Re: civil penalty for medical violation

[William V Lipton <liptonw@dteenergy.com>]

I'm even more astounded by the multiple responses which seem to imply that, "If a
regulation doesn't make sense to me, I don't have to follow it."  You are making
a good case that these violations are, in fact, willful, and deserving of
criminal sanctions.  I hope that this does not reflect our profession's approach
to public safety.

There are many ways to change regulations:  a rulemaking petition or an
application for a device-specific exemption are 2 that come to mind.  If, indeed
this device is leakproof (which I doubt), then use one of these processes for
regulatory relief.  I'm surprised that one of you hasn't made this effort.

It would also be acceptable to plead no public danger to try to avoid penalties
in the case of an inadvertent violation.

However, the attitude that an individual can decide to ignore a public safety
regulation is totally unacceptable.

What other "unreasonable" regulations are you ignoring?

The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Bill Lipton
liptonw@dteenergy.com

OFFTOWY@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 7/19/2000 11:45:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> csmarcus@ucla.edu writes:
>
> << I am searching for data showing that these probes have leaked in the past.
>  If, after 40-50 years of experience there is little or no data showing
>  leaks, one can reasonably wonder whether the leak test requirement makes any
>  sense.   >>
>
> And, if we can all identify and adhere to only those regulations that make
> sense, our jobs will be much easier.  Well, for those of us who still have
> jobs, because once we eliminate the nonsensical regs, a large percentage of
> the work and the jobs will be gone.  The net result on safety will be
> essentially zero.
>
> Lew LaGarde
> offtowy@aol.com
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