When can a technologist (for example, a nuclear medicine technologist) be appointed as the radiation safety officer (RSO) for a medical use license?
A technologist can be an RSO if he or she successfully completes all of the training and experience requirements in 10 CFR 35.50 of the 2005 current Part 35, as published in the Federal Register on March 30, 2005 or, until October 24, 2005, in 10 CFR 35.900 and agrees, in writing, to be responsible for implementing the radiation protection program. Refer to “Supplementary Information,” Section III, “Summary of Public Comments and Responses to Comments” for 10 CFR 35.50, as published in the Federal Register on April 24, 2002.
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