§ 30336.1. Requirements for Field Radiography.
17 CA ADC § 30336.1Barclays Official California Code of Regulations
Barclays California Code of Regulations
Title 17. Public Health
Division 1. State Department of Health Services (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 5. Sanitation (Environmental) (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter 4. Radiation
Group 3. Standards for Protection Against Radiation
Article 6. Special Requirements for Radiographic Operations in Industrial Radiography
17 CCR § 30336.1
§ 30336.1. Requirements for Field Radiography.
(d) Except as provided in subsection (e), a user shall not allow any individual to act as a radiation machine radiographer's assistant unless the individual meets the requirements of section 30336.5(a)(1) and is under personal supervision of a radiation machine radiographer trainer or the radiation safety officer as required pursuant to subsection (o).
(2) The operator of the radiation machine has received at least eight hours of instruction in, and demonstrated, by successful completion of a written examination, an understanding of the following subjects. The examination shall be at least 50 questions in length. Successful completion shall be correctly answering at least 80 percent of the questions in a closed-book testing session:
(3) The operator has demonstrated competence to safely use the radiation machine in the kinds of radiographic operations that will be performed. Demonstration shall be by successful completion of a practical examination covering this material. Instruction in this material shall be at least four hours long.
(g) Radiographic operations shall not be performed unless, for each radiation machine energized, at least one radiation survey instrument, which meets the requirements of section 30332.3, capable of measuring radiation of the energies and at the dose rates to be encountered is available and used. Each registrant shall perform visual and operability checks on all survey instruments before use on each day the radiographic equipment is to be used to ensure that the radiographic equipment is in good working condition. Survey instrument operability shall be performed using a radiation source. If equipment problems are found, the equipment shall be removed from service until repaired.
(h) Areas in which field radiography is being performed shall be conspicuously posted as required by title 10 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) Part 20, subpart J incorporated by reference in section 30253. The limits of a high radiation area need not be separately defined and posted if the surrounding radiation area is posted and controlled as a high radiation area.
(i) The boundaries of the controlled area for each “setup” shall be determined by a radiation survey during the first radiographic exposure to confirm that subsection (e) has been met and that unrestricted areas do not have radiation levels in excess of the limits specified in 10 CFR 20, subpart D incorporated by reference in section 30253. A radiation survey shall be made after each radiographic exposure to determine that the radiation machine is “off.” Survey results and records of boundary locations shall be maintained for three years and kept available for inspection.
(m) Radiation machines used in field radiography shall meet the requirements specified in American National Standard N537-1976 “Radiological Safety Standard for the Design of Radiographic and Fluoroscopic Industrial X-ray Equipment” published as NBS Handbook 123, issued August 1977 [FN*], which is incorporated by reference.
(o) Unless exempted pursuant to subsection (e), whenever a radiation machine radiographer's assistant (RA) uses radiation machines or conducts radiation surveys to determine that the radiation machine is “off,” the RA shall be under the personal supervision of a radiation machine radiographer trainer or the radiation safety officer. The personal supervision shall include:
(p) If a user possesses a radiation machine such that an individual could, in a single exposure to the primary beam with the machine set at maximum exposure factors, receive an exposure exceeding 10 percent of the occupational dose limits specified in title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 20, subpart C incorporated by reference in section 30253, the user shall establish and maintain an internal inspection program to ensure radiographers and radiographers' assistants comply with this regulation and registration conditions and the registrant's operating and emergency procedures. The inspection program shall include or provide:
Copies of American National Standard N537-1976 “Radiological Safety Standard for the Design of Radiographic and Fluoroscopic Industrial X-ray Equipment” (published as NBS Handbook 123, issued August 1977) may be purchased from the American National Standards Institute, Inc., 25 West 43rd Street, New York, New York 10036 or from IHS Standards Store at “http://global.ihs.com.” Insert “NBS HDBK 123” for the document number in the Standards Search box.
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Note: Authority cited: Sections 114975, 115000 and 131200, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 114965, 114970, 115060, 131050, 131051 and 131052, Health and Safety Code.
History
1. New section filed 4-11-2008; operative 5-11-2008 (Register 2008, No. 15).
2. Amendment of subsections (p) and (p)(3), footnote and Note filed 12-30-2014; operative 4-1-2015 (Register 2015, No. 1).
This database is current through 4/26/24 Register 2024, No. 17.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 17, § 30336.1, 17 CA ADC § 30336.1
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