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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 2 - Registration and Use of Ionizing Radiation Sources › 7 AAC 18.160 - Approval not implied

Current through May 31, 2024
A registrant may not
(1) advertise or post the fact that an
				  ionizing radiation source is registered with the department; and
(2) state or imply that any specific
				  application or use under the registration or authorization process has been
				  approved by the department.
Authority:
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						18.60.475
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						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 2 - Registration and Use of Ionizing Radiation Sources › 7 AAC 18.170 - Inspections

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registrant shall allow the department,
				  or the department's designee, upon request, an opportunity to inspect all
				  ionizing radiation sources in the possession of the registrant and the facility
				  where the sources are used or stored.
(b) A registrant shall make available, upon
				  request, for inspection by the department, or the department's designee, all
				  records pertaining to receipt, possession, use, transfer, or disposal of
				  ionizing radiation sources.
(c)
				  During an inspection, the department, or the department's designee, may consult
				  privately with an individual who maintains the records specified in (b) of this
				  section, operates an ionizing radiation source, or is otherwise employed at the
				  facility.
(d) For the 90 days
				  following an inspection, a registrant shall post in a conspicuous location in
				  the facility, or make available for viewing upon request, the results of the
				  inspection.
Authority:
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						18.60.475
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						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 2 - Registration and Use of Ionizing Radiation Sources › 7 AAC 18.180 - Protection requirements

Current through May 31, 2024
A registrant, and the registrant's agent, including an
					 operator, is responsible for complying with the applicable ionizing radiation
					 protection requirements of
					 7 AAC 18.200 -
					 7 AAC 18.390.
Authority:
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						18.60.475
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						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.200 - Prohibited uses

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person may not direct or order the
				  application of radiation to an individual, except that a practitioner of the
				  healing arts licensed by this state, or a person working under the direction or
				  order of a practitioner of the healing arts licensed by this state, may apply
				  radiation to an individual. Any direction or order to apply, or application of,
				  radiation to an individual must
(1) be in the
				  course of the practitioner's professional practice for clinical purposes;
				  and
(2) comply with the
				  requirements of this chapter.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.210 - External radiation limits in controlled area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registrant
				  shall possess, use, receive, and transfer sources of ionizing radiation in a
				  controlled area with adequate safeguards to assure that an individual worker's
				  total occupational exposure to all sources of ionizing radiation in the
				  registrant's possession during any span of a calendar year, from both external
				  and internal exposures, does not exceed the following dose limits:
(1) an annual limit which is the lesser of
				  the
(A) total effective dose equivalent of
				  five rems (0.05 Sv); or
(B) sum of
				  the deep-dose equivalent and the committed dose equivalent to any individual
				  organ or tissue other than the lens of the eye of 50 rems (0.5 Sv);
				  and
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.220 - Individual monitoring in controlled area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registrant
				  shall maintain records showing the ionizing radiation doses of all individuals
				  for whom personnel monitoring is required under
				  7 AAC 18.280. The registrant shall keep these records on
				  an annual occupational radiation exposure form issued by and available from the
				  department with the information required on that form, or on clear and legible
				  records containing all the same information required on the form. The dose
				  information entered on the form or records must be for increments of time not
				  exceeding 12 consecutive months. The information must include the
(1) name and date of birth of the
				  individual;
(2) name of the
				  registrant;
(3) dose equivalents
				  for periods of one month or a calendar quarter, including
(A) deep dose equivalent;
(B) lens dose equivalent;
(C) shallow dose equivalent whole
				  body;
(D) shallow dose equivalent
				  maximum extremity;
(E) committed
				  dose equivalent;
(F) committed dose
				  equivalent maximally exposed organ;
(G) total effective dose equivalent;
				  and
(H) total organ dose
				  equivalent.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.240 - External radiation limits in uncontrolled area

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  authorized by the department under (b) of this section, a registrant may not
				  possess, use, or transfer sources of ionizing radiation in a manner that
				  creates, in any uncontrolled area from the sources in the registrant's
				  possession, ionizing radiation levels which
(1) if an individual were continuously
				  present in the area, may result in the individual's receiving a dose in excess
				  of 0.002 millisievert or two millirems in any one hour; or
(2) cause or are likely to cause an
(A) individual to receive a dose to the whole
				  body in any period of one calendar year in excess of one millisievert or 100
				  millirems; or
(B) unborn fetus to
				  receive a dose during the entire period of gestation in excess of five
				  millisieverts or 0.5 rems.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.250 - Dose limits for a minor

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registrant
				  may not possess, use, or transfer sources of ionizing radiation in a manner
				  that causes a minor within a controlled area to receive from all sources of
				  ionizing radiation in the registrant's possession a dose in excess of 10
				  percent of the limits specified in
				  7 AAC 18.210.
(b) Repealed 7/1/2015.
(c) Repealed 7/1/2015.
Authority:
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						18.60.475
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						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.252 - Dose limits for a student

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registrant
				  may not expose a student to more than 0.1 rem or one millisievert per year for
				  educational purposes.
(b) An
				  experiment or demonstration for teaching purposes shall be planned and
				  performed so that a student receives no more than 0.01 rem or 0.1 millisievert
				  while performing or observing the experiment or demonstration.
(c) For the purpose of this section,
				  "student" means an individual who is in training under the direct supervision
				  of a qualified instructor for the safe and effective use of a radiation
				  producing device.
Authority:
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						18.60.475
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						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.255 - Dose limits for a declared pregnant woman

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registrant
				  shall ensure that a declared pregnant woman is not subject to occupational
				  exposure to radiation that will result in a total dose equivalent to the
				  woman's embryo or fetus during the entire pregnancy that exceeds 0.5 rem or
				  five millisieverts.
(b) The dose
				  equivalent to an embryo or fetus is the sum of the
(1) deep-dose equivalent to the declared
				  pregnant woman; and
(2) dose
				  equivalent to the embryo or fetus resulting from radionuclides in the embryo or
				  fetus and radionuclides in the declared pregnant woman.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.260 - Limitation on electrical equipment used for teaching purposes

Current through May 31, 2024
Electrical equipment used for teaching purposes, and that
					 may emit x-rays incidental to the intended purpose of the equipment, may not be
					 operated in a manner that the external exposure exceeds 10 milliroentgens per
					 hour at 30 centimeters from any accessible surface of the
					 equipment.
Authority:
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						18.60.475
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						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.270 - Surveys

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registrant shall complete all surveys
				  necessary to establish compliance with this chapter.
(b) If applicable, a survey must include
(1) a physical evaluation of the location of
				  materials and equipment;
(2)
				  measurements of levels of ionizing radiation present; and
(3) an annual calibration of radiation survey
				  meters and personnel monitoring devices by a NVLAP accredited laboratory or
				  qualified expert.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.280 - Personnel monitoring

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registrant shall supply the appropriate
				  individual monitoring device to, and require the use of the device in
				  accordance with, the manufacturer's instructions for use by
(1) an individual, except a patient, who
				  enters a controlled area under circumstances that the individual receives, or
				  is likely to receive, a dose in any calendar year in excess of 10 percent of
				  the applicable value specified in
				  7 AAC 18.210(a);
(2) a minor who enters a controlled area
				  under circumstances that the minor receives, or is likely to receive, a dose in
				  any calendar year in excess of five percent of the applicable value specified
				  in 7 AAC 18.210(a);
				  and
(3) an individual who enters a
				  high ionizing radiation area or very high radiation area.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.290 - Posting, labeling, and caution signs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) Except as
				  otherwise authorized by the department, the symbol prescribed by this section
				  must consist of the conventional ionizing radiation caution colors magenta or
				  purple on a yellow or white background. The symbol prescribed by this section
				  is the conventional three bladed design as follows:
RADIATION SYMBOL
bladed areas must be magenta or purple;
(2) background must be yellow or white.
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Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.300 - Instruction of personnel

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registrant
				  shall assure that a qualified expert informs each individual working in or
				  frequenting any portion of a controlled area of the occurrence of ionizing
				  radiation or sources of ionizing radiation in that portion of the controlled
				  area.
(b) A registrant shall assure
				  that a qualified expert instructs each individual working in or frequenting any
				  portion of a controlled area about the safety problems associated with exposure
				  to the sources of ionizing radiation and the precautions or procedures to
				  minimize exposure.
(c) A registrant
				  shall assure that a qualified expert instructs each individual working in or
				  frequenting any portion of a controlled area in the applicable provisions of
				  department regulations for the protection of personnel from exposure to
				  ionizing radiation.
Authority:
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						18.60.475
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						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.340 - Records

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registrant shall maintain a record of
				  the occupational radiation exposure history for each individual that personnel
				  monitoring is required under
				  7 AAC 18.280 on a form prescribed and provided by the
				  department, or on a clear and legible record containing all the information
				  specified in this subsection. The form must document each period of time after
				  the individual attained the age of 18 in which the individual received an
				  occupational dose of radiation, and be signed by both the individual and the
				  registrant, or the radiation safety officer, when updated on an annual basis.
				  The form must contain the following information regarding the individual:
(1) individual's name;
(2) date of birth;
(3) previous employment involving radiation
				  exposure;
(4) dates of
				  employment;
(5) periods of
				  exposure;
(6) previous dose
				  history, including
(A) deep dose
				  equivalent;
(B) lens dose
				  equivalent;
(C) shallow dose
				  equivalent whole body;
(D) shallow
				  dose equivalent maximum extremity;
(E) committed dose equivalent;
(F) committed dose equivalent maximally
				  exposed organ;
(G) total effective
				  dose equivalent; and
(H) total
				  organ dose equivalent.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.350 - Report to employees

Current through May 31, 2024
A registrant, at the request of an individual employed or
					 associated with the registrant, shall advise the individual annually of the
					 individual's exposure to ionizing radiation as shown in records maintained by
					 the registrant under
					 7 AAC 18.220 and
					 7 AAC 18.340.
Authority:
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						18.60.475
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						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.355 - Report to former employees

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registrant,
				  at the request of an individual formerly employed or associated with the
				  registrant, shall furnish to the individual a report of the individual's
				  exposure to ionizing radiation as shown in records maintained under
				  7 AAC 18.340. The registrant shall provide the report to
				  the individual requesting the report within 30 days from the date the request
				  is received by the registrant. The report must cover each calendar year of the
				  individual's employment or association involving exposure to ionizing
				  radiation, or a shorter period requested by the individual. The report must be
				  in writing and contain the following statement: "This report is furnished to
				  you under the regulations of the Department of Health and Social Services
				  regulations. You should preserve this report for future reference."
(b) The registrant may require the requesting
				  individual to provide a government-issued unique identifying code and the dates
				  and locations of employment or association.
Authority:
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						18.60.475
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						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.360 - Report of theft or loss of sources

Current through May 31, 2024
A registrant shall immediately report by telephone or
					 facsimile, and confirm in writing to the department, the theft or loss of any
					 registered source of ionizing radiation as soon as practicable after the theft
					 or loss becomes known.
For the purpose of reporting a theft or loss under
						7 AAC 18.360, the department's contact information is
						Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health,
						Radiological Health Program, 4500 S. Boniface Pkwy., Anchorage, AK 99507-1270;
						telephone: (907) 334-2100; fax: (907)
						334-2161.
Authority:
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						18.60.475
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						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.370 - Notification of incident

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registrant
				  shall immediately notify the department by telephone or facsimile of an
				  incident involving a source of ionizing radiation possessed by the registrant
				  that may have caused or threatens to cause
(1)
				  a dose to the whole body of an individual of 0.25 sieverts, or 25 rems, or
				  more;
(2) exposure of the skin of
				  the whole body of an individual of 1.0 sievert, or 100 rems, or more;
				  or
(3) exposure of the feet,
				  ankles, hands, or forearms of an individual to 2.5 sieverts, or 250 rems, or
				  more.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.380 - Report of overexposures and excessive levels and concentrations

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  the notification required under
				  7 AAC 18.370, a registrant shall submit a detailed
				  report in writing to the department not later than 30 days after an incident
(1) for which notification is required under
				  7 AAC 18.370;
(2) in which an exposure occurred of an
				  individual to ionizing radiation in excess of an applicable limit as set out in
				  7 AAC 18.200 -
				  7 AAC 18.390 or as otherwise approved by the department;
				  and
(3) in which levels of ionizing
				  radiation not involving excessive ionizing radiation doses occurred to any
				  individual in an uncontrolled area in excess of 10 times any applicable limits
				  as set out in
				  7 AAC 18.200 -
				  7 AAC 18.390 or as otherwise approved by the
				  department.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 3 - Ionizing Radiation Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.390 - Vacating or relinquishing premises

Current through May 31, 2024
Not fewer than 30 days before vacating or relinquishing
					 possession or control of a premises in which a registered radiation source has
					 been stored or used, a registrant shall notify the department in writing of the
					 registrant's intent to vacate or relinquish the premises and shall allow the
					 department the opportunity to survey the premises for contamination. If the
					 department identifies contamination, or if the registrant's decommissioning
					 plan required under
					 7 AAC 18.120(c) is not complete, the
					 department will require the registrant to maintain control over the
					 contaminated premises until the source of contamination is removed.
For the purpose of submitting the written notice required
						under 7 AAC 18.390, the department's
						contact information is Department of Health and Social Services, Radiological
						Health Program, 5455 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Avenue, Suite 168, Anchorage, AK
						99507-1270; telephone: (907) 334-2100; fax: (907)
						334-2161.
Authority:
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						18.60.475
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						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 4 - Use of Radiation Sources in the Healing Arts › 7 AAC 18.400 - General safety provisions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A person may
				  not construct, sell, lease, transfer, lend, or install medical or veterinary
				  x-ray equipment or supplies used in connection with the equipment, unless the
				  equipment and supplies, when properly installed and properly used, meet the
				  requirements of
				  7 AAC 18.410 -
				  7 AAC 18.470.
(b) A registrant may not operate or permit
				  the operation of medical or veterinary x-ray equipment unless the equipment and
				  installation meet the applicable requirements of
				  7 AAC 18.410 -
				  7 AAC 18.590.
Authority:
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						18.60.475
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						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 4 - Use of Radiation Sources in the Healing Arts › 7 AAC 18.405 - Waivers

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registrant may request a waiver of a
				  specific requirement in
				  7 AAC 18.430 -
				  7 AAC 18.590 by submitting a written request to the
				  department.
(b) The department may
				  waive compliance with a specific requirement of
				  7 AAC 18.430 -
				  7 AAC 18.590 by an existing machine or installation if
(1) compliance will require replacement or
				  substantial modification of the machine or installation; and
(2) the registrant can demonstrate, to the
				  department's satisfaction, that protection has been achieved through other
				  means equivalent to that required under
				  7 AAC 18.430 -
				  7 AAC 18.590.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 4 - Use of Radiation Sources in the Healing Arts › 7 AAC 18.410 - Proper use of equipment

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registrant of
				  medical or veterinary x-ray equipment is responsible for assuring that all
				  requirements of
				  7 AAC 18.400 -
				  7 AAC 18.590 are met.
(b) A registrant of medical or veterinary
				  x-ray equipment shall assure that all x-ray equipment under the registrant's
				  control is operated only by an individual who is adequately instructed in safe
				  operating procedures and competent in safe use of the equipment. The registrant
				  shall provide safety rules to each individual operating x-ray equipment under
				  the registrant's control, including any restrictions on the operating technique
				  required for the safe operation of the particular x-ray apparatus, and require
				  the operator to demonstrate familiarity with these rules.
Authority:
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						18.60.475
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						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 4 - Use of Radiation Sources in the Healing Arts › 7 AAC 18.420 - Instruction of medical radiation device operators

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For each
				  individual who operates a medical or veterinary x-ray device, the registrant
				  shall maintain a record of all training and educational programs attended by
				  each operator to establish that the operator is able to independently operate a
				  device capable of emitting ionizing radiation. The record for each operator
				  must identify the
(1) trainer, or training
				  organization, and the training method;
(2) dates of the training;
(3) subjects included in the training
				  curriculum; and
(4) test or
				  certification that establishes that the training was completed.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 4 - Use of Radiation Sources in the Healing Arts › 7 AAC 18.430 - Shielding

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A medical or veterinary x-ray
				  installation must include the primary barriers and secondary barriers necessary
				  to assure compliance with the provisions of
				  7 AAC 18.210,
				  7 AAC 18.240, and
				  7 AAC 18.250. The requirements of this section are met
				  if the thickness and design of the barriers are equivalent to those computed
				  and designed in accordance with the recommendations of the National Council on
				  Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) in NCRP Report No. 147,
"Structural Shielding Design for Medical X-ray Imaging
				  Facilities,
" issued November 19, 2004, and adopted by
				  reference.
(b) A medical or
				  veterinary x-ray installation must have a lead barrier that is mounted in a
				  manner to ensure that the barrier will not sag or cold-flow because of the
				  barrier's own weight and that are protected against mechanical
				  damage.
(c) All structural joints
				  in a medical or veterinary x-ray installation, including those between
				  different kinds of protective materials and joints at the floor and ceiling,
				  must be designed in a manner that ensures that the overall protection provided
				  by the barrier is not impaired.
(d)
				  A window, window frame, door, and door frame in a medical or veterinary x-ray
				  installation must have the same lead equivalent as that required for the
				  adjacent wall.
(e) A hole in a
				  protective barrier in a medical or veterinary x-ray installation must be
				  covered in a manner that ensures that the overall protection is not
				  impaired.
The NCRP Report No. 147, "Structural Shielding Design for
						Medical X-ray Imaging Facilities, " adopted by reference in
						7 AAC 18.430(a), is available from NCRP
						Publications, 7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 400, Bethesda, MD 20814-3095 or at
						the following Internet site:
						www.ncrponline.org.
Authority:
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						18.60.475
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						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 4 - Use of Radiation Sources in the Healing Arts › 7 AAC 18.440 - Fluoroscopic installation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A healing arts
				  fluoroscopic installation and C-arm must use an image intensification assembly
				  and a diagnostic-type protective x-ray tube housing and must meet the
				  requirements of this section.
(b)
				  The source-to-panel or source-to-tabletop distance for all healing arts
				  fluoroscopic installations may not be less than 15 inches, except that an
				  FDA-approved mini C-arm may not be less than 10 inches.
(c) The half-value layer (HVL) of the useful
				  beam may not be less than as shown in the following table:
Measured Potential
(kilovolts peak) Half-value Layer
(millimeters of
aluminum equivalent) 70 and below
					 1.5712.1802.3902.51002.71103.01203.2
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 4 - Use of Radiation Sources in the Healing Arts › 7 AAC 18.460 - Mammography installation

Current through May 31, 2024
A mammography installation must meet the requirements of
					 the Mammography Quality Standards Act, as amended by the Mammography Quality
					 Standards Reauthorization Act of 1998, and the regulations promulgated under
					 the Mammography Quality Standards Act at
					 21 C.F.R.
					 900.12, as amended as of July 14, 2000, and
					 adopted by reference.
Authority:
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						18.60.475
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						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 4 - Use of Radiation Sources in the Healing Arts › 7 AAC 18.470 - Veterinary medicine radiographic installation

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A veterinary
				  x-ray installation must include a
(1)
				  diagnostic type protective x-ray tube housing;
(2) diaphragm, cone, or adjustable collimator
				  that restricts the useful beam to the area of the image receptor and provides
				  the same degree of protection as is required of the protective tube
				  housing;
(3) total filtration in
				  the useful beam of not less than that specified in
				  7 AAC 18.450(a) (4), except when
				  contraindicated for a particular radiographic purpose;
(4) device to terminate operation after a
				  preset time of exposure;
(5)
				  dead-man type switch; and
(6) wall,
				  ceiling, and floor area equivalent to, or provided with, applicable protective
				  barriers as required in
				  7 AAC 18.450(a) (9) - (11), or other
				  mechanism that substantially separates controlled and uncontrolled
				  areas.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 5 - Industrial Radiography Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.500 - Industrial radiographer and radiographer's assistant

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registrant of
				  an x-ray machine used in industrial radiography may not permit an individual to
				  act as a radiographer as described in
				  7 AAC 18.500 - 7 AAC 18.640 until the individual has
(1) been instructed in and is able to
				  demonstrate an understanding of the subjects outlined in
				  7 AAC 18.510;
(2) received copies of, and instructions in,
				  the applicable regulations contained in this chapter, and the registrant's
				  operating and emergency procedures; and
(3) demonstrated competence to use the x-ray
				  machine and survey instruments that will be employed in the individual's
				  assignment.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 5 - Industrial Radiography Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.510 - Instruction of industrial radiographer

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For each
				  individual who operates a device as an industrial radiographer, the registrant
				  shall maintain a record of all training and educational programs attended by
				  each radiographer. The record for each operator must identify the
(1) trainer, or training organization, and
				  the training method;
(2) dates of
				  the training;
(3) subjects included
				  in the training curriculum; and
(4)
				  test or certification that establishes that the training was
				  completed.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 5 - Industrial Radiography Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.520 - Operating and emergency procedures

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registrant of
				  an x-ray machine used in industrial radiography shall establish operating and
				  emergency procedures that includes instructions in the following:
(1) the handling and use of the x-ray machine
				  in a manner that ensures that an individual is not exposed to doses in excess
				  of the limits established in
				  7 AAC 18.210 -
				  7 AAC 18.250;
(2) methods for controlling access to
				  radiographic areas;
(3) methods and
				  occasions for conducting ionizing radiation surveys;
(4) methods and occasions for locking and
				  securing the x-ray machines;
(5)
				  personnel monitoring and the use of personnel monitoring equipment;
(6) transportation to field
				  locations;
(7) the procedure for
				  notifying proper persons in the event of an accident; and
(8) maintenance of records.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 5 - Industrial Radiography Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.530 - Personnel monitoring control

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registrant of
				  an x-ray machine used in industrial radiography may not permit an individual to
				  act as a radiographer or as a radiographer's assistant unless, at all times
				  during radiographic operations, the individual wears a radiation detecting
				  badge and either a pocket dosimeter, chamber, or other direct reading device.
				  The direct reading device must be capable of measuring doses from zero to at
				  least 200 milliroentgens. A badge may be assigned to and worn by only one
				  individual.
(b) The registrant
				  shall assure that direct reading devices are read and doses recorded daily and
				  that a radiation detecting badge is processed immediately if a pocket
				  dosimeter, chamber, or direct reading device is discharged beyond its
				  range.
(c) The radiation detecting
				  badge reports received from the badge processor and records of pocket
				  dosimeter, chamber, or direct reading device readings shall be retained
				  indefinitely, or until the registrant terminates operation and transfers
				  personnel records to the department.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.475
AS
						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 5 - Industrial Radiography Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.540 - X-ray machine security; storage

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) During an
				  industrial radiographic operation, direct surveillance must be maintained to
				  protect against unauthorized entry into the ionizing radiation area, except
				  where the area is locked to protect against unauthorized or accidental
				  entry.
(b) An x-ray machine used in
				  industrial radiography must have a locking mechanism designed to prevent
				  unauthorized use and must be kept locked at all times, except when
(1) under the direct surveillance of a
				  radiographer or radiographer's assistant; or
(2) the area is locked to protect against
				  unauthorized or accidental entry.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 5 - Industrial Radiography Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.550 - Survey instruments

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) For physical surveys required under this
				  chapter, a registrant shall maintain calibrated and operable ionizing radiation
				  survey instruments that have a range from two milliroentgens per hour to one
				  roentgen per hour. An industrial radiographic operation may not be conducted
				  unless calibrated and operable ionizing radiation survey instrumentation is
				  available and used at each site where radiographic exposures are
				  made.
(b) A registrant shall ensure
				  that each survey instrument is calibrated after any service or repair and at
				  regular intervals not to exceed six months. A record shall be maintained of the
				  latest date of calibration.
(c)
				  Records of surveys and calibrations must be retained for at least five years,
				  or since the most recent inspection by the department, whichever is
				  less.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.475
AS
						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 5 - Industrial Radiography Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.560 - Utilization logs

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registrant shall maintain utilization
				  logs for each x-ray machine used in industrial radiography that shows the
				  following:
(1) a description, including make
				  and model number, of each machine;
(2) the identity of the radiographer to whom
				  the machine or device is assigned;
(3) locations of use and dates of use;
				  and
(4) the voltage, current, and
				  exposure time for each exposure.
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 5 - Industrial Radiography Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.570 - Posting of sign in industrial radiography area

Current through May 31, 2024
An area where industrial radiography is being performed
					 must be conspicuously posted with the appropriate signage as required under
					 7 AAC 18.290.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.475
AS
						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 5 - Industrial Radiography Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.580 - Cabinet radiography

Current through May 31, 2024
Cabinet radiography is exempt from the requirements of
					 7 AAC 18.500 -
					 7 AAC 18.570, except that a registrant of a cabinet
					 radiographic unit may not permit an individual to operate the unit until the
					 individual has received a copy of, been instructed in, and demonstrated an
					 understanding of operating procedures for the unit, and has demonstrated
					 competence in the use of the procedure.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.475
AS
						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 5 - Industrial Radiography Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.585 - Shielded room radiography

Current through May 31, 2024
Shielded room radiography is exempt from the requirements
					 of 7 AAC 18.500 -
					 7 AAC 18.570, except that a registrant
(1) may not permit an individual to operate
				  an x-ray machine for shielded room radiography until the individual has
				  received a copy of, been instructed in, and demonstrated an understanding of
				  operating procedures for the unit, and has demonstrated competence in the use
				  of the procedures;
(2) shall supply
				  the appropriate personnel monitoring equipment to, and shall require the use of
				  the equipment by, every individual who operates, who makes set-ups, or who
				  performs maintenance on an x-ray machine for shielded room radiography;
				  and
(3) shall assure that a survey
				  is conducted to determine that the x-ray machine is off before each entry into
				  the shielded room; the survey must be conducted using an instrument that is in
				  good working order and is capable of measuring ionizing radiation of the
				  energies and at the dose rate to be encountered, and that has been properly
				  calibrated within the preceding three months or following the last instrument
				  servicing, whichever is later.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.475
AS
						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 5 - Industrial Radiography Protection Requirements › 7 AAC 18.590 - Field radiography

Current through May 31, 2024
Field radiography is exempt from the requirements of
					 7 AAC 18.500 -
					 7 AAC 18.570, except that a registrant may not permit
					 entry into the radiographic exposure area until a survey is conducted to
					 determine that the x-ray machine is off before each entry into the radiographic
					 exposure area. The survey must be conducted with an instrument that is in good
					 working order and is capable of measuring ionizing radiation of the energies
					 and at the dose rates to be encountered, and that has been properly calibrated
					 within the preceding three months or following the last instrument servicing,
					 whichever is later. Survey results and records of boundary locations must be
					 retained for at least five years, or since the most recent inspection by the
					 department, whichever is less.
Authority:
AS
						18.60.475
AS
						18.60.485
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 18 - Radiation Sources and Radiation Protection › Article 6 - Definitions › 7 AAC 18.990 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
Unless the context requires otherwise, in this
					 chapter,
(1) "absorbed dose" means the
				  energy imparted by ionizing radiation per unit mass of irradiated material, and
				  a unit of which is the rad and the gray;
(2) "activity" means the rate of
				  disintegration, transformation, or decay of radioactive material, and for which
				  a unit of activity is the curie and the Becquerel;
(3) "airborne radioactive material" means
				  radioactive material dispersed in the air in the form of a dust, fume, mist,
				  vapor, or gas;
(4) "aluminum
				  equivalent" means the thickness of aluminum allowing, under specific condition,
				  the same attenuation as the material in question;
(5) "Becquerel" means a unit for the
				  measurement of radioactivity that is equal to one disintegration per
				  second;
(6) "bioassay" means the
				  determination of kinds, quantities, concentrations, and locations of
				  radioactive material in the human body, by direct measurement,
in
				  vivo
counting, or by analysis and evaluation of materials excreted or
				  removed from the human body;
(7)
				  "C-arm" means a kind of mobile fluoroscope that allows for quick repositioning
				  of the radiation tube during use;
(8) "cabinet radiography" means industrial
				  radiography with the use of an ionizing radiation machine conducted in an
				  enclosed, interlocked cabinet, in a manner that the
(A) radiation machine does not operate unless
				  all openings are securely closed; and
(B) cabinet is shielded so that every
				  location on the exterior meets conditions for an uncontrolled area;
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 19 - Registration and Inspection of Dental Radiological Equipment › 7 AAC 19.010 - Registration of dental radiological equipment

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) To register
				dental radiological equipment, an owner or lessee of the equipment shall submit
				a request to the department's radiological health program.
(b) Upon receiving this request, the
				department will register the equipment and issue applicable fees if the
				equipment meets the requirements of
				AS
				44.29.020(d), this section,
				and 7 AAC 19.020. Once the department
				reconciles applicable fees, it will issue a certificate of registration to the
				owner or lessee for each device. The owner or lessee of the equipment device
				shall ensure that the certificate of registration is retained and made
				available upon request. A certificate of registration is valid for one year
				from the date of issuance.
(c) The
				owner or lessee of dental radiological equipment that is registered under this
				section shall notify the department in writing not later than 30 days after the
				equipment is sold, relocated, or no longer in use.
Authority:
AS
					 18.05.040
AS
					 44.29.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 19 - Registration and Inspection of Dental Radiological Equipment › 7 AAC 19.020 - Inspection of dental radiological equipment

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) An owner or
				lessee of dental radiological equipment must comply with federal regulations by
				documenting annual evaluations of device performance and repair by vendors or
				service providers. A vendor or service provider of dental radiological
				equipment must meet or exceed the routine standards applicable to dental
				radiological equipment in the
Suggested State Regulations for the
				Control of Radiation, Part F,
published by the Conference of Radiation
				Control Program Directors, Inc., April 2015 edition, adopted by reference.
				Instances of vendor involvement must be recorded on the form titled
Evaluation of Dental Radiological Equipment,
dated January 5,
				2024, adopted by reference in
				7 AAC 19.030. Completed forms must be available for
				review during state inspections.
(b) The owner or lessee of dental
				radiological equipment must have that equipment inspected by the department not
				later than six years from the date that the equipment was first registered with
				the department under
				7 AAC 19.010. The owner or lessee of dental radiological
				equipment must have that equipment inspected by the department again at least
				once during every six-year period following the initial inspection.
(c) An owner or lessee of dental radiological
				equipment shall maintain records that document compliance with the requirements
				of AS
				44.29.020(d),
				7 AAC 19.010, and this section. The records shall be
				made available to the department or its designee for inspection.
(d) The department, upon completion of an
				inspection, will issue the owner or lessee of equipment an inspection result
				letter that identifies any deficiencies and discloses the timeframe for the
				next inspection.
Authority:
AS
					 18.05.040
AS
					 44.29.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 19 - Registration and Inspection of Dental Radiological Equipment › 7 AAC 19.030 - Registration and inspection forms; review of completed forms

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) A registration
				certificate will not be issued unless the information gathered during a
				department-led inspection meets the requirements of
				AS
				44.29.020(d), and of
				7 AAC 19.010 and
				7 AAC 19.020, as applicable.
(b) The form titled
Evaluation of
				Dental Radiological Equipment,
dated January 5, 2024, is adopted by
				reference. This form is established by the department for completion by the
				vendor or service provider that performs annual service on dental radiological
				equipment under
				7 AAC 19.020.
Authority:
AS
					 18.05.040
AS
					 44.29.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 19 - Registration and Inspection of Dental Radiological Equipment › 7 AAC 19.900 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
In this chapter,
(1)
				"dental radiological equipment" has the meaning given in
				AS
				44.29.020(d);
(2) "department" means the Department of
				Health.
Authority:
AS
					 18.05.040
AS
					 44.29.020
Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 2 - Public Health › Chapter 20 - Buildings and Premises (Repealed) › Article 1 - Tourist Accommodations (Repealed)

Current through May 31, 2024
The regulations in this article which were repealed
					 effective July 1, 1982, Register 82, have been replaced by regulations in 18
					 AAC 30, effective July 1, 1982, Register 82, pursuant to Executive Order 51,
					 which transferred functions from the Department of Health and Social Services
					 to the Department of Environmental
					 Conservation.