Section 0400-20-07-.31 - AUTHORIZATION FOR CALIBRATION, TRANSMISSION, AND REFERENCE SOURCES(1) Any person authorized by Rule 0400-20-07-.10 for medical use of radioactive material may receive, possess, and use any of the following radioactive material for check, calibration, transmission, and reference use: (a) Sealed sources not exceeding 1.11 gigibecquerels (30 mCi) each, manufactured and distributed by persons specifically licensed under 10 C.F.R. § 32.74, Chapter 0400-20-10, or equivalent Agreement State regulations;(b) Sealed sources, not exceeding 1.11 gigibecquerels (30 mCi) each, redistributed by a licensee authorized to redistribute the sealed sources manufactured and distributed by a person licensed under paragraph (12) of Rule 0400-20-10-.13, or equivalent provisions of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or Agreement State regulations, providing the redistributed sealed sources are in the original packaging and shielding and are accompanied by the manufacturer's approved instructions;(c) Any radioactive material with a half-life not longer than 120 days in individual amounts not to exceed 0.56 gigibecquerels (15 mCi);(d) Any radioactive material with a half-life longer than 120 days in individual amounts not to exceed the smaller of: 1. 7.4 megabecquerels (200 µCi); or2. 1,000 times the quantities in Schedule RHS 8-30 Chapter 0400-20-10; and(e) Technetium-99m in amounts as needed.(2) Radioactive material in sealed sources authorized by this provision shall not be: (a) Used for medical use as defined in paragraph (19) of Rule 0400-20-07-.05, except in accordance with the requirements of Rule 0400-20-07-.61; or(b) Combined (i.e., bundled or aggregated) to create an activity greater than the maximum activity of any single sealed source authorized under this rule.(3) A licensee using calibration, transmission, and reference sources in accordance with the requirements in paragraph (1) or (2) of this rule need not list these sources on a specific medical use license.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0400-20-07-.31
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.