Can an AU issue a blanket order for visitors to patients who are held under § 35.75 to be permitted to receive up to 500 mrem through visitation?
Not necessarily. As part of an inspector possibly verifying that visitor control is adequate to ensure compliance with the regulations for doses to members of the public, including visitors under 20.1301(c), the inspector may review a limited number of licensee records and interview AUs to verify that AUs did determine the appropriateness of the 500 mrem dose limit for some or all visitors to particular patients before visitations began. Yes. Nothing in Part 20 or in Part 35 precludes the AU from determining that the higher dose limit for visitors should apply for all radiation therapy patients for which he or she has or will have AU responsibilities. Such a determination would be reflecting a determination by the AU, based on judgment, considering their condition, that all of the AU’s radiation therapy patients would benefit from allowing visitors to these patients to receive doses up to 500 mrem. b) Refer to “Supplementary Information,” Section III, “Summary of Public Comments and Re
