New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 28 - RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS
Subchapter 20 - PARTICLE ACCELERATORS FOR INDUSTRIAL AND RESEARCH USE
Section 7:28-20.6 - Training program on the safe use of each particle accelerator
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The registrant shall establish and maintain a training program on the safe use of each particle accelerator. The registrant shall not permit any person to operate the particle accelerator until that person has successfully completed the training program consisting of the 10 items set out below. The registrant shall ensure that the training program is conducted under the direction of the PASO or an individual with equivalent qualifications in conjunction with the qualified machine operator and that the program shall include all of the following:
(b) The registrant shall require each operator to become requalified not less than once every three years by completing a refresher training course covering the requirements of (a)1 through 9 above. The registrant shall maintain a record of each individual's completion of the refresher training course for five years at the particle accelerator facility. These records shall be produced for review by the Department during an inspection and shall be submitted to the Department upon request.
(c) A registrant may permit a person to function as an operator's assistant under the direct supervision of a qualified machine operator until that person has completed a training course covering the requirements of (a)1 through 10 above.
(d) The registrant shall maintain records of the operator's training program, including a copy of the examination, for at least five years at the particle accelerator facility. These records shall be produced for review by the Department during an inspection and shall be submitted to the Department upon request.
(e) Prior to operation of any particle accelerator after February 3, 1992, the registrant shall document in writing the name of each individual who operated a particle accelerator prior to February 3, 1992 and whom the PASO and the Radiation Protection Committee have certified as the first qualified machine operator for each particle accelerator. The registrant shall maintain this documentation for five years at the particle accelerator facility and shall produce it for review by the Department during an inspection. After February 3, 1992, an individual is required to complete all items in (a) above in order to become a qualified machine operator.
(f) When a new particle accelerator facility commences operation or places into operation a newly invented particle accelerator, the PASO and the Radiation Protection Committee shall document in writing the name and qualifications of the individual whom they have certified as the first qualified machine operator. Any subsequent machine operator shall be subject to the provisions of (a) above.