Section 335.5020  Safety Instruction

In addition to the requirements of 32 Ill. Adm. Code 400.120:

a)         A licensee shall provide in radiation safety instruction, prior to beginning work and at least annually, to personnel caring for patients or human research subjects who have been administered radioactive materials requiring a written directive.  To satisfy this requirement, the instructions must be commensurate with the duties of the personnel and shall include:

1)         Patient or human research subject control;

2)         Visitor control, including:

A)        Routine visitation to hospitalized individuals in accordance with 32 Ill. Adm. Code 340.310(a)(1); and

B)        Visitation authorized in accordance with 32 Ill. Adm. Code 340.310(c);

3)         Contamination control;

4)         Waste control; and

5)         Notification of the Radiation Safety Officer, or his or her designee, and the authorized user if the patient or the human research subject has a medical emergency or dies.

b)         A licensee shall maintain a record of safety instructions required by this Section  for 5 years.  The record must include a list of the topics covered, the date of the instruction, the names of the attendees and the names of the individuals who provided the instruction.

(Source:  Amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 9029, effective April 28, 2006)