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10 CFR § 35.2075 - Records of the release of individuals containing unsealed byproduct material or implants containing byproduct material.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s35.2075"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 35.2075 - Records of the release of individuals containing unsealed byproduct material or implants containing byproduct material."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "35.2075"
section_name: "Records of the release of individuals containing unsealed byproduct material or implants containing byproduct material."
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION"
part_number: "35"
part_name: "MEDICAL USE OF BYPRODUCT MATERIAL"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 81, 161, 181, 182, 183, 223, 234, 274 (42 U.S.C. 2111, 2201, 2231, 2232, 2233, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 206 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5846); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note."
regulatory_source: "67 FR 20370, Apr. 24, 2002, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "35"
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# 35.2075 Records of the release of individuals containing unsealed byproduct material or implants containing byproduct material.

(a) A licensee shall retain a record of the basis for authorizing the release of an individual in accordance with § 35.75, if the total effective dose equivalent is calculated by—

(1) Using the retained activity rather than the activity administered;

(2) Using an occupancy factor less than 0.25 at 1 meter;

(3) Using the biological or effective half-life; or

(4) Considering the shielding by tissue.

(b) A licensee shall retain a record that the instructions required by § 35.75(b) were provided to a breast-feeding female if the radiation dose to the infant or child from continued breast-feeding could result in a total effective dose equivalent exceeding 5 mSv (0.5 rem).

(c) The records required by paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section must be retained for 3 years after the date of release of the individual.