Re: Separate licenses?

["Dale E. Boyce" <dale@radpro.uchicago.edu>]

We have separated our broadscope and medical licenses, primarily
because the University and the Hospital are technically separate
corporations.  We had separate Radiation Safety and Human Use/
Radioactive Drug Research Committees before, but operated on
the broad scope license.  I think it is a mixed bag having them
separate.  My group manages both licenses.  The attending
physicians in the hospital are university employees.  Transfers of
material from the nuclear pharmacy to a research group is
a transfer between licenses.  Lot's of stuff like this that
complicates life for radiation safety management.  The up side
is clearer separation of turf.  If one program were to get in
trouble and not the other, it might indicate that the systemic
problems originat outside of the radiation safety group. [8-)

Overall, I wouldn't separate the licenses unless you have a
problem you are trying to solve.  We separated because of the
separate administrative chain, but I am not 100% sure I
would make that choice today.  The two committees are happy
with the split.  The radiation safety committee no longer
has to worry that the hospital can effect research, etc.

Dale E. Boyce
dale@radpro.uchicago.edu

P.S.  The NRC may not allow a dual license unless there is
some reason such as separate administrations.