Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control
Chapter 3701:1-67 - External Beam Radiation Therapy Equipment
Section 3701:1-67-07 - Survey and dosimetry instruments
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) The handler shall ensure each facility location authorized to use therapy equipment shall have available appropriately calibrated portable survey equipment, which is capable of measuring doses over the range ten microsievert (one mrem) per hour to ten millisievert (one thousand mrem) per hour. The survey instrument(s) shall be operable and calibrated in accordance with rule 3701:1-67-07 of the Administrative Code.
(B) The handler shall ensure that the survey instruments used to show compliance with Chapter 3701:1-67 of the Administrative Code have been calibrated before first use, at intervals not to exceed twelve months, and following repair.
(C) To satisfy the requirements of paragraph (B) of this rule, the handler shall ensure that the survey instruments are:
(D) To satisfy the requirements of paragraph (C) of this rule, the handler shall:
(E) The handler may obtain the services of individuals licensed by the department, the United States nuclear regulatory commission, or agreement state to perform calibrations of survey instruments.
(F) The handler shall retain a record of each calibration for three years. The record shall include:
(G) The handler shall have a calibrated primary dosimetry system available for use. The system shall have been calibrated by the "National Institute for Standards and Technology" (NIST) or by an "American Association of Physicists in Medicine" (AAPM) "Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory" (ADCL). The calibration shall have been performed within the previous twenty-four months and after any servicing that may have affected system calibration.
(H) The handler may have a secondary dosimetry system for quality assurance check measurements available for use. The system may either be calibrated according to the requirements of paragraph (G) of this rule or compared with a system that has been calibrated in accordance with paragraph (G) of this rule. If compared, the comparison shall have been performed within the previous twelve months and after each servicing that may have affected system calibration. The quality assurance check system may be the same system used to meet the requirement in paragraph (G) of this rule.
(I) The handler shall maintain a record of each dosimetry system calibration or comparison required by paragraph (G) and paragraph (H) of this rule for the duration of the registration. For each calibration or comparison, the record shall include:
Replaces: 3701:1-67-03, 3701-67-05, 3701-67-06, 3701:1-67-07
Five Year Review (FYR) Dates:
11/20/2015 and
11/15/2020
Promulgated
Under: 119.03
Statutory
Authority: 3748.04
Rule
Amplifies: 3748.01,
3748.02,
3748.03,
3748.04,
3748.05,
3748.06,
3748.07,
3748.12,
3748.121,
3748.13,
3748.14,
3748.15,
3748.17,
3748.18,
3748.19,
3748.20,
3748.22,
3748.99
Prior
Effective Dates: 2/15/2001, 9/1/05, 1/14/11,
6/1/13