ML20148N725
| ML20148N725 | |
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| Issue date: | 10/26/1978 |
| From: | Hoyle J NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY) |
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| RULE-PR-35 NUDOCS 7811270210 | |
| Download: ML20148N725 (5) | |
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NRC PUBLIC DOCW Ed NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE MEDICAL USES OF ISOTOPES PUBLIC MEETING The Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes will hold a public meeting at 9:00 a.m.
on Thursday, December 14, 1978 in Room 150, Willste Building, 7915 Eastern Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland.
The following agenda is scheduled:
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Policy and regulatory changes that affect medical licensees.
The changes to be discussed include:
NRC's medical policy I
statement; requirement for cilibration of teletherapy units; deletion of clinical procedures from Groups I, II, III of Section 35.100, Part 35, Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations; requirement for radiation survey and source count after temporary brachytherapy implants; change in composition and function of Medical Isotopes Committee; requirement to assay all patient doses prior to administration; deletion from Group IV of the use of iodine-131 to treat cardiac dysfunction.
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Methods of maintaining occupational exposures at medical institutions as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA).
The Committee will consider this matter in light of the current discussions of the effects of exposure to low levels of radiation.
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NRC and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation of medical devices containing radioactive material.
This matter will be discussed in view of the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 (P.L.94-295) that give FDA regulatory authority over medical devices.
Practical considerations may dictate alterations in the above agenda.
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Mr. Richard Cunningham, Acting' Director, Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will serve as Chairperson of the Advisory Committee meeting.
Mr. Cunningham is empowered to conduct the meeting in a manner that, in his judgment, will facilitate the orderly conduct of business.
The following requirements shall apply to public participation in the agenda items listed above.
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Persons wishing to submit written statements on agenda items may do so by providing a readily reproducible copy at the beginning of the meeting.
Persons wishing to mail written comments may do so by sending at least one readily reprod'ucible copy (preferably 25 copies) to Mr. Cunningham in care of NRC, Washington D.C. 20555.
Comments postmarked no later than December 7, 1978 should be received in time for consideration at the meeting.
The minutes of the meeting will be kept open for 30 days for the receipt of written statements for the record.
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Persons desiring to make oral statements should make a request to do so prior to the beginning of the meeting, identifying the agenda items and describing the need for the oral statement and its usefulness to the Committee.
To the extent that the time available for the meeting permits, the Committee will receive oral statements during a period of not more than 60 minutes at a time chosen by the Chairperson.
The Chairperson shall rule on requests to make oral statements and shall apportion the available time among those he selects to make i
oral statements.
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Questions may be asked only by Committee members, consultants, and staff.
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Seating for the public will be on a first come - first served basis.
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Rulings on requests to make oral statements and the time allotted may be obtained by prepaid telephone call to Mr. Cunningham at (301) 427-4485 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EST on December 11,12, or 13,1978.
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Other information regarding the meeting may be obtained by prepaid telephone call to Mrse Patricia Vacca at (301) 427-4232 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. EST.
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A copy of the minutes of the meeting will be available for inspection at the NRC Public Document Room,1717 H Street, N.W. Washington, j
D.C. 20555 on or before January 31, 1979.
Copies of the minutes may be obtained upon payment of required charges.
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1954, as amended (primarily Section 161a), Pub. L.92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act), Executive Order 11769 and the Commission's regulations in Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 7.
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