Minnesota Administrative Rules

4731.4409 PROCEDURES FOR ADMINISTRATIONS REQUIRING WRITTEN DIRECTIVE.

A.

For any administration requiring a written directive, a licensee must develop, implement, and maintain written procedures to provide high confidence that:

(1)

the patient's or human research subject's identity is verified before each administration; and

(2)

each administration is in accordance with the written directive.

B.

At a minimum, the procedures required by item A must address the following that are applicable to the licensee's use of radioactive material:

(1)

verifying the identity of the patient or human research subject;

(2)

verifying that the administration is in accordance with the treatment plan, if applicable, and the written directive;

(3)

checking both manual and computer-generated dose calculations; and

(4)

verifying that any computer-generated dose calculations are correctly transferred into the consoles of therapeutic medical units authorized under part 4731.4404 or 4731.4463.

C.

A licensee must retain a copy of the procedures required under item A according to part 4731.4501, subpart 2.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 144.1202; 144.1203

History:

29 SR 755; 33 SR 1440

Published Electronically:

March 12, 2009