NRC Record Retention Times - Medical Physics …

1 NRC Record Retention TimesRECORDRETENTIONREFERENCE Area evacuation time calculations License Surveys 3 patient care personnel instruction 3 patient survey at removal3 source calibration3 source use / accountability3 surveys at post implant3 (other) (c)(3)Disposal by decay in storage3 calibrator (lin., const., accur.) 3 thyroid bioassay License / RSO agreement to responsibilitiesDuration of (b)Management / RSO authority, duties and responsibilitiesDuration of (b)Management approval for authorized Medical physicist5 (a)Management approval for authorized nuclear pharmacist5 (a)Management approval for authorized user5 (a)Management approval of radiation protection program changes5 (a)Management request for license amendment5 (a)Management request for license application5 (a)Management request for license renewal5 (a) Medical assay3 nuclear medicine authorization letters 3 years past last (a)Mobile nuclear medicine surveys3 (b)

2 Mobile remote afterloader units3 care personnel instruction for 1-131 therapies3 Dosage3 monitoring (f)Procedure for agreement with written directiveDuration of for checking both manual and computer generated dose calculationsDuration of for patient identityDuration of for verification of patient identityDuration of for verification of transfer of computer generated treatment plan into therabolic consoleDuration of for verification that administration in accordance with treatment plan and written directiveDuration of protection program audits and reviews3 (b)(2)Radiation protection program changes5 protection program changes with amendment5 protection program policies and proceduresUntil license (a)(2)Receipt3 years from transfer or (a)(1) Record of dose calibrator calibration3 of end of day surveys / written directive3 of Mo-99 concentration3 of patient doses3 of sealed source inventory3 of sealed source leak test3 of survey meter annual calibration3 of therapy nursing instruction3 Files/Nuclear Medicine/Nuclear Medicine FormsMPC Ver (c)

3 05-06 NRC Record Retention TimescontinuedRECORDRETENTIONREFERENCE Records of decay in storage disposal3 of instruction for breast-feeding female3 of mobile client authority / responsibility3 of mobile client survey3 of patient release3 source inventory 3 (b)Sealed source leak tests3 (a)Sr-90 activityLife of of authority and responsibilities for RSOD uration of (b)Survey meter calibration3 dosimetry equipment calibration, comparison, inter-comparisonDuration of five year inspection Duration of radiation surveys Duration of safety instruction 3 safety proceduresDuration of spot-checks 3 unit calibration 3 years from (a)(2)Written Directives3 are the stated NRC required Retention periods.

4 Please be aware that other regulatoryagencies may require longer Retention Files/Nuclear Medicine/Nuclear Medicine FormsMPC Ver (c) 05-06