On July 19, 2016, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Medstar Washington Hospital Center (MWHC) for a severity level III violation. The violation involved a failure to transfer licensed material to an authorized recipient in accordance with 10 CFR 20.2001(a)(1). Specifically, on May 15, 2015, MWHC transferred radioactive waste containing Iodine-131 to Stericycle, Inc. in Curtis Bay, Maryland, a waste processing company that was not authorized to receive the radioactive waste.