Section 335.5020  Safety Instruction

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

a)         A licensee shall provide 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 shall 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 shall 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 35 Ill. Reg. 884, effective December 30, 2010)