ML20135B967
| ML20135B967 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 01/28/1997 |
| From: | Rathbun D NRC OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS (OCA) |
| To: | Inhofe J, Schaefer D HOUSE OF REP., ENERGY & COMMERCE, SENATE, ENVIRONMENT & PUBLIC WORKS |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20135B969 | List: |
| References | |
| FRN-59FR30724, RULE-PR-20, RULE-PR-35 CCS, NUDOCS 9703030289 | |
| Download: ML20135B967 (2) | |
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- The Honorable James Inhofe, Chatruan j Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private i Property and Iluclear Safety Committee on Environment and Public Works
! United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 l
Dear Mr. Chairman:
! Enclosed for the information of the Subcommittee is a final amendment to 10 l CFR Parts to and 35 dealing with criteria for the release of patients
- administered radioactive materials. Roughly 8 to g million medical diagnostic and therapeutic administrations of radioactive material are performed in the
- United States each year.
The rule is largely in response to three petitions for rulemaking that were
- submitted by the medical community because of concerns that the NRC's recent
! amendents of its regulations in Part 20, " Standards for Protection Against
! Radia', ion," would require medically unnecessary hospitalization of patients admir.istered radioactive materials for the treatment of disease and would thus
- increase national health care costs.
l The rule makes it clear that the release of patients administered radioactive
! materials continues to be regulated by the requirements in NRC's Part 35, j ' Medical Use of Byproduct Material." Thus, the more restrictive requirements i in Part 20 do not apply to release of patients. While the comments of the j medical community on the proposed rule were generally supportive, they j objected strongly to one of the recordkeeping requirements contained in the
- proposed rule. Upon reconsideration, the NRC has deleted the recordkeeping !
i requirement in question after concluding that the records were not necessary j to provide for adequate protection of public health and safety.
Sincerely, f
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Dennis K. Rathbun, Director j Office of Congressional Affairs
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Enclosure:
As Stated l
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i The Honorable Dan Schaefer, Chairman
- Subcommittee on Energy and Power
! Committee on Commerce ,
l United States House of Representatives l Washington, DC 20515 :
Dear Mr. Chairman:
! I Enclosed for the information of the Subcommittee is a final amendment to 10 j CFR Parts 20 and 35 dealing with criteria for the release of patients
, administered radioactive materials. Roughly 8 to 9 million medical diagnostic
, and therapeutic administrations of radioactive material are performed in the
{ United States each year. l
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The rule is largely in response to three petitions for rulemaking that were
{ submitted by the medical community because of concerns that the NRC's recent i j amendments of its regulations in Part 20 " Standards for Protection Against 1 i Radiation," would require medically unnecessary hospitalization of patients i
- administered radioactive materials for the treatment of disease and would thus ;
j increase national health care costs.
l The rule makes it clear that the release of patients administered radioactive j materials continues to be regulated by the requirements in NRC's Part 35, j " Medical Use of Byproduct Material." Thus, the more restrictive requirements i in Part 20 do not apply to release of patients. While the comments of the
- medical community on the proposed rule were generally supportive, they ;
j objected strongly to one of the recordkeeping requireevnts contained in the
- proposed rule. Upon reconsideration, the NRC has deleted the recordkeeping i requirement in question after concluding that the records were not necessary j to provide for adequate protection of public health and safety.
i j Sincerely, ,
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h&fe Dennis K. Rathbun, Director
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Enclosure:
i As Stated j cc: Rep. Ralph Hall 1
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