New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 3 - RADIATION PROTECTION
Part 5 - RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHIC OPERATIONS
Section 20.3.5.29 - OPERATING AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
Universal Citation: 20 NM Admin Code 20.3.5.29
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
A. Operating and emergency procedures must include, as a minimum, instructions in the following:
(1) Appropriate handling and use of licensed
sealed sources and radiographic exposure devices so that no person is likely to
be exposed to radiation doses in excess of the limits established in Part 4 of
20.3 NMAC;
(2) Methods and
occasions for conducting radiation surveys;
(3) Methods for controlling access to
radiographic areas;
(4) Methods and
occasions for locking and securing radiographic exposure devices, transport and
storage containers and sealed sources;
(5) Personnel monitoring and the use of
personnel monitoring equipment;
(6)
Transporting sealed sources to field locations, including packing of
radiographic exposure devices and storage containers in the vehicles,
placarding of vehicles when needed, and control of the sealed sources during
transportation (refer to 49 CFR parts 171 - 173 );
(7) The inspection, maintenance, and
operability checks of radiographic exposure devices, survey instruments,
transport containers, and storage containers;
(8) Steps that must be taken immediately by
radiography personnel in the event a pocket dosimeter is found to be off-scale
or an alarm ratemeter alarms unexpectedly;
(9) The procedure for notifying proper
persons in the event of an accident;
(10) Minimizing exposure of persons in the
event of an accident;
(11) Source
recovery procedure if licensee will perform source recovery;
(12) Maintenance of records.
B. Each licensee or registrant shall maintain a copy of current operating and emergency procedures until the Department terminates the license or registration. Superseded material must be retained for 3 years after the change is made.
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