Illinois Administrative Code › Title 32 - ENERGY › Part 405 - CERTIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS TO PERFORM INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY › Section 405.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
As used in this Part, the following definitions shall
				apply:
"Act" means the Radiation Protection Act of 1990 [420 ILCS 40
				].
"Agency" means the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
"Approved Training Program" means a program that the Agency has
				determined is adequate to prepare individuals to meet the training requirements
				prescribed in Appendix A.
"Cabinet x-ray system" means an x-ray system with the x-ray
				tube installed in an enclosure which, independent of existing architectural
				structures except the floor on which it may be placed, is intended to contain
				at least that portion of a material being irradiated, provide radiation
				attenuation and exclude personnel from its interior during generation of x
				radiation. Included are all x-ray systems designed primarily for the inspection
				of carry-on baggage at airline, railroad, bus terminals and similar facilities.
				An x-ray tube used within a shielded part of a building or x-ray equipment that
				may temporarily or occasionally incorporate portable shielding is not
				considered a cabinet x-ray system.
"Certification" means the authorization by the Illinois
				Emergency Management Agency of an individual to perform industrial radiography
				in Illinois.
"Certified Industrial Radiographer" means an individual who has
				met prescribed training and experience requirements and has passed an approved
				examination and is authorized by the Agency, pursuant to Section
				405.90(a),
				to perform industrial radiography.
"Certified Industrial Radiographer Trainee" means an individual
				who is authorized by the Agency, pursuant to Section
				405.90(b),
				to be instructed in industrial radiography and who may perform industrial
				radiography while under the personal supervision of a Certified Industrial
				Radiographer.
AGENCY NOTE: Instruction in industrial radiography for trainees
				certified by the Agency includes on-the-job and field experience.
"Director" means the Director of the Illinois Emergency
				Management Agency.
"Industrial Radiography" means the process used to perform the
				examination of the macroscopic structure of materials by non-destructive
				methods using radioactive materials or radiation machines. For purposes of this
				Part, industrial radiography does not include radiography performed with
				Lixiscopes or cabinet x-ray systems, nor does it include computed tomography or
				computer-based digital radiography in which the useful beam of radiation is
				collimated to detectors.
"Industrial Radiography - Radiation Machines" means the process
				of performing industrial radiography using radiation producing machines.
"Industrial Radiography - Radioactive Materials" means the
				process of performing industrial radiography using radioactive
				materials.
"Lixiscope" means a portable light-intensified imaging device
				using a sealed source.
"Personal supervision" means supervision provided by a
				Certified Industrial Radiographer who is physically present at the immediate
				site where sources of radiation and associated equipment are being used,
				visually evaluating the performance of the Certified Industrial Radiographer
				Trainee and in such proximity that immediate assistance can be given if
				required.
"Radiographic exposure device" means any instrument containing
				a sealed source fastened or contained therein, in which the sealed source or
				shielding thereof may be moved, or otherwise changed, from a shielded to
				unshielded position for purposes of making a radiographic
				exposure.