DHS 157.62(5)(g)(g) A licensee in possession of sealed sources or brachytherapy sources, except for gamma stereotactic radiosurgery sources, shall conduct a semi-annual physical inventory of all such sources in its possession. A licensee shall retain each inventory record under s. DHS 157.71 (9).

DHS 157.62(6)(6) Labelling of vials and syringes. Each syringe and vial that contains a radioactive drug containing radioactive material shall be labeled to identify the radioactive drug. Each syringe shield and vial shield shall also be labeled unless the label on the syringe or vial is visible when shielded.

DHS 157.62(7)(a)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), a licensee shall survey with a radiation detection survey instrument at the end of each day of use all areas where radioactive drugs containing radioactive material requiring a written directive were prepared for use or administered.

DHS 157.62(7)(b)(b) A licensee need not perform the surveys required under par. (a) in an area where patients or human research subjects are confined when the patients or human research subjects cannot be released under sub. (8).

DHS 157.62(8)(a)(a) A licensee may authorize the release from its control of any person who has been administered radioactive drugs or implants containing radioactive material if the total effective dose equivalent to any other person from exposure to the released individual is not likely to exceed 5 mSv (0.5 rem).

DHS 157.62 NoteNote: WISREG 1556, Vol. 9, Guidance for Medical Use of Radioactive Material describes methods for calculating doses to other individuals and contains tables of activities not likely to cause doses exceeding 5 mSv (0.5 Rem). It is available from the following website: http://dhs.wisconsin.gov/radiation/radioactivematerials/index.htm.

DHS 157.62(8)(b)(b) A licensee shall provide the released person or the person’s parent or guardian with instructions, including written instructions, on actions recommended to maintain doses to other persons as low as is reasonably achievable if the total effective dose equivalent to any other person is likely to exceed one mSv (0.1 rem). If the total effective dose equivalent to a breast-feeding infant or child could exceed one mSv (0.1 rem) assuming there were no interruption of breast-feeding, the instructions shall also include all the following:

DHS 157.62(8)(c)(c) A licensee shall maintain a record, as required by s. DHS 157.71 (11), of the basis for authorizing the release of an individual, under par. (a).

DHS 157.62(8)(d)(d) A licensee shall maintain a record of instructions provided to breast-feeding women under par. (b) according to record retention requirements of s. DHS 157.71 (11) (b).

DHS 157.62(9)(a)1.1. Obtain a letter signed by the management of each client for which services are rendered by the licensee that permits the use of radioactive material at the client’s address and clearly delineates the authority and responsibility of the licensee and the client.

DHS 157.62(9)(a)2.2. Check instruments used to measure the activity of unsealed radioactive materials for proper function before medical use at each client’s address or on each day of use, whichever is more frequent. The check for proper function shall include a test to verify accurate calibration using a known radioactive source.

DHS 157.62(9)(a)3.3. Check survey instruments for proper operation with a dedicated check source before use at each client’s address.

DHS 157.62(9)(a)4.4. Before leaving a client’s address, survey all areas of use to ensure compliance with the requirements in subch. III.

DHS 157.62(9)(b)(b) A mobile medical service may not have radioactive material delivered from the manufacturer or the distributor to the client unless the client has a license allowing possession of the radioactive material. Radioactive material delivered to the client shall be received and handled in conformance with the client’s license.

DHS 157.62(9)(c)(c) A licensee providing mobile medical services shall retain the letter required in par. (a) 1. and the record of each survey required in s. DHS 157.71 (12) (b).

DHS 157.62(10)(a)(a) A licensee may hold radioactive material with a physical half-life of less than 120 days for decay-in-storage before disposal without regard to its radioactivity if the licensee does both the following:

DHS 157.62(10)(a)1.1. Monitors radioactive material at the surface before disposal and determines that its radioactivity cannot be distinguished from the background radiation level with an appropriate radiation detection survey meter set on its most sensitive scale and with no interposed shielding.

DHS 157.62(10)(a)2.2. Removes or obliterates all radiation labels except for material that will be handled as biomedical waste after it has been released.

DHS 157.62 HistoryHistory: CR 01-108: cr. Register July 2002 No. 559, eff. — see Note at the start of the chapter; corrections in (9) (c) and (10) (b) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register July 2002 No. 559; CR 06-021: am. (2) (a), (3) (b) 2. a., (4) (intro.) and (8) (d) Register October 2006 No. 610, eff. 11-1-06; CR 09-062: am. (1) (b) and (3) (c) 3., cr. (3) (b) 2. c. Register April 2010 No. 652, eff. 5-1-10; correction in (4) (b) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register January 2018 No. 745; CR 22-015: r. and recr. (4), cr. (5) (b) 3. Register June 2023 No. 810, eff. 7-1-23.