Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-35-135o - Definitions
As used in these regulations, each of the following terms shall have the meaning specified in this regulation:
(a)"Occupational dose" means the dose
received by an individual in the course of employment in which the individual's
assigned duties involve exposure to radiation or radioactive material from
licensed or unlicensed sources of radiation. The term"occupational dose" shall
not include any dose received under any of the following circumstances:
(1) As background radiation;
(2) as a patient from medical
practices;
(3) from voluntary
participation in medical research programs; or
(4) as a member of the public.
(b)"Off-site response
organization" means any non-licensee off-site organization that could be needed
to respond to an emergency, including local fire, police, ambulance, and
hospital emergency management services.
(c)"Open-beam configuration" means an X-ray
system in which an individual could accidentally place some part of the
individual's body in the primary beam path during normal operation.
(d)"Ophthalmic physicist" means an individual
who meets the following requirements:
(1) The
requirements specified in 10
C.F.R. 35.59 and
35.433(a)(2),
which are adopted by reference in K.A.R. 28-35-264 ; and
(2) identification as an ophthalmic physicist
after obtaining one of the following:
(A) A
specific medical use license issued by the nuclear regulatory commission or an
agreement state;
(B) a permit
issued by the nuclear regulatory commission or an agreement state broad scope
medical use licensee;
(C) a medical
use permit issued by a nuclear regulatory commission master material licensee;
or
(D) a permit issued by a nuclear
regulatory commission master material licensee or broad scope medical use
permittee.
(e)"Output" means the exposure rate or dose
rate or a quantity related in a known manner to these rates from a teletherapy
unit for a specified set of exposure conditions.
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