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...(A) Each person licensed under rule 3701:1-46-33 of the Administrative Code shall file an annual report with the director at the following address: "Ohio Department of Health Bureau of Environmental Health and Radiation Protection 246 North High Street Columbus, Ohio 43215" which must state the total quantity of tritium or promethium-147 transferred to persons generally licensed under rule 3701:1-46-07 of the Ad...

...An application for a specific license to manufacture or initially transfer calibration or reference sources containing americium-241 or radium-226, for distribution to persons generally licensed under rule 3701:1-46-08 of the Administrative Code, will be approved if: (A) The applicant satisfies the general requirements of rule 3701:1-40-15 of the Administrative Code; (B) The applicant submits sufficient information...

...(A) Each person licensed under rule 3701:1-46-37 of the Administrative Code shall affix to each source, or storage container for the source, a label which shall contain sufficient information relative to safe use and storage of the source and shall include one of the following statements or a substantially similar statement which contains the information called for in one of the following statements: (1) For americi...

...Each person licensed under rule 3701:1-46-37 of the Administrative Code shall perform a dry wipe test upon each source containing more than 3.7 kilobecquerels (0.1 microcurie) of americium-241 or radium-226 prior to transferring the source to a general licensee under rule 3701:1-46-08 of the Administrative Code. This test shall be performed by wiping the entire radioactive surface of the source with a filter paper wi...

...An application for a specific license to manufacture or initially transfer ice detection devices containing strontium-90 for distribution to persons generally licensed under rule 3701:1-46-10 of the Administrative Code will be approved if: (A) The applicant satisfies the general requirements specified in rule 3701:1-40-15 of the Administrative Code; (B) The applicant submits sufficient information regarding each ty...

...(A) Each person licensed under rule 3701:1-46-40 of the Administrative Code shall visually inspect each device and shall reject any which has an observable physical defect that could affect containment of the strontium-90. (B) Each person licensed under rule 3701:1-46-40 of the Administrative Code shall test each device for possible loss of strontium-90 or for contamination by wiping with filter paper an area of at ...

...An application for a specific license to manufacture or distribute radioactive material for use under the general license in rule 3701:1-46-11 of the Administrative Code will be approved if: (A) The applicant satisfies the general requirements specified in rule 3701:1-40-15 of the Administrative Code. (B) The radioactive material is to be prepared for distribution in prepackaged units of: (1) Iodine-125 in units n...

...An application for a specific license to manufacture or distribute radioactive material for use under the general license in rule 3701:1-46-11 of the Administrative Code will be approved if: (A) The applicant satisfies the general requirements specified in rule 3701:1-40-15 of the Administrative Code. (B) The radioactive material is to be prepared for distribution in prepackaged units of: (1) Iod...

...(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, 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...