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§ 30192.3. General Licenses--Calibration or Reference Sources.

17 CA ADC § 30192.3Barclays Official California Code of Regulations

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Title 17. Public Health
Division 1. State Department of Health Services (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 5. Sanitation (Environmental) (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter 4. Radiation
Group 2. Licensing of Radioactive Materials
Article 4. Licenses
17 CCR § 30192.3
§ 30192.3. General Licenses--Calibration or Reference Sources.
Currentness
(a) A general license is hereby issued to persons who hold either a specific license issued by the Department for any radioactive material, or a specific license issued by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission for any radioactive material, to possess americium-241, plutonium, or radium-226 in the form of calibration or reference sources. Calibration or reference sources shall be manufactured in accordance with the specifications contained in an appropriate specific license, which authorizes distribution under a general license. Each source possessed pursuant to the general license or its storage container shall bear a label, which includes the information required in the following statement:
“The receipt, possession, use and transfer of this source, Model__________, Serial No.__________, are subject to a general license or its equivalent, and are further subject to the regulations of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission or a state with which the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission has entered into an agreement for the exercise of regulatory authority. Removal of this label is prohibited.
CAUTION--RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL--THIS SOURCE CONTAINS (AMERICIUM-241, PLUTONIUM, OR RADIUM-226, whichever is appropriate). DO NOT TOUCH RADIOACTIVE PORTION OF THIS SOURCE.
______________________________”
(Name of Manufacturer or Importer)
(b) Persons who possess a source under the general license issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall:
(1) Not have, at any one time, at any one location of storage or use, more than 5 microcuries of americium-241, 5 microcuries of plutonium, or 5 microcuries of radium-226 contained in such sources.
(2) Not transfer, abandon or dispose of such sources, except by transfer to a person authorized by a license to receive the source.
(3) With respect to each such source when not in use, store the source in a closed container adequately designed and constructed to contain any of the radioactive material in the event the source is ruptured or leaks.
(4) Not use such source for any purpose other than calibration of radiation detectors or standardization of other sources.
(c) Persons who possess a source under the general license issued pursuant to subsection (a) shall, with respect thereto, be exempt from the requirement of Group 3 of this subchapter, except for sections 30253, 30254, 30255, 30275(a) and (b), 30293, and 30295.
(d) The general license issued pursuant to subsection (a) does not authorize the manufacture, import, or export of calibration or reference sources containing americium-241, plutonium, or radium-226 or the introduction of americium-241, plutonium, or radium-226 into any product or material.

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Note: Authority cited: Sections 114975, 115000 and 131200, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 114965, 114970, 114985(g), 115000, 115060, 115165, 115230, 115235, 131050, 131051 and 131052, Health and Safety Code.
History
1. New section filed 7-7-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No. 28).
2. Amendment of subsection (c) and Note filed 9-9-97; operative 10-9-97 (Register 97, No. 37).
3. Amendment of section and Note filed 6-8-2011; operative 7-8-2011 (Register 2011, No. 23).
This database is current through 4/26/24 Register 2024, No. 17.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 17, § 30192.3, 17 CA ADC § 30192.3
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