# NRC CAL – NOV (SL III)
> **EA-10-171** · CAL · Severity SLIII · Issued 2010-11-10 · Materials Licensees
## Action
- **EA Number:** EA-10-171
- **Licensee:** NOV (SL III)
- **Category:** Materials Licensees
- **Action type:** CAL
- **Severity level:** SLIII
- **Date issued:** 2010-11-10
## Description

On November 10, 2010, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center (St. Francis) for a Severity Level III violation involving the failure to meet the physical presence requirements of 10 CFR 35.615(f)(2) during high dose radiation (HDR) treatments. Specifically, on July 1, 2010 and other occasions prior to that date, a St. Francis authorized medical physicist was not physically present during initiation and continuation of patient treatments involving the HDR unit.

## Source
- [Full enforcement letter (PDF)](https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1031/ML103140671.pdf)
- [NRC Materials Licensees index](https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/enforcement/actions/materials/)
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