[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR35.24]

[Page 573]
 
                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 35--MEDICAL USE OF BYPRODUCT MATERIAL--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart B--General Administrative Requirements
 
Sec. 35.24  Authority and responsibilities for the radiation protection program.


    (a) In addition to the radiation protection program requirements of 
Sec. 20.1101 of this chapter, a licensee's management shall approve in 
writing--
    (1) Requests for a license application, renewal, or amendment before 
submittal to the Commission;
    (2) Any individual before allowing that individual to work as an 
authorized user, authorized nuclear pharmacist, or authorized medical 
physicist; and
    (3) Radiation protection program changes that do not require a 
license amendment and are permitted under Sec. 35.26;
    (b) A licensee's management shall appoint a Radiation Safety 
Officer, who agrees, in writing, to be responsible for implementing the 
radiation protection program. The licensee, through the Radiation Safety 
Officer, shall ensure that radiation safety activities are being 
performed in accordance with licensee-approved procedures and regulatory 
requirements.
    (c) For up to 60 days each year, a licensee may permit an authorized 
user or an individual qualified to be a Radiation Safety Officer, under 
Sec. Sec. 35.50 and 35.59, to function as a temporary Radiation Safety 
Officer and to perform the functions of a Radiation Safety Officer, as 
provided in paragraph (g) of this section, if the licensee takes the 
actions required in paragraphs (b), (e), (g), and (h) of this section 
and notifies the Commission in accordance with Sec. 35.14(b).
    (d) A licensee may simultaneously appoint more than one temporary 
Radiation Safety Officer in accordance with paragraph (c) of this 
section, if needed to ensure that the licensee has a temporary Radiation 
Safety Officer that satisfies the requirements to be a Radiation Safety 
Officer for each of the different types of uses of byproduct material 
permitted by the license.
    (e) A licensee shall establish the authority, duties, and 
responsibilities of the Radiation Safety Officer in writing.
    (f) Licensees that are authorized for two or more different types of 
uses of byproduct material under Subparts E, F, and H of this part, or 
two or more types of units under Subpart H of this part, shall establish 
a Radiation Safety Committee to oversee all uses of byproduct material 
permitted by the license. The Committee must include an authorized user 
of each type of use permitted by the license, the Radiation Safety 
Officer, a representative of the nursing service, and a representative 
of management who is neither an authorized user nor a Radiation Safety 
Officer. The Committee may include other members the licensee considers 
appropriate.
    (g) A licensee shall provide the Radiation Safety Officer sufficient 
authority, organizational freedom, time, resources, and management 
prerogative, to--
    (1) Identify radiation safety problems;
    (2) Initiate, recommend, or provide corrective actions;
    (3) Stop unsafe operations; and,
    (4) Verify implementation of corrective actions.
    (h) A licensee shall retain a record of actions taken under 
paragraphs (a), (b), and (e) of this section in accordance with Sec. 
35.2024.