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The Radiation Safety Committee (RSC) oversees all uses of radioactive material permitted by the radiological license and has overall responsibility for development and recommendation of comprehensive polices and guidelines for the safe use of all sources of radiation including all clinical and research uses of radioactive materials, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation generating devices. As such, the RSC is charged to provide general review and audit of radiation safety programs to determine compliance with regulations and licenses issued on the local, state and federal levels. More details of the authority, responsibilities and procedures for the RSC are described in the Radiation Safety Committee Charter (PDF).
The (RSC) members are appointed by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Boston Medical Center and the Provosts of Boston University to serve as a standing committee shared by the two institutions.
The Committee must include an authorized user of each type of use permitted by the license, the Radiation Safety Officer, a representative of the nursing service, and a representative of management who is neither an authorized user nor a Radiation Safety Officer, and may include other members as is deemed appropriate.
The directives of the RSC are carried out by the Radiation Safety Officer (RSO). The RSO operates out of the Medical Physics and Radiation Safety Division, EHS, and reports to the Office of the Associate Vice President of Research Compliance that has broad responsibilities for all environmental, safety and occupational health programs on the Boston University/Boston Medical Center campus.
The RSC has established standing subcommittees to perform specific functions. Each subcommittee is provided a charge and submits written reports of their activities and actions to the Committee for each calendar quarter in which it is active. The list of current standing subcommittees includes: