United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 1997_register executive 2010-09-24 article Rules and Regulations D09002ee1be025a21 D09002ee1be025ae0 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations concerning the criteria for the release of patients administered radioactive material. The new criteria for patient release are based on the potential dose to other individuals exposed to the patient. The new criteria are consistent with the recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) and the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). This final rule requires the licensee to provide written instructions to patients on how to maintain the doses to others as low as is reasonably achievable if the total effective dose equivalent to any other individual exposed to the released patient is likely to exceed 1 millisievert (0.1 rem). This final rule responds to three petitions for rulemaking regarding the criteria for release of patients administered radioactive material. 62 FR 4120 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-01-29/97-2166 97-2166 fr29ja97-3 RIN 3150-AE41 7590-01-P https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-01-29/97-2166 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-01-29/html/97-2166.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-01-29/pdf/97-2166.pdf 14 p. 4120 4133 62 FR 4120 Title 10 Part 20 10 CFR Part 20 Title 10 Part 35 10 CFR Part 35 RIN 3150-AE41 Criteria for the Release of Individuals Administered Radioactive Material; Federal Register Vol. 62, Issue RULE 97-2166 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 7590-01-P 97-2166 Final rule.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending its regulations concerning the criteria for the release of patients administered radioactive material. The new criteria for patient release are based on the potential dose to other individuals exposed to the patient. The new criteria are consistent with the recommendations of the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) and the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). This final rule requires the licensee to provide written instructions to patients on how to maintain the doses to others as low as is reasonably achievable if the total effective dose equivalent to any other individual exposed to the released patient is likely to exceed 1 millisievert (0.1 rem). This final rule responds to three petitions for rulemaking regarding the criteria for release of patients administered radioactive material.

May 29, 1997. Stewart Schneider, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-6225. Vol. 62, no. 19 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 1997-01-29 continuing daily deposited born digital 322 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-01-29 P0b002ee180a48af6 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr29ja97 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-1997-01-29 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1997-01-29/pdf/FR-1997-01-29.pdf fdlp 4115 4427 DGPO 2010-09-24 2023-05-06 FR-1997-01-29 machine generated eng FR FR-1997-01-29 62 19