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Table 22
The Number Of Registered/Licensed Radioactive Materials

Type of Radioactive Services No. of Sources Total
Sources Government Private
Radiotherapy 28 443 471
Sealed Sources Nuclear Medicine 147 243 390
Blood Irradiator 4 4 8
Unsealed Sources Nuclear Medicine 37 92 129
Total 216 782 998

Source:Medical Radiation Surveillance Division, MoH
MONITORING & ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES UNDER ACT 304

The purpose of monitoring and inspection is to ensure the compliance to all regulatory requirements:
safety, security and safeguards. During monitoring and inspection, attention is given on the validity
of the license, compliance with licensing conditions, qualifications of personnel, radiation protection
programme, record-keeping as well as maintenance of equipment. This is to ensure the protection and
safety of patients, workers and the public are not compromised.

A total of 1,635 premises were inspected including 273 in government clinics/hospitals while the other
1,362 in private establishments in year 2017. A total of 1,398 (85.5 per cent) premises were fully
complied with the regulatory requirements while 237 (14.5 per cent) premises did not comply at the time
of inspection. Follow-up actions were taken to ensure all premises adhered to regulatory requirements.

Prosecution actions have also been taken against 2 general practitioner clinics for not having a license
to buy and store irradiating apparatus under Act 304 in 2017. They have been fined by the session
court for RM15,000 and RM10,000 respectively.

MEDICAL PHYSICS SERVICES

In 2017, a total of 133 technical advices pertaining to Ionizing Radiation (IR) and Non-ionizing Radiation
(NIR) activities to the MoH hospitals and clinics were carried out. The details are as listed in Table 23.

Table 23
Technical Advice on Ionizing Radiation (IR) and Non-ionizing Radiation (NIR)

Type of Activities Total
Vetting on plan and radiation protection for the project at MoH clinics and 22
hospitals and technical advice on IR and NIR
Meeting for the specifications and technical evaluation of imaging/ 20
radiotherapy equipment.
Projects progress meeting/site visits/commissioning and acceptance 88
testing.
Survey on NIR exposure level at MoH medical facility 3 Technical Reports
Total 133

Source:Medical Radiation Surveillance Division, MoH

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