Re: Nuclear Medicine Patients and Homeland Security

[John Jacobus <crispy_bird@YAHOO.COM>]

I think the NRC would take a dim view of a licensee

issuing a general license to an individual.  Or are

you suggesting that new regulations be written to

allow medical licensees to do this?  At what cost?  To

whose advantage?



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

> The general license would be "issued" automatically

> when the patient is released.  The

> specific licensee would have the responsibility of

> informing those who are "issued" the

> general license of the applicable conditions, i.e.

> following the instructions.

> 

> Let me repeat:  I am not saying that this should be

> done; I'm only responding to questions

> regarding how it would be done, if required.

> 

> The opinions expressed are strictly mine.

> It's not about dose, it's about trust.

> Curies forever.

> 

> Bill Lipton

> liptonw@dteenergy.com

> 

> John Jacobus wrote:

> 

> > Are you serious?  Do you know how many nuclear

> > medicine therapies are done a year?  And you want

> > everyone of them to be issued a general license? 

> Who

> > would issue these licenses?

> >

> > --- William V Lipton <liptonw@DTEENERGY.COM>

> wrote:

> > > As I stated in a previous posting, the patient

> > > instructions could be enforced

> > > through the general licensing provisions of

> current

> > > regulations.  The patient

> > > would be granted a general license to receive

> the

> > > material under the conditions

> > > of this license.  One of these conditions would

> be

> > > to follow the instructions

> > > provided by the administering specific licensee.

> > >

> > . . .

> >

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> >

> > -- John

> > John Jacobus, MS

> > Certified Health Physicist

> > e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com

> >

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-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

e-mail:  crispy_bird@yahoo.com



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