Before and after a nuclear medicine procedure for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes or a brachytherapy procedure using permanent implants, the person carrying out the procedure must provide the patient, his or her legal representative in the case of a minor, or, in the case of an adult subject to a legal protection measure with representation relating to the person, to the person in charge of the measure, appropriate oral and written information on the risk of ionising radiation and the instructions necessary to limit exposure to ionising radiation of persons who will be in contact with him/her. This information may also be provided to the person in charge of a legal protection measure with personal assistance if the protected adult expressly consents.
This information and instructions are given before the patient leaves the nuclear medicine or radiotherapy department.