Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 2 - Public Health
Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection
Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements
7 AAC 18.370 - Notification of incident

Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 18.370

Current through February 24, 2025

(a) A registrant shall immediately notify the department by telephone or facsimile of an incident involving a source of ionizing radiation possessed by the registrant that may have caused or threatens to cause

(1) a dose to the whole body of an individual of 0.25 sieverts, or 25 rems, or more;

(2) exposure of the skin of the whole body of an individual of 1.0 sievert, or 100 rems, or more; or

(3) exposure of the feet, ankles, hands, or forearms of an individual to 2.5 sieverts, or 250 rems, or more.

(b) A registrant shall within 24 hours notify the department by telephone or facsimile and confirming letter of an incident involving a source of radiation possessed by the registrant that may have caused or threatens to cause

(1) a dose to the whole body of an individual of 50 millisieverts, or five rems, or more;

(2) exposure of the skin of the whole body of an individual to 300 millisieverts, or 30 rems, or more;

(3) exposure of the feet, ankles, hands, or forearms of an individual to 500 millisieverts, or 50 rems, or more; or

(4) an exposure to a patient from a diagnostic procedure that results in radiation-induced erythema with wet desquamation within six months of the procedure, excluding radiation therapy doses.

(c) A report filed with the department under this section must be prepared in a manner that the name of an individual who has received exposure to ionizing radiation is stated in a separate part of the report.

For the purpose of notifying the department of an incident under 7 AAC 18.370, the department's contact information is Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Radiological Health Program, 4500 S. Boniface Pkwy., Anchorage, AK 99507-1270; telephone: (907) 334-2100; fax: (907) 334-2161.

Authority:AS 18.60.475

AS 18.60.485

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