83_FR_44416 83 FR 44247 - Use of Electronic Signatures by Medical Licensees on Internal Documents

83 FR 44247 - Use of Electronic Signatures by Medical Licensees on Internal Documents

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 169 (August 30, 2018)

Page Range44247-44247
FR Document2018-18816

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking public comment on a draft regulatory issue summary (RIS). The draft RIS describes one means by which medical licensees can use electronic signatures to satisfy NRC's signature requirements on internal records that the NRC requires the licensee to maintain. The draft RIS is addressed to medical licensees, NRC master materials licensees, Agreement State Radiation Control Program Directors, and State Liaison Officers. The NRC provides this RIS to the Agreement States for their information and for distribution to their licensees, as they deem appropriate.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 169 (Thursday, August 30, 2018) 
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[FR Doc No: 2018-18816]


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10 CFR Chapter I

[NRC-2018-0185]


Use of Electronic Signatures by Medical Licensees on Internal 
Documents

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Draft regulatory issue summary; request for comment.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is seeking public 
comment on a draft regulatory issue summary (RIS). The draft RIS 
describes one means by which medical licensees can use electronic 
signatures to satisfy NRC's signature requirements on internal records 
that the NRC requires the licensee to maintain. The draft RIS is 
addressed to medical licensees, NRC master materials licensees, 
Agreement State Radiation Control Program Directors, and State Liaison 
Officers. The NRC provides this RIS to the Agreement States for their 
information and for distribution to their licensees, as they deem 
appropriate.

DATES: Submit comments by October 29, 2018. Comments received after 
this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the 
Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received 
before this date.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0185. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     Mail comments to: May Ma, Office of Administration, Mail 
Stop: TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555-0001.
    For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting 
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maryann Ayoade, Office of Nuclear 
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-0862, email: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments

A. Obtaining Information

    Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0185 when contacting the NRC 
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain 
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the 
following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0185.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For 
problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room 
(PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to 
[email protected]. The NRC Regulatory Issue Summary 2018-XX, ``Use 
Of Electronic Signatures By Medical Licensees On Internal Documents,'' 
is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML16349A179.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

B. Submitting Comments

    Please include Docket ID NRC-2018-0185 in your comment submission.
    The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact 
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your 
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at http://www.regulations.gov as well as enter the comment submissions into 
ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to remove 
identifying or contact information.
    If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons 
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to 
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be 
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should 
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to 
remove such information before making the comment submissions available 
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.

II. Background

    The NRC issues RISs to communicate with stakeholders on a broad 
range of matters. These matters may include communicating and 
clarifying NRC technical or policy positions on regulatory matters that 
have not been communicated to or are not broadly understood by the 
nuclear industry. The draft RIS describes one means by which medical 
licensees can use electronic signatures to satisfy NRC's signature 
requirements on internal records that the NRC requires the licensee to 
maintain.
    As noted in 83 FR 20858 (May 8, 2018), this document is being 
published in the Proposed Rules section of the Federal Register to 
comply with publication requirements under 1 CFR chapter I.

Proposed Action

    The NRC is requesting public comments on the draft RIS. The NRC 
staff will make a final determination regarding issuance of the RIS 
after it considers any public comments received in response to this 
request.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 27th day of August 2018.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Brian J. Benney,
Senior Project Manager, ROP and Generic Communications Branch, Division 
of Inspection and Regional Support, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionProposed Rules
ActionDraft regulatory issue summary; request for comment.
DatesSubmit comments by October 29, 2018. Comments received after this date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission is able to ensure consideration only for comments received before this date.
ContactMaryann Ayoade, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington DC 20555-0001; telephone 301-415-0862, email: [email protected]
FR Citation83 FR 44247 
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