 333-116-0660 through 333-116-0720.

(5) Physicians, dentists, or podiatrists not identified as authorized users for the medical use of byproduct material on a license issued by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an Agreement State, a permit issued by a 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 Commission master material broad scope license on or before October 24, 2005, need not comply with the training requirements of OAR 333-116-0660 through 333-116-0720 those materials and uses that these individuals performed on or before October 24, 2005, as follows:

(a) For uses authorized under OAR 333-116-0300, OAR 333-116-0320, 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 American Osteopathic Board of Nuclear Medicine in nuclear medicine;

(b) For uses authorized under OAR 333-116-0360, 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;

(c) For uses authorized under OAR 333-116-0420 or OAR 333-116-0480, 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

(d) For uses authorized under OAR 333-116-0400, 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.

(6) 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 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory licenses for the same uses for which these individuals are authorized.

Or. Admin. Code § 333-116-0740

HD 1-1991, f. & cert. ef. 1-8-91; PH 12-2006, f. & cert. ef. 6-16-06; PH 4-2007, f. & cert. ef. 3-1-07; PH 14-2008, f. & cert. ef. 9-15-08; PH 4-2013, f. & cert. ef. 1-29-13; PH 75-2018, minor correction filed 02/01/2018, effective 2/1/2018; PH 81-2021, amend filed 11/19/2021, effective 11/23/2021; PH 75-2024, amend filed 10/11/2024, effective 10/29/2024

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 453.635

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 453.605 - 453.807