Minnesota Administrative Rules

4731.4434 UNSEALED RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; IMAGING AND LOCALIZATION STUDIES; WRITTEN DIRECTIVE NOT REQUIRED.

Except for quantities that require a written directive under part 4731.4408, a licensee may use any unsealed radioactive material prepared for medical use for imaging and localization studies that is:

A.

obtained from a manufacturer or preparer licensed under part 4731.3395 or equivalent requirements of the NRC or an agreement state or a PET radioactive drug producer licensed according to part 4731.3065, subpart 7, or equivalent requirements of the NRC or an agreement state;

B.

excluding production of PET radionuclides, prepared by:

(1)

an authorized nuclear pharmacist;

(2)

a physician who is an authorized user and meets the requirements specified in part 4731.4436; or parts 4731.4436, subpart 1, item C, subitem (1), unit (b), subunit vii, and 4731.4443; or

(3)

an individual under the supervision, according to part 4731.4407, of the authorized nuclear pharmacist in subitem (1) or the physician who is an authorized user in subitem (2);

C.

obtained from and prepared by an NRC or agreement state licensee for use in research according to a radioactive drug research committee-approved protocol or an investigational new drug protocol accepted by the Food and Drug Administration; or

D.

prepared by the licensee for use in research according to a radioactive drug research committee-approved application or an investigational new drug protocol accepted by the Food and Drug Administration.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144.1202; 144.1203

History:

29 SR 755; 32 SR 831; 33 SR 1440

Published Electronically:

March 12, 2009