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! State of California -Health and Welfare Agency RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL LICENSE 14. (a) The Radiation Safety Officer in this program shall be H. Walter Pepper, M.D. (b) The Chairperson of the Radiation Safety Committee shall be H. Walter Pepper, M.D (c) The Custodian of sealed sources shall be Anil K. Sain, M.D. (d) The Alternate Radiation Safety Officer in this program shall be Anil K. Sain, M.D. Department of Health Services Page 3 of 4 pages License Number: 4097-39 Amendment Number: 17 15. Sealed sources possessed under this license shall be tested for leakage and/or contamination as required by Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Section 30275 (c). 16. The following individuals are authorized to collect wipe test samples of sealed sources possessed under this license using leak test kits acceptable to the California Department of Health Services: (a) The Radiation Safety Officer (b) Qualified individuals designated in writing by the Radiation Safety Officer 17. The licensee shall conduct a physical inventory every six months to account for all sealed sources and/or devices received and possessed under the license. Records of the inventories shall be maintained for inspection, and may be disposed of following Department inspection. 18. The licensee is authorized to hold radioactive materials with a physical half-life of less than 65 days for decay in storage before disposal in ordinary trash provided: (a) Radioactive waste to be disposed of in this manner shall be held for decay in storage for at least 10 half-lives. (b) Before disposal as normal waste, radioactive waste shall be surveyed to determine that its radioactivity cannot be distinguished from background. All radiation labels shall be removed or obliterated. 19. The licensee may use any commercially available device, acceptable to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an Agreement State or a Licensing State, for doing linearity tests of its dose calibrator provided the procedures described by the manufacturer of the linearity device are followed. 20. Nuclear medicine technology procedures shall be performed by nuclear medicine technologists pursuant to Title 17, California Code of Regulations, Subchapter 4.6. Such procedures shall be performed under the supervision of authorized user physicians on this license who meet the criteria specified in Section 30510. Certificates or special permits issued pursuant to Subchapter 4.6 shall be prominently displayed at the facility(ies) authorized on this license. 21. Treatment and management of patients receiving therapeutic quantities of unsealed radioactive materials shall be in accordance with guidance contained in Chapter 4, "Release from Hospital of Patients Containing Radioactive Material' National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) Report No. 37, "Precautions in the Management of Patients Who Have Received Therapeutic Amounts. of Radionuclides" (NCRP Publications, P.O. Box 30175, Washington, D.C. 20014). 22. Treatment and management of patients undergoing brachytherapy shall be in accordance with guidance contained in Chapter 5, "Safety Precautions in Clinical Application", National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) Report No. 40, "Protection Against Radiation From Brachytherapy Sburces" (NCRP Publications, P.O. Box 30175, Washington, D.C. 20014).