Digirad Imaging Solutions, Inc. The petitioner is seeking a variance of Rule 64E-5.614, F.A.C., which requires a medical use licensee authorized to administer radiopharmaceuticals to possess a dose calibrator and use it to measure the amount of ...

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Division of Environmental Health

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
64E-5.614: Possession, Use, Calibration, and Check of Dose Calibrators in the Use of Unsealed Radiopharmaceuticals
64E-5.616: Determination of Dosages of Unsealed Radioactive Material for Medical Use

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on February 10, 2010, the Department of Health, Bureau of Radiation Control, received a petition for Digirad Imaging Solutions, Inc. The petitioner is seeking a variance of Rule 64E-5.614, F.A.C., which requires a medical use licensee authorized to administer radiopharmaceuticals to possess a dose calibrator and use it to measure the amount of activity administered to each patient or human research submit. The petitioner is also seeking a variance of Rule 64E-5.616, F.A.C., which requires a medical use licensee to determine by assay or direct measurement within 30 minutes before each radiopharmaceutical dosage and record the activity of each dosage before medical use.
A copy of the Petition for Variance or Waiver may be obtained by contacting: Paul E. Vause, Jr., Environmental Administrator, Bureau of Radiation Control, Radioactive Materials Program, Bin #C21, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1741, [phone]. Comments on this petition should be filed with the Bureau of Radiation Control within 14 days of this notice.