Arizona Administrative Code
Title 9 - HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 7 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES - RADIATION CONTROL
Article 14 - REGISTRATION OF NONIONIZING RADIATION SOURCES AND STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST NONIONIZING RADIATION
Appendix D - Laser Operator and Laser Safety Officer Training
1. Operators and personnel that work around lasers:
a. Fundamentals of laser operation (for example: physical principles, construction, and other basic information)
b. Bioeffects of laser radiation on the eye and skin
c. Significance of specular and diffuse reflections
d. Non-beam hazards of lasers (for example: electrical, chemical, and reaction byproducts)
e. Ionizing radiation hazards (includes information regarding x-rays from power sources and target interactions, if applicable)
f. Laser and laser system classifications
g. Control measures
h. Responsibilities of managers and operators
i. Medical surveillance practices (if applicable)
j. CPR for personnel servicing lasers with exposed high voltages, the capability of producing potentially lethal electrical currents, or both.
2. The LSO or other individual responsible for the safety program, evaluation of hazards, and implementation of control measures, or any others, if directed by management to obtain a thorough knowledge of laser safety:
a. The subjects covered in subsection (1)
b. Laser terminology
c. Laser types, wavelengths, pulse shapes, modes, power and energy
d. Basic radiometric units and measurement devices
e. MPE levels for eye and skin under all conditions
f. Laser hazard evaluations, range equations, and other calculations
3. Technical Considerations
a. Laser and IPL device descriptions
b. Definitions
c. Laser and IPL device radiation fundamentals
d. Laser mediums, types of lasers, and other light-emitting devices (includes information regarding diodes and solid, liquid, gas, and IPL devices)
e. Biological effects of laser or IPL device light
f. Damage mechanisms
i. Eye hazard
ii. Skin hazard (includes information regarding skintype and skin anatomy)
iii. Absorption and wavelength effects
iv. Thermal effects
g. Photo chemistry
h. Photosensitive medications
i. Criteria for setting the Maximum Permissible Exposure (MPE) levels for eye and skin associated hazards
j. Explosive, electrical, and chemical hazards
k. Fire, ionizing radiation, cryogenic hazards, and other hazards as applicable.
