Nuclear Medicine Records
NRC Minimum Retention Periods Required Under 10 CFR Parts 20,
30, and 35
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Record
Retention
20.2102 Records of Radiation Protection Programs
Provisions
Audits and other reviews

Indefinitely
3 years
20.2103 Records of Surveys (Personnel and Public Radiation Exposure)
Surveys and Calibrations
Other records

Indefinitely
3 years
20.2104 Determination of Prior Occupational Dose
NRC Form 4
Exposure reports

Indefinitely
3 years
20.2105 Records of Planned Special Exposures
Indefinitely
20.2106 Records of Individual Monitoring Results
Indefinitely
20.2107 Records of Dose to Individual Members of the Public
Indefinitely
20.2108 Records of Waste Disposal
Disposal by means other than Decay in Storage or Transfer

Indefinitely
   
30.51 Records of Receipt, Transfer, and Disposal
Receipt (from date of transfer or disposal)
Transfer
Disposal

3 years
3 years
Indefinitely
   
35.2024 Records of Authority and Responsibilities for Radiation Protection
Programs
License application, renewals, and amendments
RSO Authority, Duties, and Responsibilities

5 years
Indefinitely
35.2026 Records of Radiation Protection Program Changes
5 years
35.2040 Records of Written Directives
3 years
35.2041 Records for Procedures for Administrations Requiring a Written
Directive
Indefinitely
35.2060 Records of Calibrations of Instruments Used to Measure the
Activity of Unsealed Byproduct material
3 years
35.2061 Records of Radiation Survey Instrument Calibrations
3 years
35.2063 Records of Dosages of Unsealed Byproduct Material for Medical
Use
3 years
35.2310 Records of Safety Instruction
3 years
35.2404 Records of Surveys After Source Implant and Removal
3 years
35.2406 Records of Brachytherapy Source Accountability
3 years
35.2432 Records of Calibration Measurements of Brachytherapy Sources
(after last Use)
3 years
35.2433 Records of Decay of Strontium-90 Sources for Ophthalmic
Treatments
Source life
35.2605 to 35.2655 Records Required for Remote Afterloader, Teletherapy,
and Gamma Stereotactic Radiosurgery Units
 
These are the NRC required retention periods as of 11/9/2004. Please be aware that other
regulatory agencies may require longer retention periods (Agreement States).