{"data":{"id":"us-va/12vac5-481-2013","jurisdiction":"us-va","citation":"12VAC5-481-2013","heading":"Safety instruction","body":"A. In addition to the requirements of 12VAC5-481-2270, licensees shall provide radiation safety instruction initially and at least annually, to personnel caring for patients or human research subjects who are receiving brachytherapy and cannot be released under 12VAC5-481-1870.\n\nB. To satisfy this requirement, the instruction shall be commensurate with the duties of the personnel and include:\n\n1. Size and appearance of the brachytherapy sources;\n\n2. Safe handling and shielding instructions;\n\n3. Patient or human research subject control;\n\n4. Visitor control, including both:\n\na. Routine visitation of hospitalized individuals in accordance with 12VAC5-481-720 A 1; and\n\nb. Visitation authorized in accordance with 12VAC5-481-720 C; and\n\n5. Notification of the RSO, or his designee, and an AU if the patient or the human research subject has a medical emergency or dies. The licensee shall also notify the agency if it is possible that any individual could receive exposures in excess of regulatory limits as a result of the deceased's body.","path":["Title 12. Health","Agency 5. Department of Health","Chapter 481. Virginia Radiation Protection Regulations","Part VII. Use of Radionuclides in the Healing Arts","Article 7. Manual Brachytherapy"],"source_url":"https://law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/title12/agency5/chapter481/section2013/","current_through":"2026 Regular Session (effective July 1, 2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:29Z","sha256":"58098394ddf52c13735031a7fd3c4ceaee05e2d96dc80a42c4b5e2ef7f97da84","source_id":"us-va-vac","stale":false,"prev":"us-va/12vac5-481-2012","next":"us-va/12vac5-481-2014"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}