ML18298A352

Astro Annual Meeting 2018: Poster, USNRC Evaluation of Training and Experience for Radiopharmaceutical Use

ML18298A352
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Issue date:	10/23/2018
From:	Sarah Lopas NRC/NMSS/DMSST/MSEB
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Sarah Lopas
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Evaluation of Training and Experience for Radiopharmaceutical Use Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Division of Materials Safety, Security, State, American Society of Radiation Oncology and Tribal Programs 2018 Annual Meeting San Antonio, TX 45907 Authorized User How You Can Participate Why We Are Evaluating Training & Experience The NRCs training and experience (T&E) The NRC is evaluating: The NRC is conducting more extensive outreach with the medical requirements for physicians seeking to (1) whether it makes sense to community focused on assessing options for tailoring the T&E become an Authorized User are listed in establish tailored T&E requirements for medical uses authorized under 10 CFR 35.300.

Title 10 of the Code of Federal requirements for different

• Provide feedback: A Federal Register notice will be published Regulations (10 CFR) Part 35. categories of with detailed questions written by NRC staff. The NRC will Specifically, the T&E requirements in radiopharmaceuticals; (2) how request feedback on these questions from interested Subpart E of 10 CFR 35 provide three those categories should be stakeholders.

ways that a physician can be authorized determined (such as by risks

• Attend NRC public meetings and webinars in November, to administer unsealed byproduct posed by groups of radionuclides December, and January.

materials or radiopharmaceuticals or by delivery method); (3) what

• Send letters or e-mails to the NRC with your feedback.

requiring a written directive. An the appropriate T&E requirements

• Keep track of the NRCs evaluation at the T&E Web site:

attestation may be required to confirm would be for each category; and www.nrc.gov/materials/miau/med-use-toolkit/training-experience-that these requirements are met. (4) whether those requirements evaluation.html should be based on hours of T&E or focused more on competency.

1. A physician can be certified by a medical specialty board, whose certification process is recognized by If you only have time to participate in one way, Is 700 hours0.0081 days <br />0.194 hours <br />0.00116 weeks <br />2.6635e-4 months <br /> appropriate? How the NRC or an Agreement State. please submit a response to the questions should competency be assessed?

posted in the Federal Register notice.

2. A physician can complete a structured Do the current NRC requirements educational program and supervised unnecessarily limit patient access to work experience under an Alternate References procedures involving Pathway. The required 700 hours0.0081 days <br />0.194 hours <br />0.00116 weeks <br />2.6635e-4 months <br /> radiopharmaceuticals?

breaks down to a minimum of 200 SRM-M170817:

hours of classroom and laboratory (ADAMS Accession No. ML17229B283) training, and 500 hours0.00579 days <br />0.139 hours <br />8.267196e-4 weeks <br />1.9025e-4 months <br /> of supervised Should the NRC create tailored T&E SECY-18-0084:

work experience. requirements for different categories (ADAMS Accession No. ML18135A276) of radiopharmaceuticals?

3. A physician can be authorized if T&E Evaluation Web site:

previously identified as an Authorized What should the categories be and www.nrc.gov/materials/miau/med-use-User (AU) on an NRC or Agreement how should the requirements be toolkit/training-experience-State license or permit. applied? evaluation.html