[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6815 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6815

To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to revise its regulations 
   to protect patients from unintended exposure to radiation during 
          nuclear medicine procedures, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 14, 2023

Mr. Griffith (for himself, Mr. Davis of North Carolina, and Mr. Cline) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                          Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to revise its regulations 
   to protect patients from unintended exposure to radiation during 
          nuclear medicine procedures, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nuclear Medicine Clarification Act 
of 2023''.

SEC. 2. MEDICAL EVENT REPORTING OF UNINTENDED IRRADIATION.

    (a) Revision of Regulations Required.--Not later than 120 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission shall revise section 35.3045(a)(1) of title 10, Code of 
Federal Regulations, by adding at the end the following:
    ``(iv) A dose that is due to an extravasation and exceeds--
    ``(A) 0.5 Sv (50 rem) dose equivalent to the 5 cubic centimeter 
volume of tissue receiving the highest absorbed dose during residence 
time; or
    ``(B) 0.5 Sv (50 rem) shallow dose equivalent to the contiguous 10 
square centimeters of skin receiving the highest absorbed dose during 
residence time.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The revision required under subsection (a) 
shall take effect on the date that is 18 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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