410 IAC 5-5-3.1 - Additional requirements; safety programs

Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29

Affected: IC 16-41-35

Sec. 3.1.

(a) Ionizing radiation gauging devices shall comply with applicable sections of ANSI N538 or its equivalent, in addition to 410 IAC 5-5-8 and other applicable sections of 410 IAC 5.

(b) The board may impose any additional requirement for the specific application of an ionizing radiation source to protect the health and safety of an employee and/or the public. The board shall weigh the impact of any such requirement against the hazards created without such a requirement, before imposing any additional requirements.

(c) All non-medical users of "NARM" and/or devices that produce x-rays either as part of their design or incidental to other design functions shall have an adequate radiation safety program.

(1) The adequacy of the program will be evaluated by the board.

(2) The program must meet the intent of 410 IAC 5.

(3) The program shall keep personnel exposure ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable).

(4) The program shall take under consideration the education and training of the personnel utilizing or in the environs of the radiation device.

Notes

410 IAC 5-5-3.1

Indiana State Department of Health; 410 IAC 5-5-3.1; filed Feb 29, 1984, 10:10 am: 7 IR 928; readopted filed Jul 11, 2001, 2:23 p.m.: 24 IR 4234; readopted filed May 22, 2007, 1:44 p.m.: 20070613-IR-410070141RFA; readopted filed Sep 11, 2013, 3:19 p.m.: 20131009-IR-410130346RFA Readopted filed 11/13/2019, 3:14 p.m.: 20191211-IR-410190391RFA