Ariz. Admin. Code § R9-7-407 - Radiation Protection Programs
A. Each licensee or registrant shall develop,
document, and implement a radiation protection program sufficient to ensure
compliance with the provisions of Article 4.
B. The licensee or registrant shall use, to
the extent practical, procedures and engineering controls based upon sound
radiation protection principles to achieve occupational doses and public doses
that are as low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA).
C. The licensee or registrant shall, at
intervals not to exceed 12 months, review the radiation protection program
content and implementation.
D. To
implement the ALARA requirements in subsection (B), and notwithstanding the
requirements in
R9-7-416, each licensee or
registrant governed by 9 A.A.C. 7, Article 3 shall limit air emissions of
radioactive material to the environment so that individual members of the
public likely to receive the highest dose will not receive a total effective
dose equivalent in excess of 0.1mSv (10 mrem) per year from the emissions. If a
licensee or registrant subject to this requirement exceeds this limit, the
licensee or registrant shall report the incident to the Department, in
accordance with R9-7-444, and take prompt corrective action to prevent
additional violations.
E. Records.
1. Each licensee or registrant shall maintain
records of the radiation protection program, including:
a. The provisions of the program; and
b. Audits and other reviews of
program content and implementation.
2. A licensee or registrant shall retain the
records required by subsection (E)(1)(a) for three years after the termination
of the license or registration. The licensee or registrant shall retain the
records required by subsection (E)(1)(b) for three years after the record is
made.
3. The following licensees
and registrants are exempt from the record requirements contained in this
subsection:
a. B6-General Medical,
b. C9-Gas Chromatograph,
c. C10-General Industrial,
d. D15-Possession Only,
e. E2-X-ray Machine class B, and
f. E3-X-ray Machine class C.
Notes
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