DEFINITION OF NET DEATH BENEFIT. A life insurance policy's contract will define the total amount to be paid to a designated beneficiary(ies) upon the death of the insured, payable by the life insurance carrier. The Net Death Benefit may be more or less than the original face value of the policy.
Nuclear pharmacy practice: hour-for-hour credit in a licensed nuclear pharmacy or health care facility approved by state or federal agencies to handle radioactive materials, to a maximum of 4,000 hours.
Radionuclide Biliary Scan. This nuclear medicine test is not only an imaging test, but a function test as well. The patient is given an injection of a radioactive tracer and then imaging is done under a camera for up to several hours, but usually for no more than 30 to 45 minutes.