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Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 11 - HEALTH PHYSICS SERVICES AND MEDICAL PHYSICS SERVICES › Section 11-45-201 - General requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) All persons
				  licensed for health physics services shall have at least one qualified health
				  physicist certified by the American Board of Health Physics in the appropriate
				  fields or specialties in which services are provided.
(b) All persons licensed for medical physics
				  services shall have at least one qualified medical physicist with
				  qualifications in the appropriate fields or specialties in which services are
				  provided.
(c) Qualified medical
				  physicists shall be:
(1) Medical physicists
				  certified in an appropriate field or specialty by The American Board of
				  Radiology; or The American Board of Medical Physics; or The American Board of
				  Science in Nuclear Medicine; or The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine;
				  or
(2) Within six months after the
				  effective date of these rules, medical physicists who are not certified in an
				  appropriate specialty by one of the boards specified in paragraph (1) but have
				  the following formal education, training, and experience:
(A) Master or doctorate degree in a physical
				  science or engineering with not less than thirty semester hours or equivalent
				  in college level physics and/or radiation science with at least one year of
				  full time work experience in an appropriate field under the supervision of a
				  qualified medical physicist who meets the requirements specified in paragraph
				  (1); and one year of training in an appropriate field in medical physics;
				  or
(B) Bachelor degree in a
				  physical science or engineering with at least five years of full time work
				  experience in an appropriate field under the supervision of a qualified medical
				  physicist who meets the requirements specified in paragraph (1); and one year
				  of training in an appropriate field in medical physics.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 11 - HEALTH PHYSICS SERVICES AND MEDICAL PHYSICS SERVICES › Section 11-45-202 - Records

Current through June, 2024
(a) All health physics services or medical
				  physics services shall have records of services provided to licensed facilities
				  with sources of radiation.
(b)
				  Records shall be maintained for inspection by the department for three
				  years.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 11 - HEALTH PHYSICS SERVICES AND MEDICAL PHYSICS SERVICES › Section 11-45-203 - Use of medical physics service

Current through June, 2024
(a) In addition to
				  specifications requiring the use of a qualified medical physicist pursuant to
				  this chapter, medical physics services shall be utilized by licensees who
				  provide the following services:
(1)
				  Mammography;
(2) Diagnostic and
				  therapeutic use of radioactive materials;
(3) Therapeutic use of sources of radiation;
				  or
(4) Fluoroscopy.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 12 - TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 11-45-205 - Purpose and scope

Current through June, 2024
This subchapter establishes requirements for
					 transportation of radioactive material and applies to any person who transports
					 radioactive material or delivers radioactive material to a carrier for
					 transport.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 12 - TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 11-45-206 - General requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) Each licensee
				  who transports radioactive material outside of the confines of the licensee's
				  premises or other place of use, or who delivers radioactive material to a
				  carrier for transport, shall:
(1) Comply with
				  the regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation; and
(2) Assure that any special instructions
				  needed to safely open the package are sent to or have been made available to
				  the consignee.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-207 - Purpose and scope

Current through June, 2024
This subchapter establishes requirements for using sources
					 of radiation for wireline service operations including mineral-logging,
					 radioactive markers, and subsurface tracer studies. The requirements of this
					 subchapter are in addition to, and not in substitution for, other applicable
					 requirements of this chapter.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-208 - Exemptions

Current through June, 2024
Sources of radiation licensed by 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 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-209 - Prohibition

Current through June, 2024
No licensee shall perform wireline service operations with
					 a sealed source(s) unless, before commencement of the operation, the licensee
					 has a written agreement with the well-operator, well-owner, drilling
					 contractor, or land owner that:
(1) In
				  the event a sealed source is lodged downhole, a reasonable effort at recovery
				  shall be made; and
(2) In the event
				  a decision is made to abandon the sealed source downhole, the requirements of
				  section 11-45-231(c) shall be met.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-210 - Limits on levels of radiation

Current through June, 2024
Sources of radiation shall be used, stored, and
					 transported in such a manner that the transportation requirements of subchapter
					 12 and the dose limitation requirements of subchapter 4 are met.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-211 - Storage precautions

Current through June, 2024
(a) Each source of
				  radiation, except accelerators, shall be provided with a storage or transport
				  container. The container shall be provided with a lock, or tamper seal for
				  calibration sources, to prevent unauthorized removal of, or exposure to, the
				  source of radiation.
(b) Sources of
				  radiation shall be stored in a manner which shall minimize danger from
				  explosion or fire.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-212 - Transport precautions

Current through June, 2024
Transport containers shall be physically secured to the
					 transporting vehicle to prevent accidental loss, tampering, or unauthorized
					 removal.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-213 - Radiation survey instruments

Current through June, 2024
(a) The licensee
				  shall maintain sufficient calibrated and operable radiation survey instruments
				  at each field station to make physical radiation surveys as required by this
				  subchapter and subchapter 4. Instrumentation shall be capable of measuring 0.1
				  milliroentgen (25.8 nanocoulombs per kilogram) per hour through at least fifty
				  milliroentgens (12.9 microcoulombs per kilogram) per hour. Survey instruments
				  acquired before the effective date of this chapter and capable of measuring 0.1
				  milliroentgen (25.8 nanocoulombs per kilogram) per hour through at least twenty
				  milliroentgens (5.16 microcoulombs per kilogram) per hour also satisfies this
				  requirement five years after the effective date of this chapter.
(b) Each radiation survey instrument shall be
				  calibrated:
(1) At intervals not to exceed
				  six months and after each instrument servicing;
(2) For linear scale instruments, at two
				  points located approximately one-third and two-thirds of full-scale on each
				  scale; for logarithmic scale instruments, at midrange of each decade, and at
				  two points of at least one decade; and for digital instruments, at appropriate
				  points; and
(3) So that accuracy
				  within twenty percent of the true radiation level can be demonstrated on each
				  scale.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-214 - Leak testing of sealed sources

Current through June, 2024
(a) Each licensee
				  using sealed sources of radioactive material shall have the sources tested for
				  leakage. Records of leak test results shall be kept in units of microcuries or
				  becquerels and maintained for inspection by the department for three
				  years.
(b) Tests for leakage shall
				  be performed only by persons specifically authorized to perform such tests by
				  the department. The test sample shall be taken from the surface of the source,
				  source holder, or from the surface of the device in which the source is stored
				  or mounted and on which one might expect contamination to accumulate. The test
				  sample shall be analyzed for radioactive contamination, and the analysis shall
				  be capable of detecting the presence of 0.005 microcurie (one hundred
				  eighty-five becquerels) of radioactive material on the test sample.
(c) Each sealed source of radioactive
				  material shall be tested at intervals not to exceed six months. In the absence
				  of a certificate from a transferor indicating that a test has been made before
				  the transfer, the sealed source shall not be put into use until tested. If, for
				  any reason, it is suspected that a sealed source may be leaking, it shall be
				  removed from service immediately and tested for leakage as soon as
				  practical.
(d) If the test reveals
				  the presence of 0.005 microcurie (one hundred eighty-five becquerels) or more
				  of leakage or contamination, the licensee shall immediately withdraw the source
				  from use and shall cause it to be decontaminated, repaired, or disposed of in
				  accordance with this chapter. A report describing the equipment involved, the
				  test results, and the corrective action taken shall be filed with the
				  department within five days of receiving the test results.
(e) The following sources are exempt from the
				  periodic leak test requirements of subsections (a) through (d):
(1) Sources of radioactive material with a
				  half-life of thirty days or less;
(2) Sealed sources of radioactive material in
				  gaseous form;
(3) Sources of beta-
				  or gamma-emitting radioactive material with an activity of one hundred
				  microcuries (3.7 megabecquerels) or less; and
(4) Sources of alpha-emitting radioactive
				  material with an activity of ten microcuries (0.370 megabecquerels) or
				  less.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-215 - Quarterly inventory

Current through June, 2024
Each licensee shall conduct a quarterly physical inventory
					 to account for all sources of radiation. Records of inventories shall be
					 maintained for inspection by the department for three years and shall include
					 the quantities and kinds of sources of radiation, the location where sources of
					 radiation are assigned, the date of the inventory, and the name of the
					 individual conducting the inventory.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-216 - Utilization records

Current through June, 2024
Each licensee shall maintain current records, which shall
					 be kept available for inspection by the department for three years, showing the
					 following information for each source of radiation:
(1) Make, model number, and a serial number,
				  or a description of each source of radiation used;
(2) The identity of the well-logging
				  supervisor or field unit to whom assigned;
(3) Locations where used and dates of use;
				  and
(4) In the case of tracer
				  materials and radioactive markers, the utilization record shall indicate the
				  radionuclide and activity used in a particular well.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-217 - Design, performance, and certification criteria for sealed sources used in downhole operations

Current through June, 2024
(a) Each sealed
				  source, except those containing radioactive material in gaseous form, used in
				  downhole operations and manufactured one year after the effective date of this
				  chapter shall be certified by the manufacturer, or other testing organization
				  acceptable to the department, to meet the following minimum criteria:
(1) Be of doubly encapsulated
				  construction;
(2) Contain
				  radioactive material whose chemical and physical forms are as insoluble and
				  non-dispersible as practical; and
(3) Has been individually pressure tested to
				  at least 24,656 pounds per square inch absolute (one hundred seventy
				  MN/m2) without failure.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-218 - Labeling

Current through June, 2024
(a) Each source, source holder, or logging
				  tool containing radioactive material shall bear a durable, legible, and clearly
				  visible marking or label, which has, as a minimum, the standard radiation
				  caution symbol, without the conventional color requirement, and the following
				  wording:
DANGER (OR CAUTION)
RADIOACTIVE
This labeling shall be on the smallest component
					 transported as a separate piece of equipment.
(b) Each transport container shall have
				  permanently attached to it a durable, legible, and clearly visible label which
				  has, as a minimum, the standard radiation caution symbol and the following
				  wording:
DANGER (OR CAUTION)
RADIOACTIVE
NOTIFY CIVIL AUTHORITIES [OR NAME OF COMPANY]
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-219 - Inspection and maintenance

Current through June, 2024
(a) Each licensee
				  shall conduct, at intervals not to exceed six months, a program of inspection
				  and maintenance of source holders, logging tools, source handling tools,
				  storage containers, transport containers, and injection tools to assure proper
				  labeling and physical condition. Records of inspection and maintenance shall be
				  maintained for inspection by the department for three years.
(b) If any inspection conducted pursuant to
				  subsection (a) reveals damage to labeling or components critical to radiation
				  safety, the device shall be removed from service until repairs have been
				  made.
(c) If a sealed source is
				  stuck in the source holder, the licensee shall not perform any operation, such
				  as drilling, cutting, or chiseling, on the source holder unless the licensee is
				  specifically approved by the department.
(d) The repair, opening, or modification of
				  any sealed source shall be performed only by persons specifically authorized to
				  do so by the department.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-221 - Training requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) No licensee
				  shall permit any individual to act as a logging supervisor as defined in this
				  chapter until such individual has:
(1)
				  Received, in a course recognized by the department, instruction in the subjects
				  outlined in Appendix A of this subchapter and demonstrated an understanding
				  thereof;
(2) Read and received
				  instruction in the requirements contained in this subchapter and the applicable
				  requirements of this chapter, license conditions, and the licensee's operating
				  and emergency procedures, and demonstrated an understanding thereof;
				  and
(3) Demonstrated competence to
				  use sources of radiation, related handling tools, and radiation survey
				  instruments which shall be used on the job.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-222 - Operating and emergency procedures

Current through June, 2024
The licensee's operating and emergency procedures shall
					 include instructions in at least the following:
(1) Handling and use of sources of radiation
				  to be employed so that no individual is likely to be exposed to radiation doses
				  in excess of the standards established in subchapter 4;
(2) Methods and occasions for conducting
				  radiation surveys;
(3) Methods and
				  occasions for locking and securing sources of radiation;
(4) Personnel monitoring and the use of
				  personnel monitoring equipment;
(5)
				  Transportation to temporary jobsites and field stations, including the
				  packaging and placing of sources of radiation in vehicles, placarding of
				  vehicles, and securing sources of radiation during transportation;
(6) Minimizing exposure of individuals in the
				  event of an accident;
(7) Procedure
				  for notifying proper personnel in the event of an accident;
(8) Maintenance of records;
(9) Use, inspection and maintenance of source
				  holders, logging tools, source handling tools, storage containers, transport
				  containers, and injection tools;
(10) Procedure to be followed in the event a
				  sealed source is lodged downhole;
(11) Procedures to be used for picking up,
				  receiving, and opening packages containing radioactive material;
(12) For the use of tracers, decontamination
				  of the environment, equipment, and personnel;
(13) Maintenance of records generated by
				  logging personnel at temporary jobsites;
(14) Notifying proper persons in the event of
				  an accident; and
(15) Actions to be
				  taken if a sealed source is ruptured, including actions to prevent the spread
				  of contamination and minimize inhalation and ingestion of radioactive material
				  and actions to obtain suitable radiation survey instruments as required by
				  section 11-45-213.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-223 - Personnel monitoring

Current through June, 2024
(a) No licensee
				  shall permit any individual to act as a logging supervisor or to assist in the
				  handling of sources of radiation unless each such individual wears either a
				  film badge or a thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD). Each film badge or TLD shall
				  be assigned to and worn by only one individual. Film badges shall be replaced
				  at least monthly and TLDs replaced at least quarterly. After replacement, each
				  film badge or TLD shall be promptly processed.
(b) Personnel monitoring records shall be
				  maintained for inspection by the department for three years.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-224 - Security

Current through June, 2024
During each logging or tracer application, the logging
					 supervisor or other designated employee shall maintain direct surveillance of
					 the operation to protect against unauthorized or unnecessary entry into a
					 restricted area, as defined in this chapter.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-225 - Handling tools

Current through June, 2024
The licensee shall provide and require the use of tools
					 that shall assure remote handling of sealed sources other than low-activity
					 calibration sources.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-226 - Subsurface tracer studies

Current through June, 2024
(a) Protective
				  gloves and other appropriate protective clothing and equipment shall be used by
				  all personnel handling radioactive tracer material. Precautions shall be taken
				  to avoid ingestion or inhalation of radioactive material.
(b) No licensee shall cause the injection of
				  radioactive material into potable aquifers.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-227 - Particle accelerators

Current through June, 2024
No licensee shall permit above-ground testing of particle
					 accelerators, designed for use in well-logging, which results in the production
					 of radiation, except in areas or facilities so controlled or shielded that the
					 requirements of subchapter 4, as applicable, are met.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-228 - Radiation surveys

Current through June, 2024
(a) Radiation
				  surveys or calculations shall be made and recorded for each area where
				  radioactive materials are used and stored.
(b) Radiation surveys shall be made and
				  recorded for the radiation levels in occupied positions and on the exterior of
				  each vehicle used to transport radioactive material. Such surveys shall include
				  each source of radiation or combination of sources to be transported in the
				  vehicle.
(c) If the sealed source
				  assembly is removed from the logging tool before departing the jobsite, the
				  logging tool detector shall be energized, or a survey meter used, to assure
				  that the logging tool is free of contamination.
(d) Radiation surveys shall be made and
				  recorded at the jobsite or well-head for each tracer operation. These surveys
				  shall include measurements of radiation levels before and after the
				  operation.
(e) Records required
				  pursuant to subsections (a) through (d) shall include the dates, the
				  identification of individual(s) making the survey, the identification of survey
				  instrument(s) used, and an exact description of the location of the survey.
				  Records of these surveys shall be maintained for inspection by the department
				  for three years.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-229 - Documents and records required at field stations

Current through June, 2024
Each licensee shall maintain, for inspection by the
					 department, the following documents and records for the specific devices and
					 sources used at the field station:
(1)
				  License;
(2) Operating and
				  emergency procedures;
(3) Chapter
				  11-45;
(4) Records of the latest
				  survey instrument calibrations pursuant to section 11-45-213;
(5) Records of the latest leak test results
				  pursuant to section 11-45-214;
(6)
				  Records of quarterly inventories required pursuant to section
				  11-45-215;
(7) Utilization records
				  required pursuant to section 11-45-216;
(8) Records of inspection and maintenance
				  required pursuant to section 11-45-219;
(9) Survey records required pursuant to
				  section 11-45-228; and
(10)
				  Training records required pursuant to section 11-45-221.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-230 - Documents and records required at temporary jobsites

Current through June, 2024
Each licensee conducting operations at a temporary jobsite
					 shall have the following documents and records available at that site for
					 inspection by the department:
(1)
				  Operating and emergency procedures;
(2) Survey records required pursuant to
				  section 11-45-228 for the period of operation at the site;
(3) Evidence of current calibration for the
				  radiation survey instruments in use at the site;
(4) Copy of license; and
(5) Shipping papers for the transportation of
				  radioactive material.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Section 11-45-231 - Notification of incidents, abandonment, and lost sources

Current through June, 2024
(a)
				  Notification of incidents and sources lost in other than downhole logging
				  operations shall be made in accordance with appropriate provisions of
				  subchapter 4.
(b) Whenever a sealed
				  source or device containing radioactive material is lodged downhole, the
				  licensee shall:
(1) Monitor at the surface
				  for the presence of radioactive contamination with a radiation survey
				  instrument or logging tool during logging tool recovery operations;
				  and
(2) Notify the department
				  immediately by telephone and subsequently, within thirty days, by confirmatory
				  letter if the licensee knows or has reason to believe that a sealed source has
				  been ruptured. This letter shall identify the well or other location, describe
				  the magnitude and extent of the escape of radioactive material, assess the
				  consequences of the rupture, and explain efforts planned or being taken to
				  mitigate these consequences.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 13 - WIRELINE SERVICE OPERATIONS AND SUBSURFACE TRACER STUDIES › Appendix A of Subchapter 13 - Subjects To be Included in Training Courses for Logging Supervisors (2/2/93)

Current through June, 2024
I.
				  Fundamentals of Radiation Safety
A.
				  Characteristics of radiation
B.
				  Units of radiation dose and quantity of radioactivity
C. Significance of radiation dose
1. Radiation protection standards
2. Biological effects of radiation dose
D. Levels of radiation
				  from sources of radiation
E.
				  Methods of minimizing radiation dose
1.
				  Working time
2. Working
				  distances
3. Shielding
F. Radiation safety
				  practices including prevention of contamination and methods of
				  decontamination
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 14 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES › Section 11-45-232 - Purpose and scope

Current through June, 2024
This subchapter establishes requirements for the use of
					 therapeutic radiation machines. The requirements of this subchapter are in
					 addition to, and not in substitution for, other applicable requirements of this
					 chapter.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 14 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES › Section 11-45-233 - General administrative requirements for facilities using therapeutic radiation machines

Current through June, 2024
(a) The licensee
				  shall be responsible for directing the operation of the therapeutic radiation
				  machine. The licensee or the licensee's agent shall ensure that the
				  requirements of this subchapter are met in the operation of the therapeutic
				  radiation machine(s).
(b) A
				  therapeutic radiation machine which does not meet the provisions of this
				  subchapter shall not be used for irradiation of patients.
(c) The licensee for any therapeutic
				  radiation machine subject to section 11-45-236 or section 11-45-238 shall
				  require the authorized user to be a physician who:
(1) Is certified in:
(A) Radiology or therapeutic radiology by the
				  American Board of Radiology; or
(B)
				  Radiation oncology by the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology; or
(C) Radiology, with specialization in
				  radiotherapy, as a British "Fellow of the Faculty of Radiology" or "Fellow of
				  the Royal College of Radiology"; or
(D) Therapeutic radiology by the Canadian
				  Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons; or
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 14 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES › Section 11-45-234 - General technical requirements for facilities using therapeutic radiation machines

Current through June, 2024
(a) Protection
				  surveys.
(1) The licensee shall ensure that
				  radiation protection surveys of all new facilities, and existing facilities not
				  previously surveyed are performed with an operable radiation measurement survey
				  instrument calibrated in accordance with this subchapter. The radiation
				  protection survey shall be performed by, or under the direction of, a qualified
				  medical physicist and shall verify that, with the therapeutic radiation machine
				  in a "BEAM-ON" condition, with the largest clinically available treatment field
				  and with a scattering phantom in the useful beam of radiation:
(A) Radiation levels in restricted areas are
				  not likely to cause personnel exposures in excess of the limits specified in
				  subchapter 4; and
(B) Radiation
				  levels in unrestricted areas do not exceed the limits specified in subchapter
				  4.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 14 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES › Section 11-45-235 - Quality management program

Current through June, 2024
(a) Each applicant
				  or licensee subject to section 11-45-236 or section 11-45-238 shall establish
				  and maintain a written quality management program to provide high confidence
				  that radiation shall be administered as directed by the authorized user. The
				  quality management program shall include written policies and procedures to
				  meet the following specific objectives:
(1)
				  Before administration, a written directive is prepared for any external beam
				  radiation therapy dose;
(A) Notwithstanding
				  this paragraph, a written revision to an existing written directive may be made
				  provided that the revision is dated and signed by an authorized user before the
				  administration of the external beam radiation therapy dose or the next external
				  beam radiation therapy fractional dose;
(B) Notwithstanding this paragraph, if,
				  because of the patient's condition, a delay in order to provide a written
				  revision to an existing written directive would jeopardize the patient's
				  health, an oral revision to an existing written directive shall be acceptable,
				  provided that the oral revision is documented immediately in the patient's
				  record and a revised written directive is signed by an authorized user within
				  forty-eight hours of the oral revision;
(C) Notwithstanding this paragraph, if,
				  because of the emergent nature of the patient's condition, a delay in order to
				  provide a written directive would jeopardize the patient's health, an oral
				  directive shall be acceptable, provided that the information contained in the
				  oral directive is documented immediately in the patient's record and a written
				  directive is prepared and signed by an authorized user within twenty-four hours
				  of the oral directive.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 14 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES › Section 11-45-236 - Therapeutic radiation machines of less than five hundred kilovolts

Current through June, 2024
(a) When the x-ray tube is operated at its
				  maximum rated tube current for the maximum kilovolts, the leakage air kerma
				  rate shall not exceed the value specified at the distance specified for that
				  classification of therapeutic radiation machine:
(1) Five to fifty kilovolt systems: The
				  leakage air kerma rate measured at any position five centimeters from the tube
				  housing assembly shall not exceed one hundred miilirad (one milligray) in any
				  one hour.
(2) Greater than fifty
				  and less than five hundred kilovolt systems: The leakage air kerma rate
				  measured at a distance of one meter from the source in any direction shall not
				  exceed one rad (one centigray) in any one hour. This air kerma rate measurement
				  may be averaged over areas no larger than one hundred square centimeters. In
				  addition, the air kerma rate at a distance of five centimeters from the surface
				  of the tube housing assembly shall not exceed thirty rad (thirty centigray) per
				  hour.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 14 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES › Section 11-45-238 - Therapeutic radiation machines - photon therapy systems (five hundred kilovolts and above) and electron therapy systems (five hundred kilo electron volts and above)

Current through June, 2024
(a) Each facility
				  location authorized to use a therapeutic radiation machine in accordance with
				  this section shall possess appropriately calibrated portable monitoring
				  equipment. As a minimum, such equipment shall include a portable radiation
				  measurement survey instrument capable of measuring dose rates over the range
				  one millirem (ten microsieverts) per hour to one thousand millirems (ten
				  millisieverts) per hour. The survey instrument(s) shall be operable and
				  calibrated in accordance with section 11-45-240.
(b) Leakage radiation outside the maximum
				  useful beam in photon and electron modes:
(1)
				  The absorbed dose rate due to leakage radiation (excluding neutrons) at any
				  point outside the maximum sized useful beam, but within a circular plane of
				  radius two meters which is perpendicular to and centered on the central axis of
				  the useful beam at the nominal treatment distance (i.e. patient plane), shall
				  not exceed a maximum of 0.2 percent and an average of 0.1 percent of the
				  absorbed dose rate on the central axis of the beam at the nominal treatment
				  distance. Measurements shall be averaged over an area not exceeding one hundred
				  square centimeters at a minimum of sixteen points uniformly distributed in the
				  plane;
(2) Except for the area
				  defined in paragraph (1), the absorbed dose rate in water (excluding that from
				  neutrons) at one meter from the electron path between the source and the target
				  or electron window shall not exceed 0.5 percent of the absorbed dose rate in
				  water on the central axis of the beam at the nominal treatment distance.
				  Measurements shall be averaged over an area not exceeding one hundred square
				  centimeters at a minimum of sixteen points uniformly distributed in the
				  plane;
(3) The neutron absorbed
				  dose rate outside the useful beam shall be kept as low as practicable.
				  Measurements of the portion of the leakage radiation dose contributed by
				  neutrons shall be averaged over an area not exceeding eight hundred square
				  centimeters; and
(4) For each
				  therapeutic radiation machine, the licensee shall determine, or obtain from the
				  manufacturer, the leakage radiation existing at the positions specified in
				  paragraphs (1) through (3) for the specified operating conditions. Records on
				  leakage radiation measurements shall be maintained at the installation for
				  inspection.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 14 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES › Section 11-45-240 - Calibration and check of survey instruments

Current through June, 2024
(a) The
				  licensee shall ensure that the survey instruments used to show compliance with
				  this subchapter have been calibrated before first use, at intervals not to
				  exceed twelve months, and following repair.
(b) To satisfy the requirements of subsection
				  (a), the licensee shall:
(1) Calibrate all
				  required scale readings up to one thousand millirems (ten millisieverts) per
				  hour with an appropriate radiation source;
(2) Calibrate at least two points on each
				  scale to be calibrated. These points should be at approximately one-third and
				  two-thirds of scale rating.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 45 - RADIATION CONTROL › Subchapter 14 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES › Section 11-45-241 - Shielding and safety design requirements

Current through June, 2024
(a) Each
				  therapeutic radiation machine subject to sections 11-45-236 and 11-45-238 shall
				  be provided with such primary and/or secondary barriers as are necessary to
				  ensure compliance with subchapter 4.
(b) Facility design information for all new
				  installations of a therapeutic radiation machine or installations of a
				  therapeutic radiation machine of higher energy into a room not previously
				  approved for that energy shall be submitted for department approval before
				  actual installation of the therapeutic radiation machine. The minimum facility
				  design information that shall be submitted is contained in Appendix A to
				  subchapter 14.
(c) The exhibit at
				  the end of chapter 45 entitled "Appendix A of Subchapter 14, Information on
				  Radiation Shielding Required for Plan Reviews (2/2/93)", is made a part of this
				  section.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 46 - COMMUNITY NOISE CONTROL › Section 11-46-1 - Purpose

Current through June, 2024
It is the purpose of this chapter to define the maximum
				  permissible sound levels, and to provide for the prevention, control, and
				  abatement of noise pollution in the State from the following excessive noise
				  sources: stationary noise sources; and equipment related to agricultural,
				  construction, and industrial activities. It is also the purpose of this chapter
				  to establish noise quality-standards to protect public health and welfare, and
				  to prevent the significant degradation of the environment and quality of
				  life.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 46 - COMMUNITY NOISE CONTROL › Section 11-46-3 - Classification of zoning districts

Current through June, 2024
This section shall describe the zoning districts as
				  specified in Table 1, maximum permissible sound levels in dBA, found in section
				  11-46-4, and as provided in
				  section 11-46-4:
(1) Class A zoning districts include all
				areas equivalent to lands zoned residential, conservation, preservation, public
				space, open space, or similar type.
(2) Class B zoning districts include all
				areas equivalent to lands zoned for multi-family-dwellings, apartment,
				business, commercial, hotel, resort, or similar type.
(3) Class C zoning districts include all
				areas equivalent to lands zoned agriculture, country, industrial, or similar
				type.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 46 - COMMUNITY NOISE CONTROL › Section 11-46-4 - Maximum permissible sound levels in dBA

Current through June, 2024
(a) The maximum
				permissible sound levels specified in Table 1, as provided in this subsection
				and in section 11-46-3, shall apply to the following excessive noise sources:
				stationary noise sources; and equipment related to agricultural, construction,
				and industrial activities.
Table 1. Maximum permissible sounds levels in dBA.
Zoning Districts
Daytime (7 a.m. to 10 p.m.)
Nighttime (10 p.m. to 7 a.m.)
Class A
55
45
Class B
60
50
Class C
70
70
(b)
				The maximum permissible sound levels in Table 1, as provided in subsection (a),
				shall apply to any excessive noise source emanating within the specified zoning
				district, and at any point at or beyond (past) the property line of the
				premises in a manner deemed appropriate by the director.
(c) Noise levels shall not exceed the maximum
				permissible sound levels for more than ten per cent of the time within any
				twenty minute period, except by permit or variance" issued under sections
				11-46-7 and 11-46-8.
(d) For mixed
				zoning districts, the primary land use designation shall be used to determine
				the applicable zoning district class and the maximum permissible sound
				level.
(e) The maximum permissible
				sound level for impulsive noise shall be ten dBA above the maximum permissible
				sound levels specified in Table 1 of subsection (a). "Fast" meter response
				shall be used to measure these types of noise.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 46 - COMMUNITY NOISE CONTROL › Section 11-46-5 - Exemptions

Current through June, 2024
This chapter shall not apply to the following:
(1) Any authorized emergency vehicle or
				vehicles responding to an emergency call or acting in an emergency;
(2) The sounding of any emergency signaling
				device, including but not limited to civil defense warning systems, burglar and
				fire alarms, sirens, whistles, or similar signaling devices;
(3) Activities related to the emergency
				maintenance and repair of state and county highways, parks, and public
				utilities including but not limited to water, sewer, electric, gas, and
				telephone systems, provided the noise is confined to only the equipment in
				use;
(4) Operation of emergency
				generators, when installed and used as required and necessary for the
				protection of public health and safety, provided the best available control
				technology is implemented;
(5)
				Backup alarm devices on any vehicle, where such device is required by federal
				or state occupational safety and health regulations;
(6) Construction and remedial activities
				related to the emergency repair of damages caused by natural disasters,
				including but not limited to tsunamis and hurricanes; and
(7) Any school activity which is approved by
				school authorities; provided that this exemption shall limit these activities
				to the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 46 - COMMUNITY NOISE CONTROL › Section 11-46-6 - Noise prohibited

Current through June, 2024
(a) General
				prohibition. Without a permit or variance issued pursuant to section 11-46-7 or
				11-46-8, no person within the State shall operate, from any premises or land
				owned, rented, leased, occupied, or controlled by that person, any excessive
				noise source.
(b) Specific
				prohibitions.
(1) Mufflers.
(A) No person shall operate nor shall its
				owner permit the operation of an on-site vehicle, construction equipment, or
				device, with a motor or exhaust system or both, without a muffler. This
				subparagraph shall not apply to pile hammers and pneumatic hand tools weighing
				less than fifteen pounds; and
(B)
				No person shall operate nor shall its owner permit the operation of an on-site
				vehicle, construction equipment, tool, or device, on any premises or a
				construction site, with a motor or exhaust system or both, which has been
				altered, modified, or repaired; provided this subparagraph shall not apply if
				the operator or owner can show that the altered, modified, or repaired
				component is equally or more effective than the original component in reducing
				noise.
Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Subtitle 1 - GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL PROVISIONS › Chapter 46 - COMMUNITY NOISE CONTROL › Section 11-46-7 - Permits

Current through June, 2024
(a) Applicability. In accordance with section
				342F-4,
				HRS, the director may grant, renew, modify, suspend, revoke, or deny permits to
				operate any excessive noise source which emits or may emit noise levels in
				excess of the maximum permissible sound levels specified in Table 1, Maximum
				permissible sound levels in dBA, of section 11-46-4(a), which is in the public
				interest, and which may be subject to such reasonable conditions as the
				director may prescribe.
(b) The
				following factors in granting an application for permit or an application by a
				permit holder for the modification or renewal of a permit, may be considered by
				the director:
(1) The best available control
				technology is provided to control noise levels from the excessive noise
				source;
(2) The proposed noise
				emitting activity is in the public interest, as defined by subsection
				(c);
(3) The services or activities
				for which the permit is sought are temporary and cannot be delayed, postponed,
				or rescheduled to a time period in which such services are permitted;
(4) The applicant requires additional time to
				alter or modify the applicant's activity or operation to comply with this
				chapter;
(5) The applicant has
				disclosed any possible impact from noises created by any proposed nighttime
				activity which may affect the immediate surrounding; and
(6) The applicant plans to notify the people
				in the surrounding area of planned nighttime activity.