OAR 333-123-0090
Safety Precautions for Electronic Brachytherapy Devices

(1)

A Qualified Medical Physicist shall determine which persons in the treatment room require monitoring when the beam is energized.

(2)

A Radiation Therapy Physician and a Qualified Medical Physicist shall be physically present during the initiation of all patient treatments involving the electronic brachytherapy device.

(3)

A Qualified Medical Physicist and either an authorized user or a Radiation Therapy Physician or electronic brachytherapy device operator, under the supervision of an authorized user, who has been trained in the operation and emergency response for the electronic brachytherapy device, shall be physically present during continuation of all patient treatments involving the electronic brachytherapy device.

(4)

When shielding is required by OAR 333-123-0060 (Facility Design Requirements for Electronic Brachytherapy Devices), the electronic brachytherapy device operator shall use a survey meter to verify proper placement of the shielding immediately upon initiation of treatment. Alternatively, a Qualified Medical Physicist shall designate shield locations sufficient to meet the requirements of division 120 of this chapter for any individual, other than the patient, in the treatment room.

(5)

All personnel in the treatment room are required to remain behind shielding during treatment. A Qualified Medical Physicist shall approve any deviation from this requirement and shall designate alternative radiation safety protocols, compatible with patient safety, to provide an equivalent degree of protection.

Source: Rule 333-123-0090 — Safety Precautions for Electronic Brachytherapy Devices, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=333-123-0090.

333–123–0001
Purpose and Scope 333–123–0005
Definitions 333–123–0010
General Requirements, Operating Procedures, Surveys, Dosimetry, and Instrument Calibration for Facilities Using Therapeutic Radiation Machines 333–123–0015
Training and Qualification Requirements for Individuals in the External Beam Radiation Therapy Area 333–123–0020
Reports and Notifications of Unplanned Medical Treatment 333–123–0025
Requirements for Therapeutic Radiation Machines 333–123–0030
Facility Design Requirements for Therapeutic Radiation Machines 333–123–0035
Calibration, Acceptance Testing and Commissioning of Therapeutic Radiation Machines 333–123–0040
Quality Assurance And Safety Checks 333–123–0045
Quality Assurance Program 333–123–0050
Qualified Medical Physicist Support in Facilities Having Therapeutic Radiation Machines with Energies of 1 Mv and Above 333–123–0055
Electronic Brachytherapy 333–123–0060
Facility Design Requirements for Electronic Brachytherapy Devices 333–123–0065
Electrical Safety for Electronic Brachytherapy Devices 333–123–0070
Control Panel Functions 333–123–0075
Timer 333–123–0080
Medical Physicist 333–123–0085
Operating Procedures 333–123–0090
Safety Precautions for Electronic Brachytherapy Devices 333–123–0095
Electronic Brachytherapy Source Calibration Measurements 333–123–0100
Periodic and Day-of-Use Quality Assurance Checks for Electronic Brachytherapy Devices 333–123–0105
Therapy Related Computer Systems 333–123–0110
Training 333–123–0115
Mobile Electronic Brachytherapy Service 333–123–0120
Superficial Electronic Brachytherapy 333–123–0125
Superficial Electronic Brachytherapy Personnel Requirements 333–123–0130
Superficial Electronic Brachytherapy: Refresher Training 333–123–0135
Superficial Electronic Brachytherapy: Activation of the Superficial Electronic Brachytherapy X-ray Tube 333–123–0140
Superficial Electronic Brachytherapy: Facility Design Requirements 333–123–0145
Superficial Electronic Brachytherapy: Calibration, Acceptance Testing and Commissioning 333–123–0150
Superficial Electronic Brachytherapy: Quality Assurance Checks 333–123–0155
Superficial Electronic Brachytherapy: Operating Procedures
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 333-123-0090’s source at or​.us