Re: NEW NRC MEDICAL REGULATION

[cag7@ix.netcom.com (Charles Anthony Giomuso)]

You wrote: 
>
>NRC AMENDS MEDICAL REGULATIONS GOVERNING PATIENT RELEASE.  RULE TEXT
>AVAILABLE.
>
>	In October, 1996, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) 
approved a
>final rule governing the release of patients after they have received
>radioactive material for treatment or diagnostic purposes.  The new 
rule
>should be published in the Federal Register in January, 1997, and must 
be
>implemented 120 days after publication.  
>
>	Under the new 10 CFR 35.75, the licensee may authorize the 
release of  any
>individual who has been administered radiopharmaceuticals or permanent
>implants if the dose to any other individual from exposure to the 
released
>patient  is not likely to exceed 5 millisieverts (0.5 rem). 
> 
>	The significance of this rule is that certain patients receiving 
I-131 for
>thyroid cancer or larger than normal quantities of I-131 for thyroid 
ablation
>can be released sooner than under the existing regulation IF a
>patient-specific calculation is performed to justify the release and a 
record
>of the calculation is kept.
>
>	My company is developing new software to perform the specified 
calculations
>and automatically generate and maintain a record as required by the
>regulation.
>	
>	If  you would like a copy of the text of the rule or information 
about our
>software to implement the rule, please e-mail me at 
ASOLUTION8@AOL.COM.
>                                      
>
>Michael McGuire, Project Manager
>Simplified Solutions Software, Inc.
>1466 Chapin Street, NW. Suite 1
>Washington, DC 20009
> 
>
>
>Dear Mike:

I am interested in your S/W for the release of patients that have been 
treated with I-131.  Can you send any information to me at:

        Charles Anthony Giomuso
        1007 Roland Road
        Lyndhurst, Ohio  44124

Thank you.