[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 227 (Monday, November 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 58391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28834]



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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Nominations of New Member of the Advisory Committee on the 
Medical Uses of Isotopes

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Call for nominations.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is inviting 
nominations, of individuals who are qualified as nuclear medicine 
physicians, for a position on the Advisory Committee on the Medical 
Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI).

DATES: Nominations are due January 26, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Submit nominations to: The Office of Personnel, ATTN: Ms. 
Jude Himmelberg, Mail Stop T2D32, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington, DC 20555.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Josephine M. Piccone, Ph.D., Office 
of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Telephone: 301-415-7270.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ACMUI advises the NRC on policy and 
technical issues that arise in regulating the medical use of byproduct 
material for diagnosis and therapy. Responsibilities include providing 
guidance and comments on changes in NRC rules, regulations, and guides 
concerning medical use; evaluating certain non-routine uses of 
byproduct material for medical use; and providing technical assistance 
in licensing, inspection, and enforcement cases.
    Committee members possess the medical and technical skills needed 
to address evolving issues. Currently the membership of the ACMUI 
consists of five practicing physicians; a physician representing the 
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Food and Drug 
Administration; one nuclear pharmacist; one medical physicist; one 
representative with the States' perspective; one patients' rights and 
care advocate; and one health care administrator. The specialties of 
the physicians on the ACMUI are: nuclear cardiology (one); therapeutic 
radiology, with expertise in teletherapy and brachytherapy (two); 
nuclear medicine research (one); and nuclear medicine (one). The term 
of the current nuclear medicine physician member is scheduled to end 
September 1996. Nominations for the position of radiation therapy 
technologist/medical dosimetrist and medical physicist with expertise 
in radiation therapy are currently being evaluated.
    NRC is soliciting nominations of persons who are qualified as 
nuclear medicine physicians. Persons having the aforementioned 
qualifications are encouraged to apply.
    Nominees must include four copies of their resume, describing their 
educational and professional qualifications, and provide their current 
address and telephone number.
    All new cmommittee members will serve a 2-year term, with possible 
reappointment to two additional 2-year terms.
    Nominees must be U.S. citizens and be able to devote approximately 
80 hours per year to committee business. Members will be compensated 
and reimbursed for travel (including per diem in lieu of subsistence), 
secretarial, and correspondence expenses. Nominees will undergo a 
security background check and will be required to complete financial 
disclosure statements, to avoid conflict-of-interest issues.
    Dated at Washington, DC, this 20th day of November, 1995.

    For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Andrew L. Bates,
Advisory Committee Management Officer, Office of the Secretary of the 
Commission.
[FR Doc. 95-28834 Filed 11-24-95; 8:45 am]
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