Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
Article 35 - RADIATION
Section 28-35-283 - Operating and emergency procedures
Universal Citation: KS Admin Regs 28-35-283
Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 52, December 26, 2024
(a) At a minimum, the operating and emergency procedures of each licensee or registrant shall include instructions in the following areas:
(1) The proper handling and use of sources of
radiation, so that no person is likely to receive a radiation exposure in
excess of the limits specified in part 4 of these regulations;
(2) the methods of, and occasions for,
conducting radiation surveys;
(3)
the methods of controlling access to areas where radiography is being
performed;
(4) the methods of, and
occasions for, locking and securing sources of radiation, transport containers,
storage containers, and exposure devices;
(5) personnel monitoring and the use of
personnel-monitoring equipment, including steps that shall be taken immediately
by radiography personnel if a pocket dosimeter is found to be off-scale;
(6) transporting sources of
radiation to field locations, including packing sources of radiation in a
vehicle, posting signs or placards on a vehicle in which a source of radiation
is to be transported, and controlling sources of radiation during
transportation;
(7) the procedures
for minimizing the exposure of individuals if an accident, including a source
disconnect, transport accident, or loss of a source of radiation, occurs;
(8) source recovery procedures if
the licensee will perform source recoveries;
(9) the procedures for notifying the
appropriate persons if an accident occurs;
(10) the maintenance of records; and
(11) the inspection, maintenance,
and operability checking of radiographic exposure devices, storage containers,
transport containers, radiation machines, survey instruments, and alarming
ratemeters.
(b) Each licensee shall maintain a copy of the current operating and emergency procedures until the department terminates the license. A copy of all superceded operating and emergency procedures shall be maintained for three years after the procedures have been superceded.
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