Washington Administrative Code
Title 246 - Health, Department of
RADIATION
Chapter 246-228 - Radiation protection - Analytical X-ray equipment
Section 246-228-050 - Personnel requirements
Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 246-228-050
Current through Register Vol. 24-18, September 15, 2024
(1) Instruction. No person shall be permitted to operate or maintain analytical X-ray equipment unless such person has received instruction in and demonstrated competence as to:
(a)
Identification of radiation hazards associated with the use of the
equipment;
(b) Significance of the
various radiation warning and safety devices incorporated into the equipment,
or the reasons they have not been installed on certain pieces of equipment and
the extra precautions required in such cases;
(c) Proper operating procedures for the
equipment;
(d) Symptoms of an acute
localized exposure; and
(e) Proper
procedures for reporting an actual or suspected exposure.
(2) Personnel monitoring. Finger or wrist dosimetric devices shall be provided to and shall be used by:
(a) Analytical X-ray equipment workers using
systems having an open-beam configuration and not equipped with a safety
device; and
(b) Personnel
maintaining analytical X-ray equipment if the maintenance procedures require
the presence of a primary X-ray beam when any local component in the analytical
X-ray system is disassembled or removed.
(c) Reported dose values shall not be used
for the purpose of determining compliance with WAC
246-221-010 of these regulations
unless evaluated by a qualified expert.
Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.050 and 70.98.080. 91-15-083 (Order 183), § 246-228-050, filed 7/23/91, effective 8/23/91. Statutory Authority: RCW 43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified as § 246-228-050, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Order 1084, § 402-40-060, filed 1/14/76.
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