3701:1-58-24 Calibration of survey instruments.

(A) A licensee shall calibrate the survey instruments used to show compliance with this chapter and Chapter 3701:1-38 of the Administrative Code before first use, annually, and following a repair that affects the calibration. A licensee shall:

(1) Calibrate all scales with readings up to ten millisievert, or one thousand millirem per hour with a radiation source;

(2) Calibrate two separated readings on each scale or decade that will be used to show compliance; and

(3) Conspicuously note on the instrument the date of calibration.

(B) A licensee may not use survey instruments if the difference between the indicated exposure rate and the calculated exposure rate is more than twenty percent.

(C) A licensee shall retain a record of each survey instrument calibration in accordance with rule 3701:1-58-78 of the Administrative Code.

Effective: 08/15/2005

R.C. 119.032 review dates: 08/15/2010

Promulgated Under: 119.03

Statutory Authority: 3748.02, 3748.04

Rule Amplifies: 3748.04