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Administrative Requirements
- Completion and submission of NNRA Authorization application form. The form and the guide for filling can be downloaded from the NNRA website
- Provision of a certified copies of Memorandum and Article of Association, certificate of incorporation from Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and particulars of your first Directors (form C02 & C05).
- Engage the services of NNRA accredited Radiation Safety Adviser (RSA) to assist you in attaining the requirements.
- Contractual agreement with the NNRA accredited Dosimetry Service Provider (DSP) for personnel monitoring;
- Payment of applicable authorization fees in accordance with Section 47 (1c) of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Act 19 of 1995.
- The requirements above are compulsory for Premises Registration Certificate, Licence to import radiopharmaceuticals and Licence to use radionuclides for Nuclear Medicine.
Personnel/TrainingEvidence of having all necessary personnel indicated below
- Nuclear Medicine Physician
- Radio chemist or Radio pharmacist
- Medical Physicist
- Trained Radiation Safety Officer (RSO)
- Technologist
- Other auxiliary staff (e.g. Oncology Nurses, etc.)and
- Copies of CVs, academic and professional qualifications and letter of designation
Equipment
- Equipment Specifications: Name of equipment, serial and model numbers, name of manufacturer, year of manufacture, country of manufacture, etc.
- Standards to which the SPECT/CT or PET/CT scanner comply.
- Calibration Radioactive (sealed) Sources: Type of radionuclide, manufacturer, Activity, and serial number.
- Radio chemist or Radio pharmacist
- Source serial number
- Evidence of having adequate and function radiation survey meters with valid calibration certificates
- Evidence of having equipment and all instruments necessary for the installation and conduction of acceptance tests
- Evidence of having operation manual with details of overall safety systems including design features, Defense in depth and prevention of unauthorized access to equipment when activated
- Evidence of Quality control Test conducted on all ionizing radiation generating equipment
Facility
- Name, Addresses and locations of facilities in Nigeria
- Provision of a detailed diagram of the layout of the
- SPECT/CT or PET/CT scanner Imaging room
- Patient uptake room/ward
- Dedicated patient toilets
- Radioactive waste storage facility
- Radionuclide (sealed and unsealed) storage facility.
- Submission of shielding assessment of the facility and demarcation of the control and supervised areas.
Radiation Protection Programme
- Adequate programs for radiation protection, safety and security equipment
- Evidence of engagement an NNRA accredited Dosimetry Service Provider (DSP) who shall be responsible for monitoring staff that will be involved in operations of the x-ray machines
- Emergency contact numbers including that of NNRA contact numbers to be included emergency programme
- Description of policies for assigning monitoring badges to workers, review of individual doses including reference levels and actions to be taken when values are exceeded
- Establishment of local rules in written form
Fee
- As prescribed in the authorization fee schedule.