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Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.224 - Alternate Criteria for License Termination

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The department will terminate a license using alternate
				  criteria greater than the dose criterion of Rule
				   64E-5.222, subsection
				   64E-5.223(2),
				  and sub-subparagraph  64E-5.223(4)(a) 
				  1.a., F.A.C., if the licensee:
(1)
				Provides assurance that public health and safety would continue to be protected
				and that it is unlikely that the total effective dose equivalent from all
				combined man-made sources other than medical sources would be more than 100
				millirem per year (1 millisievert per year) by submitting an analysis of
				possible sources of exposure;
(2)
				Has employed restrictions to the extent practical on site use according to the
				provisions of Rule  64E-5.223, F.A.C., in minimizing
				exposures at the site;
(3) Reduces
				doses to ALARA levels considering any detriments such as traffic accidents
				potentially expected to result from decontamination and waste disposal;
				and,
(4) Has submitted a
				decommissioning or license termination plan to the department indicating the
				licensee's intent to decommission as specified in subsection
				 64E-5.214(2),
				F.A.C., and specifying that the licensee proposes to decommission by use of
				alternate criteria. The licensee shall document in the license termination or
				decommissioning plan how the advice of individuals and institutions in the
				community who could be affected by the decommissioning has been sought and
				addressed, as appropriate, following analysis of that advice. In seeking such
				advice, the licensee shall provide for:
(a)
				Participation by representatives of a broad cross section of community
				interests who could be affected by the decommissioning;
(b) An opportunity for a comprehensive,
				collective discussion on the issues by the participants represented; and,
(c) A publicly available summary
				of the results of all such discussions, including a description of the
				individual viewpoints of the participants on the issues and the extent of
				agreement and disagreement on the issues.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.225 - Public Notification and Public Participation

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Upon the receipt of a license termination or decommissioning
				  plan or a proposal for release of a site as specified in Rule
				   64E-5.223 or
				   64E-5.224
,
F.A.C., and the total effective dose equivalent will exceed 50 millirem (0.5
				  mSv), the department shall:
(1) Notify
				and solicit comments from:
(a) Local and
				other state governments in the vicinity of the site and any Indian Nation or
				other indigenous people that could be affected by the decommissioning;
				and,
(b) The U. S. Environmental
				Protection Agency if the licensee proposes to release a site as specified in
				Rule  64E-5.224,
				F.A.C.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.226 - Minimizing Contamination

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
After the effective date of this rule, applicants for
				  licenses other than renewals shall describe in the application how facility
				  design and procedures for operation will minimize contamination of the facility
				  and the environment to the extent practical, facilitate eventual
				  decommissioning, and minimize the generation of radioactive waste to the extent
				  practical.
Rulemaking Authority
					 404.051(4), (6),
					 (9),
					 404.061(2),
					 404.081 FS. Law Implemented
					  404.051(1), (4), (6),
					 (9),
					  404.061(2),
					  404.081(1) 
					 FS.
New 12-19-01.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.301 - Standards for Protection Against Radiation

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The rules in this part control the
				receipt, possession, use, disposal, and transfer of sources of radiation by any
				licensee or registrant so the total dose to an individual, including doses
				resulting from all sources of radiation other than background radiation, does
				not exceed the standards for protection against radiation prescribed in this
				part. However, nothing in this part shall be construed to limit actions
				necessary to protect health and safety.
(2) Except as specifically provided in other
				parts of these rules, this part applies to persons licensed or registered by
				the department to receive, possess, use, or transfer sources of radiation. The
				limits in this part do not apply to doses from background radiation, to
				exposure of patients to radiation for medical diagnosis or therapy, to exposure
				from individuals administered radioactive material and released as specified in
				Rule  64E-5.622, F.A.C., or to
				voluntary participation in medical research programs.
Rulemaking Authority
					 404.051(1) FS.
					 Law Implemented 404.022,
					 404.051(1),
					 (4),
					 404.181(1)(b)
					 FS.
New 1-1-94, Amended 5-15-96, Formerly 10D-91.431, Amended
					 10-8-00.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.302 - Implementation

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Any existing license or registration
				condition that is more restrictive than Part III remains in force until there
				is an amendment or renewal of the license or registration.
(2) If a license or registration condition
				exempts a licensee or registrant from a provision of the part in effect on or
				before the effective date of this rule, it also exempts the licensee or
				registrant from the corresponding provisions of this part.
(3) If a license or registration condition
				cites provisions of this part in effect prior to the effective date of this
				rule which do not correspond to any provisions of this part, the license or
				registration condition remains in force until there is an amendment or renewal
				of the license or registration that modifies or removes this
				condition.
Rulemaking Authority
					 404.051,
					 404.081 FS. Law Implemented
					 404.022,
					 404.051(1),
					 (4),
					 404.081
					 FS.
New 1-1-94, Formerly
					 10D-91.433.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.303 - Radiation Protection Programs

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Each
				licensee or registrant shall develop, document, and implement a radiation
				protection program sufficient to ensure compliance with the provisions of this
				part. See Rule  64E-5.335, F.A.C., for
				recordkeeping requirements relating to these programs.
(2) The licensee or registrant shall use to
				the extent practical procedures and engineering controls based upon sound
				radiation protection principles to achieve occupational doses and public doses
				that are as low as reasonably achievable.
(3) The licensee or registrant shall, at
				intervals not to exceed 12 months, review the radiation protection program
				content and implementation.
(4)
				Dental and podiatry registrants are exempt from subsections (1) and (3),
				above.
(5) To implement the ALARA
				requirements of subsection
				 64E-5.303(2),
				F.A.C., and notwithstanding the requirements of Rule
				 64E-5.312, F.A.C., of this part,
				licensees shall establish constraints on air emissions of radioactive material,
				excluding radon 222 and its daughters, to the environment so that individual
				members of the public who are likely to receive the highest doses are not
				expected to receive a total effective dose equivalent in excess of 10 millirems
				(0.10 mSv) per year from these emissions. If a licensee subject to this
				requirement exceeds this dose constraint, the licensee shall report the
				occurrence as specified in Rule
				 64E-5.345, F.A.C., and promptly
				take corrective action to ensure against recurrence.
Rulemaking Authority
					 404.051(4),
					 404.081(1) FS.
					 Law Implemented 404.022,
					 404.051(1),
					 (4),
					 404.081
					 FS.
New 1-1-94, Amended 11-20-94, Formerly 10D-91.434, Amended
					 10-8-00.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.304 - Occupational Dose Limits for Adults

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				The licensee or registrant shall control the occupational dose to individual
				adults, except for planned special exposures as specified in Rule
				 64E-5.309, F.A.C., to the
				following dose limits:
(a) An annual limit,
				which is the more limiting of:
1. The total
				effective dose equivalent equal to 5 rem (0.05 sievert), or
2. The sum of the deep dose equivalent and
				the committed dose equivalent to any individual organ or tissue other than the
				lens of the eye equal to 50 rem (0.5 sievert).
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.305 - Compliance with Requirements for Summation of External and Internal Doses

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) If the licensee is required to monitor as
				specified in both subsections
				 64E-5.315(1) and
				(2), F.A.C., the licensee shall demonstrate
				compliance with the dose limits by summing external and internal doses. If the
				licensee or registrant is required to monitor only as specified in subsection
				 64E-5.315(1),
				F.A.C., or only as specified in subsection
				 64E-5.315(2),
				F.A.C., then summation is not required to demonstrate compliance with the dose
				limits. The licensee can demonstrate compliance with the requirements for
				summation of external and internal doses as specified in subsections
				 64E-5.305(2), (3) and
				(4), F.A.C. The dose equivalents for the lens
				of the eye, the skin, and the extremities are not included in the summation,
				but are subject to separate limits.
(2) Intake by Inhalation. If the only intake
				of radionuclides is by inhalation, the total effective dose equivalent limit is
				not exceeded if the sum of the deep dose equivalent divided by the total
				effective dose equivalent limit and one of the following does not exceed unity:
(a) The sum of the fractions of the
				inhalation ALI for each radionuclide;
(b) The total number of derived air
				concentration-hours (DAC-hours) for all radionuclides divided by 2, 000,
				or
(c) The sum of the calculated
				committed effective dose equivalents to all significantly irradiated organs or
				tissues (T) calculated from bioassay data using appropriate biological models
				and expressed as a fraction of the annual limit. For purposes of this
				requirement, an organ or tissue is considered significantly irradiated if, for
				that organ or tissue, the product of the weighting factors,
				WT, and the committed dose equivalent, HT,
				50, per unit intake is greater than 10 percent of the maximum
				weighted value of H50, or WT
				HT, 50, per unit intake for any organ or
				tissue.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.306 - Determination of External Dose from Airborne Radioactive Material

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Licensees shall include the contribution
				to the deep dose equivalent, eye dose equivalent, and shallow dose equivalent
				from external exposure to the radioactive cloud when determining the dose from
				airborne radioactive material. See State of Florida Bureau of Radiation Control
				ALIs, DACs, and Effluent Concentrations, June 2012, (see Rule
				 64E-5.101, F.A.C.) footnotes 1
				and 2.
(2) Airborne radioactivity
				measurements and DAC values shall not be used as the primary means to assess
				the deep dose equivalent when the airborne radioactive material includes
				radionuclides other than noble gases or if the cloud of airborne radioactive
				material is not relatively uniform. The determination of the deep dose
				equivalent to an individual shall be based upon measurements using instruments
				or individual monitoring devices.
Rulemaking Authority
					 404.051 FS. Law Implemented
					 404.022,
					 404.051(1), (4)
					 FS.
New 1-1-94, Formerly 10D-91.437, Amended
					 12-26-13.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.307 - Determination of Internal Exposure

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) To
				assess dose used to determine compliance with occupational dose equivalent
				limits when required as specified in Rule
				 64E-5.315, F.A.C., the licensee
				shall take suitable and timely measurements of:
(a) Concentrations of radioactive materials
				in air in work areas;
(b)
				Quantities of radionuclides in the body;
(c) Quantities of radionuclides excreted from
				the body, or
(d) Combinations of
				these measurements.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.308 - Determination of Prior Occupational Dose

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) For each individual who is likely to
				receive in a year an occupational dose requiring monitoring as specified in
				Rule  64E-5.315, F.A.C., the licensee
				or registrant shall:
(a) Determine the
				occupational radiation dose received during the current year; and,
(b) Attempt to obtain the records of lifetime
				cumulative occupational radiation dose.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.309 - Planned Special Exposures

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
A licensee or registrant can authorize an adult worker to
				  receive doses in addition to and accounted for separately from the doses
				  received under the limits specified in Rule
				   64E-5.304, F.A.C., if each of
				  the following conditions is satisfied:
(1) The licensee or registrant authorizes a
				planned special exposure only in an exceptional situation when alternatives
				that might avoid the dose are unavailable or impractical.
(2) The licensee or registrant and employer
				if the employer is not the licensee or registrant specifically authorizes the
				planned special exposure in writing before the exposure occurs.
(3) Before a planned special exposure, the
				licensee or registrant ensures that each individual involved is:
(a) Informed of the purpose of the planned
				operation;
(b) Informed of the
				estimated doses and associated potential risks and specific radiation levels or
				other conditions that might be involved in performing the task; and,
(c) Instructed in the measures to be taken to
				keep the dose ALARA considering other risks that might be
				present.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.310 - Occupation Dose Limits for Minors

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The annual occupational dose limits for minors are 10 percent
				  of the annual occupational dose limits specified for adult workers in Rule
				   64E-5.304,
				  F.A.C.
Rulemaking Authority
					 404.051,
					 404.081 FS. Law Implemented
					 404.022,
					 404.051(1),
					 (4),
					 404.081
					 FS.
New 1-1-94, Formerly
					 10D-91.441.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.311 - Dose to an Embryo or Fetus

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The
				licensee or registrant shall ensure that the dose to an embryo or fetus during
				the entire pregnancy from occupational exposure of a declared pregnant woman
				does not exceed 0.5 rem (5 mSv). See Rule
				 64E-5.339, F.A.C., for
				recordkeeping requirements.
(2) The
				licensee or registrant shall make efforts to avoid substantial variation above
				a uniform monthly exposure rate to a declared pregnant woman so as to satisfy
				the limit in subsection
				 64E-5.311(1),
				F.A.C. It is recommended that no more than 0.05 rem (0.5 mSv) be received by
				the embryo or fetus in any one month.
(3) The dose to an embryo or fetus shall be
				taken as the sum of:
(a) The deep dose
				equivalent to the declared pregnant woman; and,
(b) The dose to the embryo or fetus from
				radionuclides in the embryo or fetus and radionuclides in the declared pregnant
				woman.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.312 - Dose Limits for Individual Members of the Public

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Each licensee or registrant shall conduct
				operations so that:
(a) Except as specified
				in paragraph  64E-5.312(1)(b),
				F.A.C., the total effective dose equivalent to individual members of the public
				from the licensed or registered operation does not exceed 0.1 rem (1
				millisievert) in a year, exclusive of the dose contribution from background
				radiation, from any medical administration the individual has received, from
				exposure to individuals administered radioactive materials and released as
				specified in Rule  64E-5.622, F.A.C., from
				voluntary participation in medical research programs and from the licensee's
				disposal of radioactive material into sanitary sewerage as specified in Rule
				 64E-5.330, F.A.C.;
(b) In facilities in operation before January
				1, 1994, the total effective dose equivalent to individual members of the
				public from infrequent exposure to radiation from diagnostic and therapeutic
				radiation machines does not exceed 0.5 rem (5 millisievert) in a year;
				and,
(c) The dose in any
				unrestricted area from external sources, exclusive of the dose contribution
				from patients administered radioactive material and released as specified in
				Rule  64E-5.622, F.A.C., does not
				exceed 0.002 rem (0.02 millisievert) in any one hour.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.313 - Compliance with Dose Limits for Individual Members of the Public

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The licensee or registrant shall make or
				cause to be made surveys of radiation levels in unrestricted areas and
				radioactive materials in effluents released to unrestricted areas to
				demonstrate compliance with the dose limits for individual members of the
				public in Rule  64E-5.312, F.A.C.
(2) A licensee or registrant shall show
				compliance with the annual dose limit in Rule
				 64E-5.312, F.A.C., by:
(a) Demonstrating by measurement or
				calculation that the total effective dose equivalent to the individual who is
				likely to receive the highest dose from the licensed or registered operation
				does not exceed the annual dose limit, or
(b) Demonstrating that:
1. The annual average concentrations of
				radioactive material released in gaseous and liquid effluents at the boundary
				of the unrestricted area do not exceed the values specified in State of Florida
				Bureau of Radiation Control ALIs, DACs and Effluent Concentrations, June 2012,
				Table II; and,
2. The dose from
				external sources would not exceed 0.002 rem (0.02 millisievert) in an hour and
				0.05 rem (0.5 millisievert) in a year if an individual were continually present
				in an unrestricted area.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.314 - General

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(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.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.315 - Conditions Requiring Individual Monitoring of External and Internal Occupational Dose

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Each licensee or registrant shall monitor exposures from
				  sources of radiation at levels sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the
				  occupational dose limits of this part. As a minimum:
(1) Each licensee or registrant shall monitor
				occupational exposure to radiation and shall supply and require the use of
				individual monitoring devices by:
(a) Adults
				likely to receive in 1 year from sources external to the body a dose in excess
				of 10 percent of the limits in subsection
				 64E-5.304(1),
				F.A.C.;
(b) Minors likely to
				receive in 1 year from radiation sources external to the body a deep dose
				equivalent in excess of 0.1 rem (1 mSv), a lens dose equivalent in excess of
				0.15 rem (1.5 mSv) or a shallow dose equivalent to the skin or to the
				extremities in excess of 0.5 rem (5 mSv);
(c) Declared pregnant women likely to receive
				during the entire pregnancy from radiation sources external to the body a deep
				dose equivalent in excess of 0.1 rem (1 mSv); and,
(d) Individuals entering a high or very high
				radiation area.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.316 - Control of Access to High Radiation Areas

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The licensee or registrant shall ensure
				that each entrance or access point to a high radiation area has one or more of
				the following features:
(a) A control device
				that upon entry into the area causes the level of radiation to be reduced below
				that level at which an individual might receive a deep dose equivalent of 0.1
				rem (1 millisievert) in 1 hour at 30 centimeters from the source of radiation
				from any surface that the radiation penetrates;
(b) A control device that energizes a
				conspicuous visible or audible signal so that the individual entering the high
				radiation area and the supervisor of the activity are made aware of the entry,
				or
(c) Entryways that are locked
				except during periods when access to the areas is required with positive
				control over each individual entry.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.317 - Control of Access to Very High Radiation Areas

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) In addition to the requirements in Rule
				 64E-5.316, F.A.C., the licensee
				or registrant shall institute measures to ensure that an individual is not able
				to gain unauthorized or inadvertent access to areas in which radiation levels
				could be encountered at 500 rad (5 gray) or more in 1 hour at 1 meter from a
				source of radiation or any surface through which the radiation penetrates. This
				requirement does not apply to rooms or areas in which diagnostic x-ray systems
				are the only source of radiation or to non-self-shielded irradiators.
(2) The registrant is not required to control
				entrance or access to rooms or other areas containing sources of radiation
				capable of producing a very high radiation area as described in subsection
				 64E-5.317(1),
				F.A.C., if the registrant has met all the specific requirements for access and
				control specified in other applicable parts of these rules, such as Part IV for
				industrial radiographic operations, Part V for x-rays in the healing arts, and
				Part VIII for particle accelerators.
Rulemaking Authority
					 404.051,
					 404.081 FS. Law Implemented
					 404.022,
					 404.051(1),
					 (4),
					 404.081
					 FS.
New 1-1-94, Formerly
					 10D-91.448.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.318 - Use of Process or Other Engineering Controls

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The licensee shall use to the extent practical process or
				  other engineering controls such as containment, decontamination, or ventilation
				  to control the concentrations of radioactive material in air.
(1) When it is not practical to apply process
				or other engineering controls to control the concentrations of radioactive
				material in the air to values below those that define an airborne radioactivity
				area, the licensee shall, consistent with maintaining the total effective dose
				equivalent ALARA, increase monitoring and limit intakes by one or more of the
				following means:
(a) Control of
				access;
(b) Limitation of exposure
				time;
(c) Use of respiratory
				protection equipment, or
(d) Other
				controls.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.320 - Security of Stored Sources of Radiation

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
The licensee shall secure from unauthorized removal or access
				  licensed sources of radiation that are stored in restricted or unrestricted
				  areas.
Rulemaking Authority
					 404.051,
					 404.081 FS. Law Implemented
					 404.022,
					 404.051(1),
					 (4),
					 404.081
					 FS.
New 1-1-94, Formerly
					 10D-91.453.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.321 - Control of Sources of Radiation Not in Storage

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The licensee shall control and maintain
				constant surveillance of licensed radioactive material that is in an
				unrestricted area and that is not in storage or in a patient.
(2) The registrant shall maintain control of
				radiation machines that are in a restricted or unrestricted area and that are
				not in storage.
Rulemaking Authority
					 404.051,
					 404.081 FS. Law Implemented
					 404.022,
					 404.051(1),
					 (4),
					 404.081
					 FS.
New 1-1-94, Formerly
					 10D-91.454.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.322 - Caution Signs

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Standard Radiation
				Symbol. Unless otherwise authorized by the department, the symbol prescribed in
				this section shall use the colors magenta or purple or black on yellow
				background. The symbol prescribed is the three-bladed design as follows:
RADIATION SYMBOL
(a) Cross-hatched area is to be magenta or
				purple or black, and
(b) The
				background is to be yellow.
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Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.323 - Posting Requirements

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Posting of
				Radiation Areas. The licensee or registrant shall post each radiation area with
				a conspicuous sign or signs bearing the radiation symbol and the words
				"CAUTION, RADIATION AREA."
(2)
				Posting of High Radiation Areas. The licensee or registrant shall post each
				high radiation area with a conspicuous sign or signs bearing the radiation
				symbol and the words "CAUTION, HIGH RADIATION AREA" or "DANGER, HIGH RADIATION
				AREA."
(3) Posting of Very High
				Radiation Areas. The licensee or registrant shall post each very high radiation
				area with a conspicuous sign or signs bearing the radiation symbol and words
				"GRAVE DANGER, VERY HIGH RADIATION AREA."
(4) Posting of Airborne Radioactivity Areas.
				The licensee shall post each airborne radioactivity area with a conspicuous
				sign or signs bearing the radiation symbol and the words "CAUTION, AIRBORNE
				RADIOACTIVITY AREA" or "DANGER, AIRBORNE RADIOACTIVITY AREA."
(5) Posting of Areas or Rooms in which
				Licensed Material is Used or Stored. The licensee shall post each area or room
				in which there is used or stored an amount of licensed material exceeding 10
				times the quantity of such material specified in State of Florida Bureau of
				Radiation Control Radioactive Material Requiring Labeling, May 2000, which is
				herein incorporated by reference and which is available from the department,
				with a conspicuous sign or signs bearing the radiation symbol and the words
				"CAUTION, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL(S)" or "DANGER, RADIOACTIVE
				MATERIAL(S)."
Rulemaking Authority
					 404.051,
					 404.081 FS. Law Implemented
					 404.022,
					 404.051(1),
					 (4),
					 404.081
					 FS.
New 1-1-94, Formerly 10D-91.456, Amended
					 10-8-00.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.324 - Exceptions to Posting Requirements

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) A
				licensee or registrant is not required to post caution signs in areas or rooms
				containing sources of radiation for periods of less than 8 hours if each of the
				following conditions is met:
(a) The sources
				of radiation are constantly attended during these periods by an individual who
				takes the precautions necessary to prevent the exposure of individuals to
				sources of radiation in excess of the limits established in this part; and,
(b) The area or room is subject to
				the licensee's or registrant's control.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.325 - Labeling Containers and Radiation Machines

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) The licensee shall ensure that each
				container of licensed material bears a durable, clearly visible label bearing
				the radiation symbol and the words "CAUTION, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL" or "DANGER,
				RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL." The label shall also provide information, such as the
				radionuclides present, an estimate of the quantity of radioactivity, the date
				for which the activity is estimated, radiation levels, kinds of materials, and
				mass enrichment, to permit individuals handling or using the containers or
				working in the vicinity of the containers to take precautions to avoid or
				minimize exposures.
(2) Each
				licensee prior to removal or disposal of empty uncontaminated containers to
				unrestricted areas shall remove or deface the radioactive material label or
				otherwise clearly indicate that the container no longer contains radioactive
				materials.
(3) Each registrant
				shall ensure that each radiation machine is labeled in a conspicuous manner
				which cautions individuals that radiation is produced when it is
				energized.
Rulemaking Authority
					 404.051,
					 404.081 FS. Law Implemented
					 404.022,
					 404.051(1),
					 (4),
					 404.081
					 FS.
New 1-1-94, Formerly
					 10D-91.458.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.326 - Exemptions to Labeling Requirements

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
A licensee is not required to label:
(1) Containers holding licensed material in
				quantities less than the quantities listed in State of Florida Bureau of
				Radiation Control Radioactive Material Requiring Labeling, May 2000;
(2) Containers holding licensed material in
				concentrations less than those specified in State of Florida Bureau of
				Radiation Control ALIs, DACs, and Effluent Concentrations, June 2012, (see
				 64E-5.101, F.A.C.) Table
				III;
(3) Containers attended by an
				individual who takes the precautions necessary to prevent the exposure of
				individuals in excess of the limits established by this part;
(4) Containers when they are in transport and
				packaged and labeled as specified by the rules of the U.S. Department of
				Transportation;
(5) Containers that
				are accessible only to individuals authorized to handle or use them or to work
				in the vicinity of the containers if the contents are identified to these
				individuals by a readily available written record. Examples of containers of
				this type are containers in locations such as water-filled canals, storage
				vaults, or hot cells. The record shall be retained as long as the containers
				are in use for the purpose indicated on the record, or
(6) Installed manufacturing or process
				equipment, such as piping and tanks.
Rulemaking Authority
					 404.051 FS. Law Implemented
					 404.022,
					 404.051(1), (4)
					 FS.
New 1-1-94, Formerly 10D-91.459, Amended 10-8-00,
					 12-26-13.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.327 - Procedures for Receiving and Opening Packages

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Each licensee who expects to receive a
				package containing quantities of radioactive material in excess of
				A1 or A2 quantities as defined in
				Part XV shall make arrangements to receive:
(a) The package when the carrier offers it
				for delivery, or
(b) The
				notification of the arrival of the package at the carrier's terminal and to
				take possession of the package expeditiously.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.328 - General Requirements

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Unless
				otherwise exempted, a licensee shall transfer waste for disposal, discharge, or
				decay licensed material only:
(a) By transfer
				to an authorized recipient as specified in Rule
				 64E-5.332, F.A.C., or in Part II
				of these regulations or to the U.S. Department of Energy;
(b) By decay in storage;
(c) By release in effluents within the limits
				in Rule  64E-5.312, F.A.C., or
(d) As authorized in this
				subpart.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.329 - Method of Obtaining Approval of Proposed Disposal Procedures

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) A person can apply to the department for
				approval of proposed procedures to dispose of radioactive material in a manner
				not otherwise authorized in this part. Each application shall include a
				description of the radioactive material, including the quantities and kinds of
				radioactive material and levels of radioactivity involved, and the proposed
				manner and conditions of disposal. The application where appropriate should
				also include an analysis and evaluation of pertinent information of the nature
				of the environment, including topographical, geological, meteorological, and
				hydrological characteristics; usage of ground and surface waters in the general
				area; the nature and location of other potentially affected facilities; and
				procedures to be observed to minimize the risk of unexpected or hazardous
				exposure.
(2) The department will
				not approve any application for a licensee to receive radioactive material from
				other persons for disposal on land not owned by a state or the federal
				government.
Rulemaking Authority
					 404.051,
					 404.081 FS. Law Implemented
					 404.022,
					 404.051(1),
					 (4),
					 404.081
					 FS.
New 1-1-94, Formerly
					 10D-91.462.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.330 - Discharge by Release into Sanitary Sewerage

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) A licensee can discharge licensed
				material into sanitary sewerage if each of the following conditions is
				satisfied:
(a) The material is readily soluble
				or is readily dispersible biological material in water;
(b) The quantity of licensed radioactive
				material that the licensee releases into the sewer in 1 month divided by the
				average monthly volume of water released into the sewer by the licensee does
				not exceed the concentration listed in State of Florida Bureau of Radiation
				Control ALIs, DACs, and Effluent Concentrations, June 2012, Table
				III;
(c) If more than one
				radionuclide is released, the following conditions must also be satisfied;
1. The licensee shall determine the fraction
				of the limit in State of Florida Bureau of Radiation Control ALIs, DACs, and
				Effluent Concentrations, June 2012, Table III represented by discharges into
				sanitary sewerage by dividing the actual monthly average concentration of each
				radionuclide released by the licensee into the sewer by the concentration of
				that radionuclide listed in State of Florida Bureau of Radiation Control ALIs,
				DACs, and Effluent Concentrations, June 2012, (see Rule
				 64E-5.101, F.A.C.) Table III;
				and,
2. The sum of the fractions
				for each radionuclide required by subparagraph
				 64E-5.330(1)(c) 
				1., F.A.C., does not exceed unity; and,
(d) The total quantity of licensed
				radioactive material that the licensee releases into the sanitary sewerage in a
				year does not exceed 5 curies (185 gigabecquerels) of hydrogen 3, 1 curie (37
				gigabecquerels) of carbon 14, and 1 curie (37 gigabecquerels) of all other
				radioactive materials combined.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.331 - Disposal of Specific Wastes

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) A licensee
				can dispose of the following licensed material without regard to its
				radioactivity:
(a) 0.05 microcurie (1.85 kBq)
				or less of hydrogen 3 or carbon 14 per gram of medium used for liquid
				scintillation counting;
(b) 0.05
				microcurie (1.85 kBq) or less of hydrogen 3 or carbon 14 per gram of animal
				tissue, averaged over the weight of the entire animal.
(c) Any radioactive material which is not a
				sealed source with a physical half-life of less than 120 days if all of the
				following are met:
1. Radioactive material to
				be disposed is held for decay in storage a minimum of 10 half-lives,
2. The radioactive material is monitored at
				the container surface before disposal as ordinary trash and its radioactivity
				cannot be distinguished from the background radiation level in a low background
				radiation area with an appropriate radiation survey instrument set on its most
				sensitive scale and with no interposed shielding,
3. All radiation labels are removed or
				obliterated, unless specifically authorized in writing or license condition by
				the department,
4. Each generator
				column is separated and monitored individually with all radiation shielding
				removed to ensure that its contents have decayed to background levels before
				disposal; and,
5. The licensee
				shall retain a record of each disposal for 3 years. The record shall include:
a. The date of the disposal,
b. The date on which the radioactive material
				was placed in storage,
c. The
				radionuclides disposed,
d. The
				model and serial number of the radiation survey instrument used,
e. The background dose rate,
f. The radiation dose rate measured at the
				surface of each container; and,
g.
				The name of the individual who performed the
				disposal.
(d)
				Licensed material as defined in paragraphs
				 64E-5.101(21)(c) and
				(d), F.A.C., may be disposed of at a licensed
				low-level radioactive waste disposal facility, even though it is not defined as
				low-level radioactive waste provided the requirements of Rule
				 64E-5.332, F.A.C., are satisfied
				or at a disposal facility authorized to dispose of such material in accordance
				with any Federal or State solid or hazardous waste law, including the Solid
				Waste Disposal Act, as authorized under the Energy Policy Act of
				2005.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.333 - Classification and Characteristics of Low-Level Radioactive Waste for Near-Surface Land Disposal, Labeling and Manifest Requirements

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Physical Half-life Considerations.
(a) Consideration by the licensee must be
				given to the concentration of long-lived radionuclides, and their shorter-lived
				precursors, whose potential hazard will persist long after such precautions as
				institutional controls, improved waste form and deeper disposal have ceased to
				be effective. These precautions delay the time when long-lived radionuclides
				could cause exposures. In addition, the magnitude of the potential dose is
				limited by the concentration and availability of the radionuclide at the time
				of exposure.
(b) Consideration by
				the licensee must be given to the concentration of shorter-lived radionuclides
				for which requirements on institutional controls, waste form and disposal
				methods are effective.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.334 - General Provisions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Each licensee
				or registrant shall use the SI unit becquerel, gray, sievert and coulomb per
				kilogram, or the special units curie, rad, rem and roentgen, including
				multiples and subdivisions, and shall clearly indicate the units of all
				quantities on records required by this part. The information on shipping
				manifests, specified in subsection
				 64E-5.332(2),
				F.A.C., shall be recorded in SI units or in SI units and special units curie,
				rad, rem and roentgen.
(2) The
				licensee or registrant shall make a clear distinction among the quantities
				entered on the records required by this part, such as total effective dose
				equivalent, shallow dose equivalent, lens dose equivalent, deep dose
				equivalent, or committed effective dose equivalent.
Rulemaking Authority
					 404.051,
					 404.081 FS. Law Implemented
					 404.051(1),
					 (4),
					 404.081
					 FS.
New 1-1-94, Formerly 10D-91.469, Amended 5-18-98,
					 10-8-00.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.335 - Records of Radiation Protection Programs

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Each licensee or registrant shall
				maintain records of the radiation protection program, including:
(a) The provisions of the program;
				and,
(b) Audits and other reviews
				of program content and implementation.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.336 - Records of Surveys

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Each licensee
				or registrant shall maintain records showing the results of surveys and
				calibrations required by Rule
				 64E-5.314 and subsection
				 64E-5.327(2),
				F.A.C. The licensee or registrant shall retain these records for 3 years after
				the record is made.
(2) The
				licensee or registrant shall retain each of the following records until the
				department terminates each pertinent license or registration requiring the
				record:
(a) Records of the results of surveys
				to determine the dose from external sources of radiation used in the assessment
				of individual dose equivalents in the absence of or in combination with
				individual monitoring data;
(b)
				Records of the results of measurements and calculations used to determine
				individual intakes of radioactive material and used in the assessment of
				internal dose;
(c) Records showing
				the results of air sampling, surveys, and bioassays specified in subparagraphs
				 64E-5.319(1)(c) 
				1. and 2., F.A.C.; and,
(d) Records
				of the results of measurements and calculations used to evaluate the release of
				radioactive effluents to the environment.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.337 - Records of Tests for Leakage or Contamination of Sealed Sources

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
Records of tests for leakage or contamination of sealed
				  sources required by these regulations shall be kept in units of becquerel or
				  microcurie and maintained for inspection by the department for 3 years after
				  the records are made.
Rulemaking Authority
					 404.051,
					 404.081 FS. Law Implemented
					 404.022,
					 404.051(1),
					 (4),
					 404.081
					 FS.
New 1-1-94, Formerly
					 10E-91.472.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.338 - Records of Planned Special Exposures

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1)
				For each planned special exposure, the licensee or registrant shall maintain
				records that describe:
(a) The exceptional
				circumstances requiring the use of a planned special exposure;
(b) The name of the management official who
				authorized the planned special exposure and a copy of the signed
				authorization;
(c) What actions
				were necessary;
(d) Why the actions
				were necessary;
(e) What
				precautions were taken to assure that doses were maintained ALARA;
(f) What individual and collective doses were
				expected to result; and,
(g) The
				doses actually received in the planned special exposure.
Florida Administrative Code › 64 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › 64E - Division of Environmental Health › Chapter 64E-5 - CONTROL OF RADIATION HAZARDS › Section 64E-5.339 - Records of Individual Monitoring Results

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Each licensee or registrant shall
				maintain records of doses received by all individuals for whom monitoring is
				required as specified in Rule
				 64E-5.315, F.A.C., and records
				of doses received during planned special exposures, accidents, and emergency
				conditions. Assessments of dose equivalent and records made using units in
				effect before the effective date of the rule need not be changed. These records
				shall include when applicable:
(a) The deep
				dose equivalent to the whole body, lens dose equivalent, shallow dose
				equivalent to the skin, and shallow dose equivalent to the
				extremities;
(b) The estimated
				intake of radionuclides as specified in Rule
				 64E-5.305, F.A.C.;
(c) The committed effective dose equivalent
				assigned to the intake of radionuclides;
(d) The specific information used to
				calculate the committed effective dose equivalent as specified in subsection
				 64E-5.307(3),
				F.A.C.;
(e) The total effective
				dose equivalent when required by Rule
				 64E-5.305, F.A.C.; and,
(f) The total of the deep dose
				equivalent and the committed dose to the organ receiving the highest total
				dose.