From:	Pomije, Brian D. (LCDR)
Sent:	Tuesday, May 31, 2005 12:23 PM
To:	Hodge, Jenny L. MSGT; Burke, Gerald; Carter, Darron H., LTjg; Casey, Richard W. LCDR; Clark, Dorothy M. (CIV); Ely, Karen D. (CIV); Giel, Daniel T. (CIV); Hecht, Sheila C , LCDR; Herrera, Mark E; Hope, Lawanda P. HM1; Johnson, Gabrielle M.; Kennemur, Lisa K LCDR; LaFontaine, Richard L CT; Loscocco, Michele F (CDR); McFadden, Anthony E LTJG; Pomije, Brian D. (LCDR); Scott, John H., CIV.; Shumaker, Debbie J. (LCDR); Simays, Andrew E., CDR; Solanki, Haresh P; Swilley, Eugene A. (LT); Torres, Freddy H  LTJG; Tu, Victor LT; Van Way, Rick L (LCDR); Williams, Anthony S. (LCDR); Younes, Georges  E LCDR
Cc:	Pomije, Brian D. (LCDR); Ely, Karen D. (CIV); Clark, Dorothy M. (CIV); Fong, Raynard K. CAPT BUMED; Jerry LCDR' 'Sanders (jerry.sanders@navy.mil); Lino CDR Fragoso (E-mail) (Lino.Fragoso@navy.mil)
Subject:	Revision 1 to NUREG-1556, Vol. 9 is now posted on the NRC's Website
Program-Specific Guidance About Medical Use Licenses - Final Report (NUREG-1556, Vol. 9, Rev. 1 ) is now posted on the NRC's Website

To all Medical Radiation Safety Officers and NRMP Permittees:

Due to the recent major changes in the NRC regulations regarding board certification, and training and experience requirements for medical Radiation Safety Officers (RSOs), Authorized Users (AUs), Authorized Medical Physicists (AMPs), and Authorized Nuclear Pharmacists (ANPs), the NRC has just released the 1st Revision to NUREG-1556, Volume 9.

This new revision and other NRC documentation can be accessed at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/staff/sr1556/v9/r1/.

Note also that the Medical Use Preceptor (Form 313A) has also been revised, and is available at the above NRC website.

Hardcopies of NUREG-1556, Vol. 9, Rev. 1 will be distributed to Medical Permittees as soon as they are received from the NRC.

Addition information for Medical NRMP Permittees can be found in the "Medical Use Toolkit" at: http://www.nrc.gov/materials/miau/med-use-toolkit.html.

Very Respectfully,

LCDR Pomije

Brian D. Pomije, MS, DABR
Lieutenant Commander, Medical Service Corps, USN
Radiation Health Team Leader
Navy Environmental Health Center
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