Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control
Chapter 3701:1-68 - Industrial Radiation Equipment
Section 3701:1-68-01 - Definitions
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3701:1-68-01
Current through all regulations passed and filed through March 18, 2024
(A) As used in this chapter:
(1) "Access panel" means any barrier
or panel which is designed to be removed or opened for maintenance or service
purposes,
needs tools to open, and permits access to the
interior of an enclosed fail-safe system.
(2) "Analytical system" means non-medical
radiation-generating equipment used to determine properties of materials being
measured or analyzed. Analytical systems include, but are not limited to,
gauging, x-ray diffraction, and x-ray fluorescence equipment.
(3) "Aperture" means any opening in the
external surface of a cabinet or analytical system, other than a port, which
remains open during generation of radiation.
(4) "Cabinet system" means non-medical
radiation-generating equipment, which is installed in
a shielded enclosure that excludes all personnel, including extremities, from
the primary beam during the generation of radiation.
(5) "Calibration" means the determination of
the response or reading of an instrument relative to a series of known
radiation values over the range of the instrument.
(6) "Collimator" means a device or mechanism
by which the x-ray beam is restricted in size.
(7) "Control panel" or "control console" means that part of the
non-medical radiation-generating equipment used for setting the technique
factors.
(8) "Door" means any
barrier which is designed to be movable or opened during routine operations,
does not generally need tools to open, and permits access to the interior
of an enclosed fail-safe system. For the purposes of paragraph (A)(4)(a) of
rule 3701:1-68-06 of the
Administrative Code, inflexible hardware rigidly affixed to the door
will be
considered part of the door.
(9)
"External surface" means the outside surface of a cabinet system or analytical
system, including the high-voltage generator, doors, access panels, latches,
control knobs, and other permanently mounted hardware and including the plane
across any aperture or port.
(10)
"Fail-safe characteristics" means a design feature which prevents emergence of
the primary beam, upon failure of a safety or warning device.
(11)
"Gauging Unit"
means non-medical radiation-generating equipment designed and manufactured for
the purpose of detecting, measuring or controlling thickness, density, or
interface location.
(12) "Ground fault"
means an accidental electrical grounding of an electrical conductor.
(13)
"Hand-held system" means non-medical radiation-generating equipment that is
specifically designed to be held in the hand during operation. Hand-held
systems include analytical and radiographic systems.
(14) "Independent
certifying organization" means an independent organization that meets all of
the criteria of the appendix to rule
3701:1-68-02 of the
Administrative Code.
(15) "Individual
responsible for radiation protection (IRRP)" means an individual designated by
the registrant who has the knowledge and responsibility for the
radiation
protection program at the facility, to include the
implementation of the daily radiation safety operations and compliance with the
rules.
(16) "Irradiation
system" means non-medical radiation-generating equipment used to alter the
chemical, biological, or physical properties of materials or to sterilize
materials.
(17) "Local
components" means parts of an analytical system and includes areas that are
struck by x-rays such as radiation source housings, port and shutter
assemblies, collimators, sample holders, cameras, goniometers, detectors, and
shielding, but does not include power supplies, transformers, amplifiers,
readout devices, and control panels.
(18) "Locked out and
tagged" means a process for equipment security and safety in which non-medical
radiation-generating equipment is locked to prevent operation and tagged with
specific information as to why it is not to be used.
(19) "Miniature
radioscopic system" means an imaging system with a fixed source and detector
configuration that provides a maximum source to image distance of less than
forty-five centimeters (eighteen inches) and is
not capable of creating a dose rate to any individual forty-five centimeters ( eighteen inches) from the primary beam that exceeds twenty
microsievert (two millirem) per hour.
(20) "Non-human
security screening system" means a non-human use cabinet x-ray system with
accessible openings designed for the detection of weapons, bombs, or contraband
concealed in baggage, mail, packages or other commodities.
(21)
"Non-medical radiation-generating equipment" means any x-ray equipment other
than a security screening system designed to scan individuals, or those used on
patients or human research subjects for medical or therapy purposes.
(22)
"Open-beam analytical system" means an analytical system configured such that
an individual could place any part of his or her body in the primary beam
during normal operation.
(23) "Particle
accelerator system" means non-medical radiation-generating equipment designed
for, or capable of, accelerating charged particles.
(24)
"Permanent radiographic installation" means a radiographic system enclosed in a
shielded room, cell or vault not located at a temporary job site.
(25)
"Port" means any opening in the outside surface of a cabinet system or
analytical system which is designed to remain open, during generation of
radiation, for the purpose of conveying material to be irradiated into and out
of the enclosure, or for partial insertion for irradiation of an object whose
dimensions do not permit complete insertion into the enclosure.
(26)
"Primary beam" means radiation which passes through the collimator in the
radiation source housing by a direct path from the radiation source.
(27)
"Radiation
Expert" means an individual who meets the qualifications of paragraph (E)(2) of
rule 3701:1-68-02 of the Administrative Code.
(28) "Radiographer"
means an individual who operates or personally supervises the operation of
radiographic systems, related equipment, or radiation survey instruments for
radiographic operations.
(29) "Radiographer's
assistant" means an individual who, under the personal supervision of a
radiographer operates radiographic systems, related equipment, or radiation
survey instruments for radiographic operations.
(30) "Radiographic
system" means non-medical radiation-generating equipment used to examine the
macroscopic structures of material. Radiographic systems include radiographic
and radioscopic equipment.
(31) "Shutter" means a
device, fixed to any radiation source housing to intercept the primary
beam.
(32) "Temporary job
site" means a location where radiographic operations are performed and where
radiographic systems may be stored other than the locations of use authorized
on the registration.
(B) Terms appearing in this chapter, which are not defined in this rule, may be defined in rule 3701:1-38-01 of the Administrative Code.
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