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...(A) An application for a specific license to manufacture, prepare, or transfer for commercial distribution radioactive drugs containing radioactive material for use by persons authorized pursuant to Chapter 3701:1-58 of the Administrative Code or equivalent regulations of an agreement state will be approved if: (1) The applicant satisfies the general requirements specified in rule 3701:1-40-15 of the Administrative ...

...(A) An application for a specific license to manufacture and distribute sources and devices containing radioactive material to persons licensed pursuant to Chapter 3701:1-58 of the Administrative Code or equivalent regulations of the United States nuclear regulatory commission or agreement state for use as a calibration, transmission, or reference source or for the uses listed in rules 3701:1-58-43, 3701:1-58-53, 370...

...(A) Any manufacturer or initial distributor of a sealed source or device containing a sealed source may submit a request to the director for evaluation of radiation safety information about its product and for its registration. (B) The request for review must be made in duplicate and sent to the director at the following address: "Ohio Department of Health Bureau of Environmental Health and Radiation Protection 2...

...(A) A general license is hereby issued to any person to acquire, receive, possess, use, or transfer, in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs (B), (C), and (D) of this rule, radium-226 contained in the following products manufactured prior to November 30, 2007: (1) Antiquities originally intended for use by the general public. For the purposes of this paragraph, antiquities mean products originally intended f...

...Terms defined in rule 3701:1-38-01 of the Administrative Code shall have the same meaning when used in this chapter except terms redefined within a given rule for use within that rule only, and additionally, as used in this chapter: (A) "Annual Refresher Safety Training" means a review conducted or provided by the licensee for its employees on radiation safety aspects of industrial radiography. The review may includ...

...An application for a specific license for the use of licensed material in industrial radiography will be approved if the applicant meets the following requirements: (A) The applicant satisfies the general requirements specified in rule 3701:1-40-15 of the Administrative Code for radioactive material, as appropriate, and any special requirements contained in this chapter. (B) The applicant submits an adequate progra...

...Equipment used in industrial radiographic operations must meet the following minimum criteria: (A) (1) Each radiographic exposure device, source assembly or sealed source, and all associated equipment must meet the requirements specified in american national standards institute, N432-1980 "Radiological Safety for the Design and Construction of Apparatus for Gamma Radiography," (published as NBS ...

...(A) Each radiographic exposure device must have a lock or outer locked container designed to prevent unauthorized or accidental removal of the sealed source from its shielded position. The exposure device and/or its container must be kept locked (and if key-locked, with the key removed at all times) when not under the direct surveillance of a radiographer or a radiographer's assistant except at permanent radiographic...

...(A) The licensee shall keep sufficient calibrated and operable radiation survey instruments at each location where radioactive material is present to make the radiation surveys required by this chapter and Chapter 3701:1-38 of the Administrative Code. Instrumentation required by this rule must be capable of measuring a range from 0.02 millisievert (two millirem) per hour through 0.01 sievert (one rem) per hour. (B) ...

...(A) The replacement of any sealed source fastened to or contained in a radiographic exposure device and leak testing of any sealed source must be performed by persons authorized by the director, the United States nuclear regulatory commission, or an agreement state to do so. (B) The opening, repair, or modification of any sealed source must be performed by persons specifically authorized by the director, the United ...

...(A) Each licensee shall conduct a quarterly physical inventory to account for all sealed sources and for devices containing depleted uranium received and possessed under this license. (B) The licensee shall maintain records of the quarterly inventory in accordance with paragraph (E) of rule 3701:1-48-23 of the Administrative Code.

...(A) The licensee shall perform visual and operability checks on survey meters, radiographic exposure devices, transport and storage containers, associated equipment and source changers before use on each day the equipment is to be used to ensure that the equipment is in good working condition, that the sources are adequately shielded, and that required labeling is present. Survey instrument operability must be perfor...

...(A) Each entrance that is used for personnel access to the high radiation area in a permanent radiographic installation must have either: (1) An entrance control of the type described in paragraph (A) of rule 3701:1-38-15 of the Administrative Code that reduces the radiation level upon entry into the area; or (2) Both conspicuously visible and audible warning signals to warn of the presence of radiation. The visibl...

...(A) The licensee may not use a source changer or a container to store licensed material unless the source changer or the storage container has securely attached to it a durable, legible, and clearly visible label bearing the standard trefoil radiation caution symbol conventional colors, i.e., magenta, purple or black on a yellow background, having a minimum diameter of twenty-five millimeters, and the wording "CAUTIO...

...(A) Whenever radiography is performed at a location other than a permanent radiographic installation, the radiographer must be accompanied by at least one other qualified radiographer or an individual who has at a minimum met the requirements of paragraph (C) of rule 3701:1-48-16 of the Administrative Code. The additional qualified individual shall observe the operations and be capable of providing immediate assistan...

...The radiation safety officer for industrial radiography shall ensure that radiation safety activities are being performed in accordance with approved procedures and regulatory requirements in the daily operation of the licensee's program. (A) The minimum qualifications, training, and experience for radiation safety officers for industrial radiography are as follows: (1) Completion of the training and testing requir...

...(A) The licensee may not permit any individual to act as a radiographer until the individual: Has received training in the subjects in paragraph (G) of this rule, in addition to a minimum of two months of on-the-job training, is certified through a radiographer certification program by a certifying entity in accordance with the criteria specified in appendix A to this rule and is approved by the director. (B) In ad...

...(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 Chapter 3701:1-38 of the Administrative Code; (2) Methods and occasions for conducting radiation surveys; ...

...Whenever a radiographer's assistant uses radiographic exposure devices, associated equipment or sealed sources or conducts radiation surveys required by paragraph (B) of rule 3701:1-48-20 of the Administrative Code to determine that the sealed source has returned to the shielded position after an exposure, the assistant shall be under the personal supervision of a radiographer. The personal supervision must include: ...

...(A) The licensee may not permit any individual to act as a radiographer or a radiographer's assistant unless, at all times during radiographic operations, each individual wears, on the trunk of the body, a direct reading dosimeter, an operating alarm rate meter, and a personnel dosimeter that is processed and evaluated by an accredited national voluntary laboratory accreditation program (NVLAP) pr...

...(A) The licensee may not permit any individual to act as a radiographer or a radiographer's assistant unless, at all times during radiographic operations, each individual wears, on the trunk of the body, a direct reading dosimeter, an operating alarm rate meter, and a personnel dosimeter. At permanent radiography installations where other appropriate alarming or warning devices are in routine use,...

...The licensee shall: (A) Conduct surveys with a calibrated and operable radiation survey instrument that meets the requirements of rule 3701:1-48-08 of the Administrative Code. (B) Using a survey instrument meeting the requirements of paragraph (A) of this rule, conduct a survey of the radiographic exposure device and the guide tube after each exposure when approaching the device or the guide tube. The survey must d...

...During each radiographic operation the radiographer, or the other qualified individual present, as required by rule 3701:1-48-14 of the Administrative Code, shall maintain continuous direct visual surveillance of the operation to protect against unauthorized entry into a high radiation area, as defined in rule 3701:1-38-01 of the Administrative Code, except at permanent radiographic installations where all entryways ...

...All areas in which industrial radiography is being performed must be conspicuously posted as required by paragraphs (A)(4)(a) and (A)(4)(b) of rule 3701:1-38-18 of the Administrative Code. Exceptions listed in paragraph (B) of rule 3701:1-38-18 of the Administrative Code do not apply to industrial radiographic operations.

...(A) Each licensee shall maintain a copy of its license, license conditions, documents incorporated by reference, and amendments to each of these items until superseded by new documents approved by the director, or until the director terminates the license. (B) Each licensee shall maintain records showing the receipts and transfers of all sealed sources and all devices using depleted uranium for shielding and retain ...