Re: DOT Regulations

["Charles Meyer" <cmeyer@brc1.tdh.state.tx.us>]

Date:          Thu, 16 May 96 12:41:34 -0500
Reply-to:      radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu
From:          lambert@hal.hahnemann.edu
To:            Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Subject:       DOT Regulations

The DOT regulations had an exemption for physicians transporting 
radioactive material, as I recall.  Does this exemption still exist?  If 
so, can someone please cite the 49CFR.  

Also, if a limited quantity of radioactive material is packaged according 
to 49 CFR 173.421 (requirements for excepted packages) can the material 
be transported in a private vehicle, taxicab, city bus, subway train, 
etc.?  My reading says that excepted material is exempt from any 
restrictions on the type of vehicle.  


Kent Lambert
LAMBERT@hal.hahnemann.edu

All opinions are well reasoned and insightful.
Needless to say they are not the opinion of my
employer. - Paraphrased from Michael Feldman.


Mr. Lambert,

I'm not aware of any relief provided by the U.S.D.O.T. for physicians 
transporting radioactive material in their practice, other than the 
caveat that they do not regulate intrastate transportation of 
hazardous materials, yet!(vol61,no.55,p11484).  10CFR71.9, however, 
does contain a paragraph, exempting physicians(sic)Any physician 
licensed by a State todispense drugs in the practice of medicine is 
exempt from 71.5 with respect to transport by the physician of 
licensed material for the use in the practice of medicine.  However, 
any physician operating under this exemption must be licensed under 
10 CFR part 35 or the equivalent Agreement State regulations.

Good Luck!

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