Fla. Admin. Code Ann. R. 64E-5.314 - General
(1) Each licensee or registrant shall make or
cause to be made surveys that:
(a) Are
necessary for the licensee or registrant to comply with this part;
and
(b) Are necessary under the
circumstances to evaluate:
1. The magnitude
and extent of radiation levels;
2.
Concentrations or quantities of radioactive material; and
3. The potential radiological
hazards.
(2)
The licensee or registrant shall ensure that instruments and equipment used for
quantitative radiation measurements such as dose rate and effluent monitoring
are calibrated annually for the radiation measured.
(3) All personnel dosimeters except for
direct and indirect reading pocket ionization chambers and those dosimeters
used to measure the dose to any extremity that require processing to determine
the radiation dose and that are used by licensees and registrants to comply
with Rule
64E-5.304,
F.A.C., with other applicable provisions of these rules, or with conditions
specified in a license or registration shall be processed and evaluated by a
dosimetry processor :
(a) Holding current
personnel dosimetry accreditation from the National Voluntary Laboratory
Accreditation Program (NVLAP) of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology; and
(b) Approved in
this accreditation process for the type of radiation or radiations included in
the NVLAP program that most closely approximates the type of radiation or
radiations for which the individual wearing the dosimeter is
monitored.
(4) The
licensee or registrant shall ensure that adequate precautions are taken to
prevent a deceptive exposure of an individual monitoring device.
(5) Dental and podiatry registrants are
exempt from (1) and (2), above.
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(1) Each licensee or registrant shall make or cause to be made surveys that:
(a) Are necessary for the licensee or registrant to comply with this part; and
(b) Are necessary under the circumstances to evaluate:
1. The magnitude and extent of radiation levels;
2. Concentrations or quantities of radioactive material; and
3. The potential radiological hazards.
(2) The licensee or registrant shall ensure that instruments and equipment used for quantitative radiation measurements such as dose rate and effluent monitoring are calibrated annually for the radiation measured.
(3) All personnel dosimeters except for direct and indirect reading pocket ionization chambers and those dosimeters used to measure the dose to any extremity that require processing to determine the radiation dose and that are used by licensees and registrants to comply with Rule 64E-5.304, F.A.C., with other applicable provisions of these rules, or with conditions specified in a license or registration shall be processed and evaluated by a dosimetry processor:
(a) Holding current personnel dosimetry accreditation from the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; and
(b) Approved in this accreditation process for the type of radiation or radiations included in the NVLAP program that most closely approximates the type of radiation or radiations for which the individual wearing the dosimeter is monitored.
(4) The licensee or registrant shall ensure that adequate precautions are taken to prevent a deceptive exposure of an individual monitoring device.
(5) Dental and podiatry registrants are exempt from (1) and (2), above.