Re: NRC Proposed Fine and Severity Level 1 Violation

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

Bill,

The licensee is being fined, not the RSO.  It is the RSO's responsibility to implement the conditions of the license, but the licensee, the hospital, is ultimately responsible for non-compliance.

William V Lipton <liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM> wrote:

> I don't know. The RSO should make sure it's someone else's decision. The
> policy should limit the RSO's responsibility to reporting the violation to
> management and requesting their actions to regain compliance.
>
> The opinions expressed are strictly mine.
> It's not about dose, it's about trust.
> Curies forever.
>
> Bill Lipton
> liptonw@dteenergy.com
>
> "Flood, John" wrote:
>
> > > 1. If not already in place, develop a written policy statement regarding
> > > nuclear medicine patients who cannot be released under 10 CFR 35.75.
> >
> > Perhaps I'm being a bit naïve here, but does the hospital have the legal
> > authority to compel a patient to stay? If the patient chooses to go home or
> > to hospice care, can the hospital prevent this? Would this be imprisoning a
> > person for medical reasons?
> >


-- JohnJohn Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com

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