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Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 41 - LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES › Section 11-41-3 - Lead-based paint hazards

Current through June, 2024
(a) Paint-lead
				hazard. A paint-lead hazard is any of the following:
(1) Any lead-based paint on a friction
				surface that is subject to abrasion and where the lead dust levels on the
				nearest horizontal surface underneath the friction surface (e.g., the window
				sill, or floor) are equal to or greater than the dust-lead hazard levels
				identified in subsection (b).
(2)
				Any damaged or otherwise deteriorated leadbased paint on an impact surface that
				is caused by impact from a related building component (such as a door knob that
				knocks into a wall or a door that knocks against its door frame).
(3) Any chewable lead-based painted surface
				on which there is evidence of teeth marks.
(4) Any other deteriorated lead-based paint
				in any residential building or child-occupied facility or on the exterior of
				any residential building or child-occupied facility.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 41 - LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES › Section 11-41-4 - Accreditation of training programs: target housing and child-occupied facilities

Current through June, 2024
(a) Scope:
(1) A training program may seek accreditation
				to offer lead-based paint activities courses in any of the following
				disciplines: inspector, risk assessor, supervisor, project designer, and
				abatement worker. A training program may also seek accreditation to offer
				refresher courses for each of the above listed disciplines.
(2) A training program shall not provide,
				offer, or claim to provide department-accredited lead-based paint activities
				courses without applying for and receiving accreditation from the department as
				required under subsection (b).
(3)
				Accredited training programs, training program managers, and principal
				instructors shall comply with all of the requirements of this section including
				approved terms of the application and all of the requirements and limitations
				specified in any accreditation documents issued to training programs.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 41 - LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES › Section 11-41-5 - Certification of individuals and firms engaged in lead-based paint activities: target housing and child-occupied facilities

Current through June, 2024
(a) Certification
				of individuals.
(1) Individuals seeking
				certification by the department to engage in lead-based paint activities shall
				submit to the department an application demonstrating that they meet the
				requirements established in subsection (b) or (c) for the particular discipline
				for which certification is sought.
(2) Following the submission of an
				application demonstrating that all the requirements of this section have been
				met, the department shall certify an applicant as an inspector, risk assessor,
				supervisor, project designer, or abatement worker, as appropriate, for a period
				of three years, except as provided in paragraph (5).
(3) Upon receiving certification from the
				department, individuals conducting leadbased paint activities shall comply with
				the work practice standards for performing the appropriate lead-based paint
				activities as established in section
				11-41-6.
(4) It shall be a violation of this chapter
				for an individual to conduct any of the leadbased paint activities described in
				section 11-41-6 if that individual has not
				been certified by the department pursuant to this section to do so.
(5) Individuals who have a current lead-based
				paint activities certification from EPA or an EPA-authorized state or Indian
				Tribal accredited training program shall be eligible for certification by the
				department. To apply for certification in a particular discipline, an
				individual with a current certification in that discipline from EPA or an
				EPA-authorized state or Indian Tribal accredited training program shall submit
				a copy of her or his current certification. The department shall issue a
				certification that expires on the expiration date of the individual's current
				certification.
(6) Individuals
				applying for certification shall submit the appropriate fees in accordance with
				section 11-41-10.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 41 - LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES › Section 11-41-6 - Work practice standards for conducting lead-based paint activities: target housing and child-occupied facilities

Current through June, 2024
(a) Applicability
				and terms.
(1) All lead-based paint activities
				shall be performed pursuant to the work practice standards contained in this
				section.
(2) When performing any
				lead-based paint activity described by the certified individual as an
				inspection, lead hazard screen, risk assessment or abatement, a certified
				individual shall perform that activity in compliance with the appropriate
				requirements below.
(3) Documented
				methodologies that are appropriate for this section are found in the following:
				The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Guidelines for the
				Evaluation and Control of Lead-Based Paint Hazards in Housing; the EPA Guidance
				on Residential Lead-Based Paint, Lead-Contaminated Dust, and Lead-Contaminated
				Soil; the EPA Residential Sampling for Lead: Protocols for Dust and Soil
				Sampling (EPA report number 7474-R-95-001); regulations, guidance, methods or
				protocols issued by states and Indian Tribes that have been authorized by EPA;
				and other equivalent methods and guidelines.
(4) Clearance levels appropriate for the
				purposes of this section may be found in the EPA Guidance on Residential
				Lead-Based Paint, Lead-Contaminated Dust, and Lead Contaminated Soil or other
				equivalent guidelines.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 41 - LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES › Section 11-41-10 - Fees

Current through June, 2024
(a) Training program accreditation fees:
(1) The application for accreditation shall
				be accompanied by a non-refundable initial training program accreditation fee
				of $4,000 payable to the department. Upon determination that an applicant meets
				the requirements, the department shall issue an accreditation for four
				years.
(2) The application for
				re-accreditation shall be accompanied by a non-refundable training program
				re-accreditation fee of $4,000 payable to the department. Upon determination
				that an applicant meets the requirements, the department shall issue a
				re-accreditation for four years.
(3) A non-refundable $15 fee shall be charged
				for replacement of an accreditation document.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 41 - LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES › Section 11-41-11 - Lead-based paint activities requirements

Current through June, 2024
Lead-based paint activities, as defined in section
				  11-41-2, shall only be conducted
				  according to the procedures and work practice standards contained in section
				  11-41-6. No individual or firm may
				  offer to perform or perform any lead-based paint activity unless certified to
				  perform that activity according to the procedures in section
				  11-41-5.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 41 - LEAD-BASED PAINT ACTIVITIES › Section 11-41-13 - Inspections

Current through June, 2024
(a) The director may enter and inspect any
				building or place, as set forth in section
				342P-4, HRS, to investigate an
				actual or suspected source, use, or presence of lead, to ascertain compliance
				or non- compliance with this chapter or any order issued by the department
				pursuant to this chapter, and to make reasonable tests in connection therewith.
				Nothing in this section shall be construed to permit a warrantless search of a
				single-family residence, unless the owner or occupier of the dwelling has
				consented to such a warrantless search.
(b) No confidential information secured
				pursuant to this chapter by any official or employee of the department within
				the scope and course of the official's or employee's employment in the
				prevention, control, or abatement of lead shall be disclosed by the official or
				employee except as it relates directly to lead and then only in connection with
				the official's or employee's official duties and within the scope and course of
				the official's or employee's employment.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 44 - RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY BOARD RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY RULES › Section 11-44-1 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
This chapter establishes minimum state standards of
				  education, training, and experience for persons who apply x-rays to human
				  beings for diagnostic purposes, or ionizing radiation to human beings for
				  therapeutic purposes, or radiopharmaceuticals to human beings for diagnostic
				  and therapeutic purposes.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 44 - RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY BOARD RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY RULES › Section 11-44-3 - Licenses required

Current through June, 2024
(a) No person shall
				practice or offer to practice as a radiographer
,
or as
				a radiation therapist, or as a nuclear medicine technologist without a valid
				and appropriate license issued to that person by the board.
(b) No person shall conduct or offer to
				conduct the duties of a radiographer, radiation therapist, or a nuclear
				medicine technologist, nor shall any person utilize or conduct mammographic
				imaging, computed tomography imaging, interventional technology, or cardiac
				interventional technology, without a valid radiographer license issued to that
				person by the board.
(c) No person
				shall conduct or offer to conduct the duties of a radiographer or nuclear
				medicine technologist, or conduct or offer to conduct bone densitometry with an
				x-ray source without a valid radiographer or nuclear medicine technology
				license issued to that person by the board.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 44 - RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY BOARD RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY RULES › Section 11-44-4 - Application for license

Current through June, 2024
Any person desiring to practice as a radiographer, or
				  radiation therapist, or nuclear medicine technologist shall submit an
				  application to the board. Applications shall be made on a form prescribed by
				  the board.
An application for a license shall be filed with the board
				  and shall be accompanied by a non-refundable application fee of $60 for the
				  first license and $5 for each additional license.
Upon approval of the application by the board, the
				  application fee shall serve as the initial license fee for first-time
				  applicants. Persons reapplying for a license within one year of failing to
				  renew a license issued by the board shall complete and submit an application
				  for a license with a non-refundable re-application fee of
				  $120,
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 44 - RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY BOARD RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY RULES › Section 11-44-5 - Minimum eligibility requirements for license

Current through June, 2024
(a) An
				applicant for a license to practice as a radiographer or radiation therapist
				shall submit to the board written evidence, verified by oath or affirmation,
				that the applicant is registered with the American Registry of Radiologic
				Technologists and is in good standing in the appropriate field of radiography
				or radiation therapy technology.
(b) An applicant for a license to practice as
				a nuclear medicine technologist shall submit to the board written evidence,
				verified by oath or affirmation, that the applicant is:
(1) Certified and is in good standing with
				the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board; or
(2) Registered and is in good standing with
				the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists in nuclear
				medicine.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 44 - RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY BOARD RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY RULES › Section 11-44-6 - License renewal

Current through June, 2024
(a) All licensees
				shall renew their licenses biennially by filing an application furnished by the
				board and submitting a fee of $60 for the first license and $5 for each
				additional license. The biennial period shall begin thirty days after the end
				of the licensee's birth month.
(b)
				Notices to renew licenses shall be mailed biennially to licensees at the
				addresses recorded by the board. Failure to receive the notice shall not be a
				valid reason for not renewing licenses.
(c) Renewal fees received by mail shall be
				considered as paid when due if the envelope bears the postmark date before the
				end of the currently licensed biennial period.
(d) Any license which is not renewed shall be
				declared defunct.
(e) It shall be
				the responsibility of the licensee to notify the board of any change of name or
				mailing address within thirty days of the change.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 44 - RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY BOARD RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY RULES › Section 11-44-7 - Continuing education requirement for license renewal

Current through June, 2024
(a)
				After January 1, 1999, licensees with one or more licenses shall meet the
				following requirement for license renewal:
(1) Attain twenty-four continuing education
				credits acceptable to the board in the two-year period immediately preceding
				renewal; or
(2) Meet the continuing
				education requirements of the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists in
				the two-year period immediately preceding renewal; or
(3) Be in good standing with the American
				Registry of Radiologic Technologists.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 44 - RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY BOARD RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY RULES › Section 11-44-8 - Unprofessional conduct

Current through June, 2024
(a) The board may
				revoke, suspend, or refuse to issue any license as provided for in section
				466J-8,
				HRS.
(b) Unprofessional conduct
				shall include, but is not limited to:
(1)
				Engaging in the practice of radiography, or radiation therapy technology, or
				nuclear medicine technology while under the influence of alcohol or controlled
				substances as defined in chapter
				329, HRS;
(2) Wilful falsification of records, or
				destruction or theft of property or records relating to the practice of
				radiography, radiation therapy technology, or nuclear medicine
				technology;
(3) Unauthorized
				disclosure of information relating to a patient or a patient's
				records;
(4) Engaging in the
				practice of radiography
,
or radiation therapy
				technology, or nuclear medicine technology without a valid license issued by
				the board.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 44 - RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY BOARD RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY RULES › Section 11-44-9 - Violation of chapter; penalties

Current through June, 2024
Any person who violates this chapter shall be fined not more
				  than $2,000 for each separate offense. Any action taken to impose or collect
				  the penalty provided for in this section shall be considered a civil
				  action.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 44 - RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY BOARD RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY RULES › Section 11-44-10 - Accreditation requirements for schools or training programs for radiologic technology

Current through June, 2024
(a) A school or
				training program that meets the minimum requirements set forth by the
				appropriate accreditation body for schools of radiologic technology shall be
				considered to meet the board's accreditation requirements.
(b) A school or training program for
				radiologic technology that is fully accredited by the appropriate accreditation
				body shall be considered to meet the board's accreditation
				requirements.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 44 - RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY BOARD RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY RULES › Section 11-44-11 - Standards for a new school or training program in radiologic technology

Current through June, 2024
(a) An institution desiring to conduct an
				education program in radiologic technology in Hawaii shall meet the minimum
				accreditation requirements specified by the appropriate accreditation
				body.
(b) A new program in
				radiologic technology that is fully accredited by the appropriate accreditation
				body shall be considered to meet the board's accreditation
				requirements.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 44 - RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY BOARD RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGY RULES › Section 11-44-12 - Severability

Current through June, 2024
If any provision of these rules, or the application thereof
				  to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect
				  other provisions or applications of these rules which can be given effect
				  without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of
				  these rules are severable.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11-45-1 - Purpose and scope

Current through June, 2024
This chapter sets minimum standards for all persons and
					 facilities who receive, possess, use, transfer, own, or acquire any source of
					 radiation, all persons who install and service sources of radiation, and all
					 persons who provide radiation services.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11-45-3 - Exemptions

Current through June, 2024
(a) Sources of radiation licensed by the U.S.
				  Nuclear Regulatory Commission are exempt from the requirements of this chapter
				  to the extent they are regulated by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
				  Commission.
(b) Nothing in this
				  chapter shall be construed to limit the kind and amount of radiation that may
				  be intentionally applied to a person for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes by,
				  or under the direction of, persons licensed as physicians, dentists,
				  chiropractors, podiatrists, or veterinarians in the State provided their
				  sources of radiation are licensed in accordance with subchapter 2 and conform
				  with the applicable provisions of this chapter.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11-45-4 - Inspections

Current through June, 2024
(a) The department shall inspect and examine
				  facilities with sources of radiation in order to determine compliance with this
				  chapter. The frequency of inspections shall be determined by the
				  director.
(b) If such inspection
				  indicates that the facility is not in compliance with this chapter, the owner,
				  operator, or user shall be so notified in writing, with specification of any
				  deficiencies.
(c) Persons
				  conducting inspections relative to this chapter shall have been trained in
				  health physics and radiation protection, the performance testing of radiation
				  machines, and the operation of instruments utilized for radiation detection and
				  measurement, performance standards testing of radiation machines, and quality
				  control measures. Persons who have completed training shall be certified as
				  competent by the director. The department shall determine the extent of
				  training.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11-45-5 - Proceedings before director

Current through June, 2024
(a) When the
				  director has grounds to believe that anyone has violated any provision of these
				  rules or of any order of the director, the director may notify the alleged
				  violator or violators of the alleged violation order and may require that the
				  alleged violator appear before the director at a time and place specified in
				  the notice, and answer the allegations. The notice and order shall comply with
				  the chapter
				  91, HRS, procedures for contested
				  cases.
(b) The director may issue
				  an order for immediate action to protect the public health from an imminent and
				  substantial danger. The director shall provide an opportunity for a hearing
				  within twenty-four hours after service of the order. After a hearing pursuant
				  to this subsection, the director may affirm, modify, or rescind the order as
				  appropriate. The director may institute a civil action in any court of
				  appropriate jurisdiction for the enforcement of any order issued pursuant to
				  this subsection.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11-45-6 - General requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) Each licensee
				  shall maintain records showing the receipt, transfer, and disposal of all
				  sources of radiation. Additional record requirements are specified in these
				  rules.
(b) Each licensee shall
				  afford the department at all reasonable times entrance to private or public
				  property for the purpose of inspecting and investigating conditions relative to
				  sources of radiation, physically examining sources of radiation, the premises,
				  and the facilities wherein such sources of radiation are used or
				  stored.
(c) Each licensee shall
				  make available to the department inspection records maintained pursuant to
				  these rules. Copies of such records shall be submitted to the department upon
				  request.
(d) Each licensee shall
				  perform upon instructions from the department, or shall utilize a qualified
				  medical physicist, or shall permit the department to perform, such reasonable
				  tests as the department deems appropriate or necessary including, but not
				  limited to, tests of:
(1) Sources of
				  radiation;
(2) Facilities wherein
				  sources of radiation are used or stored;
(3) Radiation detection and monitoring
				  instruments; and
(4) Other
				  equipment and devices used in connection with utilization or storage of
				  licensed sources of radiation.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11-45-7 - Additional requirements

Current through June, 2024
The department may impose upon any licensee or person such
					 requirements in addition to those established in these rules as it deems
					 appropriate or necessary to minimize danger to public health and safety or
					 property.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11-45-11 - Prohibited uses

Current through June, 2024
(a) The following sources of radiation shall
				  not be used:
(1) A hand-held fluoroscopic
				  screen using x-ray equipment unless it has been listed in the Registry of
				  Sealed Source and Devices or accepted for certification by the U.S. Department
				  of Health and Human Services.
(2) A
				  direct view fluoroscopic unit without image intensification.
(3) A shoe-fitting fluoroscopic
				  device.
(4) Ionizing radiation from
				  sources of radiation for demonstration purposes which violate the exposure
				  limitations and the as-low-as-is-reasonably-achievable (ALARA) principle
				  specified in subchapter 4.
(5)
				  Except for sources of radiation exempted from a license, sources of radiation
				  which have no license.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11-45-13 - Units of exposure and dose

Current through June, 2024
(a) As used in
				  these rules, the unit of exposure is the coulomb per kilogram (C/kg). One
				  roentgen is equal to 2.58 x 10-4 coulomb per
				  kilogram of air.
(b) As used in
				  these rules, the units of dose are:
(1) Gray
				  (Gy) is the SI unit of absorbed dose. One gray is equal to an absorbed dose of
				  one joule per kilogram (one hundred rads).
(2) Rad is the special unit of absorbed dose.
				  One rad is equal to an absorbed dose of one hundred erg per gram or 0.01 joule
				  per kilogram (0.01 gray).
(3) Rem
				  is the special unit of any of the quantities expressed as dose equivalent. The
				  dose equivalent in rem is equal to the absorbed dose in rad multiplied by the
				  quality factor (one rem = 0.01 sievert).
(4) Sievert is the SI unit of any of the
				  quantities expressed as dose equivalent. The dose equivalent in sievert is
				  equal to the absorbed dose in gray multiplied by the quality factor (one
				  sievert = one hundred rems).
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11-45-14 - Units of radioactivity

Current through June, 2024
For purposes of these rules, activity is expressed in the
					 SI unit of becquerel (Bq) or in the special unit of curie (Ci), or their
					 multiples, or disintegrations or transformations per unit of time:
(1) One becquerel (Bq) = one disintegration
				  or transformation per second (s-1).
(2) One curie (Ci) = 3.7 x
				  1010 disintegrations or transformations per second =
				  3.7 x 1010 becquerel (Bq) = 2.22 x
				  1012 disintegrations or transformations per
				  minute.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11-45-15 - Penalties and injunctions

Current through June, 2024
Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter is
					 subject to the penalties pursuant to §
										321-18, HRS, the remedies
					 pursuant to §
										321-20, HRS, and
					 injunctions pursuant to §
										603-23,
					 HRS.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 11-45-16 - Severability

Current through June, 2024
If any provisions of this chapter, or its application to
					 any person or circumstances, is held invalid, the application of such provision
					 to other persons or circumstances, and the remainder of this chapter, shall not
					 be affected thereby.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Appendix A of Subchapter 1 - Quality Factors and Absorbed Dose Equivalencies

Current through June, 2024
Quality Factor TYPE OF RADIATION
Absorbed Dose (Q)
Equal to a Unit Dose Equivalent 
								a
X, gamma, or beta radiation and high-speed electrons
1
1
Alpha particles, multiple-charged particles, fission
								fragments and heavy particles of unknown charge
20
0.05
Neutrons of unknown energy
10
0.1
High-energy protons
10
0.1
aAbsorbed dose in rad equal to one
					 rem or the absorbed dose in gray equal to one Sv.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Appendix B of Subchapter 1 - Mean Quality Factors, Q, and Fluence Per Unit Dose Equivalent for Monoenergetic Neutrons

Current through June, 2024
Neutron Energy (MeV)
Quality Factora (Q)
Fluence per Unit Dose
								Equivalentb (neutrons
								cm-2 rem-1)
Fluence per Unit Dose
								Equivalentb (neutrons
								cm-2 Sv-1)
(thermal)
2.5 x 10-8
2
980 x 106
980 x 108
1 x 10-7
2
980 x 106
980 x 108
1 x 10-6
2
810 x 106
810 x 108
1 x 10-5
2
810 x 106
810 x 108
1 x 10-4
2
840 x 106
840 x 108
1 x 10-3
2
980 x 106
980 x 108
1 x 10-2
2.5
1010 x 106
1010 x 108
1 x 10-1
7.5
170 x 106
170 x 108
5 x 10-1
11
39 x 106
39 x 108
1
11
27 x 106
27 x 108
2.5
9
29 x 106
29 x 108
5
8
23 x 106
23 x 108
7
7
24 x 106
24 x 108
10
6.5
24 x 106
24 x 108
14
7.5
17 x 106
17 x 108
20
8
16 x 106
16 x 108
40
7
14 x 106
14 x 108
60
5.5
16 x 106
16 x 108
1 x 102
4
20 x 106
20 x 108
2 x 102
3.5
19 x 106
19 x 108
3 x 102
3.5
16 x 106
16 x 108
4 x 102
3.5
14 x 106
14 x 108
aValue of quality factor (Q) at the
					 point where the dose equivalent is maximum in a 30-cm diameter cylinder
					 tissue-equivalent phantom.
bMonoenergetic neutrons incident
					 normally on a 30-cm diameter cylinder tissue-equivalent
					 phantom.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 2 - LICENSE › Section 11-45-17 - Purpose and scope

Current through June, 2024
(a) This subchapter
				  establishes requirements for the licensing of sources of radiation, the
				  licensing of persons providing radiation services, and the licensing of persons
				  transporting or delivering radioactive material to a carrier for
				  transport.
(b) In addition to the
				  requirements of this subchapter, all licensees are subject to the applicable
				  provisions of other subchapters of this chapter.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 2 - LICENSE › Section 11-45-18 - Exemptions

Current through June, 2024
(a) The following radiation machines are
				  exempt from the requirements of this subchapter:
(1) Electronic equipment that produces
				  radiation incidental to its operation for other purposes is exempt from the
				  license and notification requirements of this subchapter, provided that the
				  dose equivalent rate averaged over an area of ten square centimeters does not
				  exceed 0.5 millirem (five microsieverts) per hour at five centimeters from any
				  accessible surface of such equipment;
(2) Radiation machines while in transit or
				  storage incident thereto; and
(3)
				  Domestic television receivers;
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 2 - LICENSE › Section 11-45-22 - Application for license

Current through June, 2024
(a) All persons
				  purchasing or acquiring any radiation machine, which is not exempt pursuant to
				  section 11-45-18 after the effective date of these rules, shall apply for a
				  license with the department at least sixty days before purchasing, acquiring,
				  or operating any radiation machine.
(b) All persons purchasing or acquiring any
				  radioactive material, which is not exempt pursuant to section 11-45-18 after
				  the effective date of these rules, shall apply for a license with the
				  department at least sixty days before purchasing or acquiring, storing,
				  manufacturing, using, or handling any radioactive material.
(c) Any person who is engaged in the business
				  of selling, leasing, installing, or offering to install radiation machines,
				  engaged in the business of furnishing or offering to furnish radiation machine
				  servicing or services, engaged in the business of furnishing radiation services
				  for radioactive materials, engaged in the business of providing health physics
				  services, or engaged in the business of providing medical physics services in
				  this State shall apply for a license of such services with the department at
				  least sixty days before furnishing or offering to furnish any such
				  services.
(d) Any person, other
				  than those who are exempt under section 11-45-18, who is engaged in
				  transporting or delivering radioactive material to a carrier for transport
				  shall apply for a license with the department at least sixty days before
				  furnishing such services.
(e)
				  Application for a license shall be completed on forms furnished by the
				  department and shall contain all the information required by the form and
				  accompanying instructions. Information includes:
(1) Applicant identification;
(2) Type of facility or service;
(3) Purpose of source of radiation
				  use;
(4) Location of radiation
				  facility or service;
(5) Listing of
				  each radiation machine according to the manufacturer's name, model number,
				  serial number, and date of manufacture of the control assembly;
(6) Listing of radioactive materials and
				  maximum activity;
(7) Current
				  curriculum vitae and copies of board certification for applicants of health
				  physics services or medical physics services.
(8) Identification of the radiation machine
				  installer; and
(9) Such other
				  information deemed as the director may request.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 2 - LICENSE › Section 11-45-23 - Issuance of license

Current through June, 2024
(a) Upon
				  determination that an applicant meets the requirements of the rules, the
				  department shall issue a license.
(b) All persons with sources of radiation
				  registered with the department before the effective date of these rules shall
				  be issued a license after payment of the appropriate license fee unless the use
				  and/or the source of radiation is prohibited by section 11-45-11. The
				  department shall determine the duration and expiration date of the initial
				  license to establish the beginning of the biennial period.
(c) All persons approved by the department as
				  qualified experts under chapter 11-40 before the effective date of these rules
				  shall be issued a license after payment of the appropriate license fee. The
				  department shall determine the duration and expiration date of the initial
				  license to establish the beginning of the biennial period.
(d) The department may incorporate in the
				  license at the time of issuance or thereafter by appropriate notification,
				  rule, or order, such additional requirements and conditions as it deems
				  appropriate or necessary.
(e) No
				  person shall conduct activities with sources of radiation or provide radiation
				  services specified in section 11-45-22 without a license.
(f) Each license shall expire on the date
				  specified by the department biennially.
(g) The original license shall be posted in a
				  location which is visible to individuals utilizing the facility.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 2 - LICENSE › Section 11-45-24 - Renewal of license

Current through June, 2024
(a) All licensees
				  shall renew their license biennially before the expiration date by submitting a
				  renewal application on a form furnished by the department and a renewal license
				  fee according to the initial fee schedule in section 11-45-22.
(b) Notices to renew licenses shall be mailed
				  biennially to licensees at the addresses recorded by the department. Failure to
				  receive the notice shall not be a valid reason for not renewing
				  licenses.
(c) A renewal application
				  shall contain all the information required by the form and accompanying
				  instructions. This includes:
(1) Licensee
				  identification;
(2) Change in name,
				  type, purpose, or location of facility or service;
(3) Current listing of each radiation machine
				  according to the manufacturer's name, model number, serial number, and date of
				  manufacture of the control assembly;
(4) Current listing of radioactive materials
				  and maximum activity;
(5) Current
				  curriculum vitae and copies of new board certification for health physicists
				  and medical physicists; and
(6)
				  Such other information deemed as the director may request.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 2 - LICENSE › Section 11-45-25 - Report of changes

Current through June, 2024
The licensee shall notify the department in writing of any
					 change which would render the information contained in the license no longer
					 accurate.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 2 - LICENSE › Section 11-45-26 - Approval not implied

Current through June, 2024
No person, in any advertisement, shall refer to the fact
					 that a facility with sources of radiation is licensed, and no person shall
					 state or imply that any activity under such license has been approved by the
					 department.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 2 - LICENSE › Section 11-45-27 - Assembly and transfer

Current through June, 2024
(a) No radiation
				  machines shall be assembled or installed in a facility which does not have a
				  current license.
(b) No source of
				  radiation shall be transferred to a facility which does not have a current
				  license.
(c) No person shall
				  manufacture, sell, lease, transfer, lend, assemble, or install one or more
				  components of radiation machines or the supplies used in connection with such
				  machines without having a current license. Radiation machines and supplies when
				  properly placed in operation and used shall meet the requirements of this
				  chapter.
(d) Any person who sells,
				  leases, transfers, lends, disposes, assembles, or installs one or more
				  components of radiation machines in this State shall notify the department
				  within fifteen days of:
(1) The name and
				  address of persons who have received these machines;
(2) The manufacturer, model, and serial
				  number of the control assembly of each radiation machine transferred;
				  and
(3) The date of transfer of one
				  or more radiation machine components.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 2 - LICENSE › Section 11-45-30 - Out-of-state source of radiation

Current through June, 2024
(a) Before any
				  source of radiation currently licensed by another state or the U.S. Nuclear
				  Regulatory Commission is brought into the State, for any temporary use, the
				  person proposing to bring such source into the State shall give written notice
				  to the department at least seven working days before such source is brought
				  into the State. The notice shall include:
(1)
				  The type of source of radiation;
(2) The nature, duration, and scope of
				  use;
(3) The exact location(s)
				  where the source of radiation is to be used, stored, and secured; and
(4) Copy of a license issued by the U.S.
				  Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or copy of a license issued by other states for
				  the source of radiation.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 2 - LICENSE › Section 11-45-31 - Prohibitions

Current through June, 2024
No radiation facility licensee shall allow any person in
					 the business of providing radiation machine installation or radiation services
					 to furnish such services to their sources of radiation or to a facility that
					 does not have a valid license issued by the department. This does not include
					 persons who provide radiation machine installation or radiation services for
					 their own facility.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 3 - SHIELDING EVALUATION AND AREA RADIATION SURVEY › Section 11-45-32 - Purpose and scope

Current through June, 2024
This subchapter establishes requirements for shielding of
					 facilities with sources of radiation. This subchapter applies to all licensees
					 and persons who intend to obtain sources of radiation.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 3 - SHIELDING EVALUATION AND AREA RADIATION SURVEY › Section 11-45-33 - Shielding evaluation

Current through June, 2024
(a) Before
				  construction, the construction plans of all new facilities, or modifications of
				  existing facilities, utilizing sources of radiation shall be submitted to the
				  department for review and approval. These plans shall show, as a minimum, the
				  following:
(1) Normal location of the source
				  of radiation;
(2) General
				  direction(s) of the useful beam for x-ray devices;
(3) Locations of any windows and
				  doors;
(4) If the source of
				  radiation is an x-ray device, the location of the operator's booth or position
				  and the location of the control assembly;
(5) Structural composition, dimensions, and
				  thickness of all walls, doors, partitions, floor, and ceiling of
				  room(s);
(6) Dimensions and
				  thickness of lead (in inches, millimeters, or nominal weight in pounds for a
				  one square foot section) specified for walls, doors, partitions, floors, or
				  ceiling of room(s);
(7) Dimensions
				  of the room(s);
(8) Type of
				  occupancy of all adjacent rooms and areas inclusive of space above and below
				  the room(s) with sources of radiation; and
(9) If there is an exterior wall, the
				  distance to the closest area(s) where it is likely that individuals may be
				  present.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 3 - SHIELDING EVALUATION AND AREA RADIATION SURVEY › Section 11-45-34 - Area radiation survey

Current through June, 2024
(a) An area
				  radiation survey of a new facility or modification to an existing facility
				  shall be conducted by, or under the direction of, a qualified medical physicist
				  within six months after the beginning of its operation to determine compliance
				  with subchapter 4.
(b) The licensee
				  shall forward a report of the area radiation survey to the department within
				  thirty days after the completion of the survey.
(c) A subsequent area radiation survey of the
				  facility shall be conducted if the following occur:
(1) Changes in the number of sources of
				  radiation; or
(2) Changes in the
				  spatial relationship of sources of radiation, relative to walls, partitions,
				  doors, floors, ceilings; or
(3)
				  Changes in workload or utilization of the source of radiation; or
(4) Conditions which may be contrary to
				  subchapter 4.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 4 - STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION › Section 11-45-36 - Purpose and scope

Current through June, 2024
This subchapter establishes standards for protection
					 against ionizing radiation resulting from activities conducted pursuant to
					 licenses issued by the department. These standards are designed to control the
					 receipt, possession, use, transfer, and disposal of sources of radiation by any
					 licensee 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 subchapter.
					 However, nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as limiting actions that
					 may be necessary to protect health and safety. The limits in this subchapter do
					 not apply to doses due to background radiation, to exposure of patients to
					 radiation for the purpose of medical diagnosis or therapy, or to voluntary
					 participation in medical research programs.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 4 - STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION › Section 11-45-37 - Exemptions

Current through June, 2024
Sources of radiation licensed by the U.S. Nuclear
					 Regulatory Commission are exempt from the requirements of this subchapter to
					 the extent they are regulated by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 4 - STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION › Section 11-45-38 - Implementation

Current through June, 2024
(a) Any existing license condition that is
				  more restrictive than subchapter 4 remains in force until there is an amendment
				  or renewal of the license.
(b) If a
				  license condition exempts a licensee from a provision of subchapter 4 in effect
				  on or before effective date of these rules, it also exempts the licensee from
				  the corresponding provision of this subchapter.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 4 - STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION › Section 11-45-39 - Radiation protection programs

Current through June, 2024
(a) Each licensee
				  shall develop, document, and implement a radiation protection program
				  sufficient to ensure compliance with the provisions of this subchapter and
				  acceptable to the department.
(b)
				  The licensee shall use, to the extent practicable, procedures and engineering
				  controls based upon sound radiation protection principles to achieve
				  occupational doses and doses to members of the public that are as low as is
				  reasonably achievable (ALARA).
(c)
				  The department shall specify the minimum requirements for the radiation
				  protection program according to sources of radiation and type of radiation
				  activity and facility.
(d) The
				  licensee shall, at least annually, review the radiation protection program
				  content and implementation.