---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 35.406"
title: "10"
number: "35.406"
heading: "Brachytherapy sources accountability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/35.406"
---

# §35.406. Brachytherapy sources accountability.

- (a) A licensee shall maintain accountability at all times for all brachytherapy sources in storage or use.
- (b) As soon as possible after removing sources from a patient or a human research subject, a licensee shall return brachytherapy sources to a secure storage area.
- (c) A licensee shall maintain a record of the brachytherapy source accountability in accordance with [§ 35.2406](/cfr/10/35.2406.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 81, 161, 181, 182, 183, 223, 234, 274 (42 U.S.C. 2111, 2201, 2231, 2232, 2233, 2273, 2282, 2021); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 206 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5846); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.

### Source

Source: 67 FR 20370, Apr. 24, 2002, unless otherwise noted.