NRC approves final rule on Revision to 10CFR 35

["JOHN JACOBUS" <JENDAY1@email.msn.com>]

The following appeared on the Health Physics Society's Web site

John Jacobus, MS
Medical Health Physicist
3050 Traymore Lane
Bowie, MD 20715-2024
jenday1@email.msn.com (H)


Current News
11/6/00 . Revision of NRC's Medical Use Program
On 23 October 2000, the Commission approved a final rule which revises the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) 10 CFR Part 35, "Medical Use of
Byproduct Material." This final rule is one component of the Commission's
overall program for revising its regulatory framework for medical use. A
revision of the NRC's Medical Use Policy Statement was approved by the
Commission earlier this year. The revision of Part 35 makes the medical use
regulations more risk-informed and performance-based, and codifies
requirements for certain therapeutic devices. In response to a petition from
the University of Cincinnati, the Commission also approved an amendment to
10 CFR Part 20, "Standards for Protection Against Radiation," that allow
licensees the discretion of permitting visitors to hospitalized radiation
patients to receive up to 5 millisieverts (0.5 rem) in a year from exposure
to the hospitalized radiation patient. The draft final rulemaking package
forwarded to the Commission and the Commission Voting Record are available
at The NRC's Final Rules page and the NRC's Commission Voting Records page,
respectively. The final rulemaking will be forwarded to the Office of
Management and Budget for review of the information collection requirements,
prior to the rulemaking being published as a final rule in the Federal
Register.

The NRC's final rules page for the announcement can be found at:
http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/COMMISSION/SECYS/secy2000-0118/2000-0118scy.html





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