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Principal Investigator Absences

Principal investigators may be occasionally absent from the laboratory for various reasons. During such absences, another individual must be named to assume the responsibility for the correct usage and management of radioactive materials. When the absence is less than 60 days, a responsible graduate student or technician may be appointed to assume responsibility. If the absence is greater than 60 days, an alternate principal investigator with the appropriate radioisotope approvals must be designated, and must agree to assume responsibility.

The ORCBS must be notified in writing of the absence duration and the name of the alternate principal investigator who will oversee the uses of radioactive materials during the absence prior to departure. The stand-in PI must have all the authorizations necessary to oversee the uses of the radioactive materials possessed by the absent PI. The ORCBS must be notified in advance of the intended absence. During the absence, shipments will still be logged under the absent principal investigator's inventory, but all oversight will be conducted by the stand-in PI.

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