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Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 3 - Licensing of Byproduct Material › Subchapter D - Specific Licenses › Section XV-325 - General Requirements for the Issuance of Specific Licenses

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A. Upon a
				  determination that an application meets the requirements of these regulations,
				  the department shall issue a specific license authorizing the possession and
				  use of byproduct material. A license application will be approved if the
				  department determines that:
1. the applicant
				  is qualified by training and experience to use the material in question for the
				  purpose requested in accordance with these regulations in such a manner as to
				  protect health and minimize danger to life or property;
2. the applicant's proposed equipment,
				  facilities, and procedures are adequate to protect health and minimize danger
				  to life or property;
3. the
				  application is for a purpose authorized by these regulations;
4. the applicant satisfies any applicable
				  special requirements contained in LAC 33:XV.326, 327, 328, Chapters 5, 7, 13,
				  17, or 20; and
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 3 - Licensing of Byproduct Material › Subchapter D - Specific Licenses › Section XV-327 - Special Requirements for Specific Licenses of Broad Scope

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A.
				  Reserved.
B. An application for a
				  specific license of broad scope will be approved if the following conditions
				  are met.
1. The applicant satisfies the
				  general requirements specified in LAC 33:XV.325.
2. The applicant has engaged in a reasonable
				  number of activities involving the use of radioactive material.
3. The applicant has established
				  administrative controls and provisions relating to organization and management,
				  procedures, recordkeeping, material control, and accounting and management
				  review that are necessary to assure safe operations, including:
a. the appointment of a radiation safety
				  officer who is qualified by training and experience in radiation protection,
				  and who is available for advice and assistance on radiation safety
				  matters;
b. the establishment of a
				  radiation safety committee composed of such persons as a radiation safety
				  officer, a representative of management, and persons trained and experienced in
				  the safe use of radioactive material; and
c. the establishment of appropriate
				  administrative procedures to assure:
i.
				  control of procurement and use of radioactive material;
ii. completion of safety evaluations of
				  proposed uses of radioactive material that take into consideration such matters
				  as the adequacy of facilities and equipment, training and experience of the
				  user, and the operating or handling procedures; and
iii. review, approval, and recording by the
				  radiation safety committee of safety evaluations of proposed uses prepared in
				  accordance with LAC 33:XV.327.B.3.c.ii prior to use of the radioactive
				  material.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 3 - Licensing of Byproduct Material › Subchapter D - Specific Licenses › Section XV-328 - Special Requirements for Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair, or Distribute Commodities, Products, or Devices that Contain Byproduct Material

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A. Licensing
				  the Introduction of Byproduct Material into Products in Exempt Concentrations.
				  No person may introduce byproduct material into a product or material knowing
				  or having reason to believe that it will be transferred to persons exempt under
				  LAC 33:XV.304.A. 1 or equivalent regulations of an agreement state, except in
				  accordance with a license issued pursuant to
				  10
				  CFR 32.11.
B. Licensing the Distribution of Radioactive
				  Material in Exempt Quantities
1. Authority to
				  transfer possession or control by the manufacturer, processor, or producer of
				  any equipment, device, commodity, or other product containing byproduct
				  material whose subsequent possession, use, transfer, and disposal by all other
				  persons are exempted from regulatory requirements may be obtained only from the
				  U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555.
a. An application for a specific license to
				  distribute naturally occurring or accelerator-produced radioactive material
				  (NARM) to persons exempted from these regulations pursuant to LAC 33:XV.304.B
				  will be approved if:
i. the radioactive
				  material is not contained in any food, beverage, cosmetic, drug, or other
				  commodity designed for ingestion or inhalation by, or application to, a human
				  being;
ii. the radioactive material
				  is in the form of processed chemical elements, compounds or mixtures, tissue
				  samples, bioassay samples, counting standards, plated or encapsulated sources,
				  or similar substances identified as radioactive and to be used for their
				  radioactive properties but not incorporated into any manufactured or assembled
				  commodity, product, or device intended for commercial distribution;
				  and
iii. the applicant submits
				  copies of prototype labels and brochures, and the Office of Environmental
				  Compliance approves such labels and brochures.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 3 - Licensing of Byproduct Material › Subchapter D - Specific Licenses › Section XV-330 - Issuance of Specific Licenses

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A.
				  Upon a determination that an application meets the requirements of the act and
				  these regulations, the administrative authority will issue a specific license
				  authorizing the proposed activity in such form and containing such conditions
				  and limitations as he or she deems appropriate or necessary.
B. The administrative authority may
				  incorporate in any license at the time of issuance, or thereafter by
				  appropriate rule, regulation, or order, such additional requirements and
				  conditions with respect to the licensee's receipt, possession, use, and
				  transfer of radioactive material subject to this Chapter as he or she deems
				  appropriate or necessary in order to:
1.
				  minimize danger to public welfare and safety or property; and
2. prevent loss or theft of radioactive
				  material subject to this Chapter.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 3 - Licensing of Byproduct Material › Subchapter D - Specific Licenses › Section XV-331 - Specific Terms and Conditions of Licenses

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A. Each license issued pursuant to this
				  Chapter shall be subject to all the provisions of the act, now or hereafter in
				  effect, and to all rules, regulations, and orders of the administrative
				  authority.
B. No license issued or
				  granted in accordance with these regulations and no right to possess or utilize
				  radioactive material granted by any license issued pursuant to this Chapter
				  shall be transferred, assigned, or in any manner disposed of, either
				  voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly, through transfer of
				  control of any license to any person unless the department shall, after
				  securing full information, find that the transfer is in accordance with the
				  provisions of the act and shall give its consent in writing.
1. An application for transfer of license
				  shall include the identity, technical and financial qualifications of the
				  proposed transferee, and financial assurance for decommissioning information
				  required by this Chapter.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 3 - Licensing of Byproduct Material › Subchapter D - Specific Licenses › Section XV-332 - Expiration and Termination of Licenses and Decommissioning of Sites and Separate Buildings or Outdoor Areas

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A. Except
				  as provided in LAC 33:XV.333.B, each specific license shall expire at the end
				  of the specified day in the month and year stated therein.
B. Each licensee shall notify the Office of
				  Environmental Compliance immediately, in writing, and request termination of
				  the license when the licensee decides to terminate all activities involving
				  radioactive material authorized under the license. This notification and
				  request for termination of the license must include the reports and information
				  specified in Subparagraph D.1.e of this Section.
C. No less than 30 calendar days before the
				  expiration date specified in the license, the licensee shall either:
1. submit an application for license renewal
				  under LAC 33:XV.333; or
2. notify
				  the Office of Environmental Compliance, in writing, if the licensee decides not
				  to renew the license.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 3 - Licensing of Byproduct Material › Subchapter D - Specific Licenses › Section XV-333 - Renewal of Licenses

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A. Applications
				  for renewal of specific licenses shall be filed in accordance with LAC
				  33:XV.324.
B. In any case in which
				  a licensee, not less than 30 calendar days prior to expiration of his or her
				  existing license, has filed an application in proper form for renewal or for a
				  new license authorizing the same activities, such existing license shall not
				  expire until the application has been finally determined by the
				  department.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:2001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 3 - Licensing of Byproduct Material › Subchapter D - Specific Licenses › Section XV-334 - Amendment of Licenses at Request of Licensee

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A. Applications for amendment of a license
				  shall be filed in accordance with LAC 33:XV.324 and shall specify the respects
				  in which the licensee desires his or her license to be amended and the grounds
				  for such amendment.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:2001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 3 - Licensing of Byproduct Material › Subchapter D - Specific Licenses › Section XV-335 - Department Action on Applications to Renew or Amend

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A. In considering an application by a
				  licensee to renew or amend his or her license, the department will apply the
				  criteria set forth in LAC 33:XV.325, 326, 327, and 328 and in Chapters 5, 7,
				  13, and 20 of these regulations as applicable.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:2001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 3 - Licensing of Byproduct Material › Subchapter D - Specific Licenses › Section XV-340 - Transfer of Source or Byproduct Material

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A. No licensee shall transfer source or
				  byproduct material except as authorized pursuant to this Section.
B. Except as otherwise provided in the
				  license and subject to the provisions of LAC 33:XV.340.C and D, any licensee
				  may transfer source or byproduct material:
1.
				  to the department (a licensee may transfer source or byproduct material to the
				  department only after receiving prior approval from the department);
2. to the agency in any agreement state which
				  regulates radioactive material according to an agreement under section 274 of
				  the Atomic Energy Act;
3. to any
				  person exempt from the regulations in this Chapter to the extent permitted
				  under such exemption;
4. to any
				  person authorized to receive such material under terms of a general license or
				  its equivalent, or a specific license or equivalent licensing document issued
				  by the administrative authority, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, any
				  other agreement state, or any licensing state, or to any person otherwise
				  authorized to receive such material by the federal government or any agency
				  thereof, the administrative authority, any other agreement state, or any
				  licensing state;
5. to any person
				  in an agreement state, subject to the jurisdiction of that state, who has been
				  exempted from the licensing requirements and regulations of that state, to the
				  extent permitted under such exemption; or
6. as otherwise authorized by the department
				  in writing.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 3 - Licensing of Byproduct Material › Subchapter D - Specific Licenses › Section XV-341 - Reporting Requirements for General and Specific Licenses

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A. Immediate Report. Each licensee shall
				  notify the Office of Environmental Compliance by telephone at (225) 765-0160 in
				  the manner provided in LAC 33:I.3923 as soon as possible but not later than
				  four hours after the discovery of an event that prevents immediate protective
				  actions necessary to avoid exposures to radiation or radioactive materials that
				  could exceed regulatory limits or releases of licensed material that could
				  exceed regulatory limits (events may include fires, explosions, toxic gas
				  releases, etc.).
B. Twenty-Four
				  Hour Report. Each licensee shall notify the Office of Environmental Compliance
				  by telephone at (225) 765-0160 in the manner provided in LAC 33:I.3923 within
				  24 hours after the discovery of any of the following events involving licensed
				  material:
1. an unplanned contamination event
				  that:
a. requires access to the contaminated
				  area, by workers or the public, to be restricted for more than 24 hours by
				  imposing additional radiological controls or by prohibiting entry into the
				  area;
b. involves a quantity of
				  material greater than five times the lowest annual limit on intake specified in
				  LAC 33:XV.499.Appendix B, for the material; and
c. requires access to the area to be
				  restricted for a reason other than to allow isotopes with a half-life of less
				  than 24 hours to decay prior to decontamination;
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 3 - Licensing of Byproduct Material › Subchapter D - Specific Licenses › Section XV-342 - Records

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A. Each person who
				  receives source or byproduct material in accordance with a license issued in
				  accordance with these regulations shall keep records showing the receipt,
				  transfer, and disposal of this source or byproduct material as follows.
1. The licensee shall retain each record of
				  receipt of source or byproduct material as long as the material is possessed
				  and for three years following transfer or disposition of the source or
				  byproduct material.
2. The licensee
				  who transferred the material shall retain each record of transfer of source or
				  byproduct material until the department terminates each license that authorizes
				  the activity that is subject to the recordkeeping requirement.
3. The licensee shall retain each record of
				  disposal of source or byproduct material until the department terminates each
				  license that authorizes the activity that is subject to the recordkeeping
				  requirement.
4. If source or
				  byproduct material is combined or mixed with other licensed material and
				  subsequently treated in a manner that makes direct correlation of a receipt
				  record with a transfer, export, or disposition record impossible, the licensee
				  may use evaluative techniques (e.g., first-in, first-out), to make the records
				  that are required by this Chapter account for 100 percent of the material
				  received.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 3 - Licensing of Byproduct Material › Subchapter D - Specific Licenses › Section XV-350 - Modification and Revocation of Licenses

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A. The terms and conditions of all licenses
				  shall be subject to amendment, revision, or modification, or the license may be
				  suspended or revoked by reason of amendments to the act or by reason of rules,
				  regulations, and orders issued by the administrative authority.
B. Any license may be revoked, suspended, or
				  modified, in whole or in part, for any material false statement in the
				  application or any statement of fact required under provisions of the act or
				  because of conditions revealed by such application or statement of fact or any
				  report, record, or inspection or other means that would warrant the
				  administrative authority to refuse to grant a license on an original
				  application, or for violation of, or failure to observe, any of the terms and
				  conditions of the act, or of the license, or of any rule, regulation, or order
				  of the administrative authority. Whether a false statement is material shall be
				  determined by the administrative authority.
C. Except in cases of willfulness or those in
				  which the public welfare, interest, or safety requires otherwise, no license
				  shall be modified, suspended, or revoked unless, prior to the institution of
				  proceedings therefore, facts or conduct that may warrant such action shall have
				  been called to the attention of the licensee in writing, and the licensee shall
				  have been accorded an opportunity to demonstrate or achieve compliance with all
				  lawful requirements.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:2001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 3 - Licensing of Byproduct Material › Subchapter D - Specific Licenses › Section XV-351 - Financial Assurance Arrangements

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A. Issuance of a license shall be dependent
				  upon satisfactory evidence of financial assurance to ensure the protection of
				  the public health and safety in the event of abandonment, default, or other
				  inability of the licensee to meet the requirements of these regulations.
				  Pursuant to
				  R.S.
				  30:2114 of the Louisiana Radiation Protection
				  and Radiation Control Law, and as otherwise provided, financial assurance
				  arrangements for site decontamination, mitigation, liability, and/or
				  decommissioning may consist of financial assurance bonds, cash deposits,
				  personal bonds, letters or lines of credit, or any combination of the above for
				  the categories of licenses listed in LAC 33:XV.351.D. Determination of
				  satisfactory financial assurance arrangements shall be subject to the following
				  conditions:
1. the amount of funds to be
				  ensured by such assurance arrangements shall be based on the quantity of
				  radioactive material of half-life greater than 120 days that the licensee is
				  authorized to use and possess;
2.
				  self-insurance, or any arrangement that essentially constitutes self-insurance,
				  will not satisfy the financial assurance requirement since this provides no
				  further assurance than being without insurance.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 3 - Licensing of Byproduct Material › Subchapter D - Specific Licenses › Section XV-361 - Registration of Product Information

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A.
				  Any manufacturer or initial distributor of a sealed source or device containing
				  a sealed source may submit a request to the department for evaluation of
				  radiation safety information about its product and for its
				  registration.
B. The request for
				  review must be sent by an appropriate method to the Office of Environmental
				  Compliance.
C. The request for
				  review of a sealed source or a device must include sufficient information about
				  the design, manufacture, prototype testing, quality control program, labeling,
				  proposed uses, and leak testing. For a device, the request must also include
				  sufficient information about installation, service and maintenance, operating
				  and safety instructions, and its potential hazards, to provide reasonable
				  assurance that the radiation safety properties of the source or device are
				  adequate to protect health and minimize danger to life and property.
D. The department normally evaluates a sealed
				  source or a device using radiation safety criteria in accepted industry
				  standards. If these standards and criteria do not readily apply to a particular
				  case, the department formulates reasonable standards and criteria with the help
				  of the manufacturer or distributor. The department shall use criteria and
				  standards sufficient to ensure that the radiation safety properties of the
				  device or sealed source are adequate to protect health and minimize danger to
				  life and property. LAC 33:XV. Chapter 3 includes: specific criteria that apply
				  to certain exempt products; specific criteria applicable to certain generally
				  licensed devices; and specific provisions that apply to certain specifically
				  licensed items.
E. After
				  completion of the evaluation, the department issues a certificate of
				  registration to the person making the request. The certificate of registration
				  acknowledges the availability of the submitted information for inclusion in an
				  application for a specific license proposing use of the product, or concerning
				  use under an exemption from licensing or general license as applicable for the
				  category of certificate.
F. The
				  person submitting the request for evaluation and registration of safety
				  information about the product shall manufacture and distribute the product in
				  accordance with:
1. the statements and
				  representations, including quality control program, contained in the request;
				  and
2. the provisions of the
				  registration certificate.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 4 - Standards for Protection against Radiation › Subchapter A - General Provisions › Section XV-401 - Purpose

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A. This Chapter
				  establishes standards for protection against ionizing radiation resulting from
				  activities conducted pursuant to licenses or registrations issued by the
				  department . These regulations are issued in accordance with
				  R.S. 30:2101
				  et seq.
B. The requirements of this
				  Chapter are designed to control the receipt, possession, use, transfer, and
				  disposal of sources of radiation by any licensee or registrant so that the
				  total dose to an individual, including doses resulting from all sources of
				  radiation other than background radiation, does not exceed the standards for
				  protection against radiation prescribed in this Chapter. However, nothing in
				  this Chapter shall be construed as limiting actions that may be necessary to
				  protect health and safety in an emergency.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:2001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 4 - Standards for Protection against Radiation › Subchapter A - General Provisions › Section XV-402 - Scope

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A. Except as
				  specifically provided in other chapters of these regulations, this Chapter
				  applies to persons licensed or registered by the department to receive,
				  possess, use, transfer, or dispose of sources of radiation or to operate a
				  production or utilization facility under these regulations. The limits in this
				  Chapter do not apply to doses due to background radiation, to exposure from any
				  medical administration the individual has received, to exposure from
				  individuals administered radioactive material and released in accordance with
				  LAC 33:XV.725, or to exposure from voluntary participation in medical research
				  programs.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:2001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 4 - Standards for Protection against Radiation › Subchapter A - General Provisions › Section XV-404 - Implementation

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A. Any existing
				  license or registration condition that is more restrictive than this Chapter
				  remains in force until there is an amendment or renewal of the license or
				  registration.
B. If a license or
				  registration condition exempts a licensee or registrant from a provision of
				  this Chapter in effect before January 1, 1994, it also exempts the licensee or
				  registrant from the corresponding provision of this Chapter.
C. If a license or registration condition
				  cites provisions of this Chapter in effect prior to January 1, 1994, which do
				  not correspond to any provisions of this Chapter, the license or registration
				  condition remains in force until there is an amendment or renewal of the
				  license or registration that modifies or removes this condition.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:2001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 4 - Standards for Protection against Radiation › Subchapter B - Radiation Protection Programs › Section XV-406 - Radiation Protection Programs

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A.
				  Each licensee or registrant shall develop, document, and implement a radiation
				  protection program sufficient to ensure compliance with the provisions of this
				  Chapter. See LAC 33:XV.471 for recordkeeping requirements relating to these
				  programs.
B. The licensee or
				  registrant shall use, to the extent practicable, procedures and engineering
				  controls based upon sound radiation protection principles to achieve
				  occupational doses and public doses that are as low as is reasonably achievable
				  (ALARA).
C. The licensee or
				  registrant shall, at intervals not to exceed 12 months, review the radiation
				  protection program content and implementation.
D. To implement the ALARA requirements of
				  Subsection B of this Section, and notwithstanding the requirements in LAC
				  33:XV.421, a constraint on air emissions of radioactive material to the
				  environment, excluding radon-222 and its daughters, shall be established by
				  licensees such that the individual member of the public likely to receive the
				  highest dose will not be expected to receive a total effective dose equivalent
				  in excess of 10 mrem (0.1 mSv) per year from these emissions. If a licensee
				  subject to this requirement exceeds this dose constraint, the licensee shall
				  report the exceedance as provided in LAC 33:XV.487 and promptly take
				  appropriate corrective action to ensure against recurrence.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:2001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 4 - Standards for Protection against Radiation › Subchapter B - Radiation Protection Programs › Section XV-410 - Occupational Dose Limits for Adults

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A. The licensee or registrant shall control
				  the occupational dose to individual adults, except for planned special
				  exposures pursuant to LAC 33:XV.415, to the following dose limits:
1. an annual limit, which is the more
				  limiting of:
a. the total effective dose
				  equivalent being equal to 0.05 Sv (5 rem); or
b. the sum of the deep dose equivalent and
				  the committed dose equivalent to any individual organ or tissue other than the
				  lens of the eye being equal to 0.5 Sv (50 rem); and
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 4 - Standards for Protection against Radiation › Subchapter B - Radiation Protection Programs › Section XV-411 - Compliance with Requirements for Summation of External and Internal Doses

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A. If the licensee
				  or registrant is required to monitor pursuant to LAC 33:XV.431.A and B, the
				  licensee or registrant shall demonstrate compliance with the dose limits by
				  summing external and internal doses. If the licensee or registrant is required
				  to monitor only pursuant to LAC 33:XV.431.A or only pursuant to LAC
				  33:XV.431.B, then summation is not required to demonstrate compliance with the
				  dose limits. The licensee or registrant may demonstrate compliance with the
				  requirements for summation of external and internal doses pursuant to LAC
				  33:XV.411.B, C, and D. The dose equivalents for the lens of the eye, the skin,
				  and the extremities are not included in the summation, but are subject to
				  separate limits.
B. Intake by
				  Inhalation. If the only intake of radionuclides is by inhalation, the total
				  effective dose equivalent limit is not exceeded if the sum of the deep dose
				  equivalent divided by the total effective dose equivalent limit, and any one of
				  the following, does not exceed unity:
1. the
				  sum of the fractions of the inhalation ALI for each radionuclide;
2. the total number of derived air
				  concentration-hours (DAC-hours) for all radionuclides divided by 2,000;
				  or
3. the sum of the calculated
				  committed effective dose equivalents (CEDE) to all significantly irradiated
				  organs or tissues (T) calculated from bioassay data using appropriate
				  biological models and expressed as a fraction of the annual limit. For purposes
				  of this requirement, an organ or tissue is deemed to be significantly
				  irradiated if, for that organ or tissue, the product of the weighting factors,
				  wT, and the committed dose equivalent,
				  HT,50, per unit intake is greater than 10 percent of the
				  maximum weighted value of HT,50, that is,
				  wTHT,50, per unit intake for any
				  organ or tissue.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 4 - Standards for Protection against Radiation › Subchapter B - Radiation Protection Programs › Section XV-412 - Determination of External Dose from Airborne Radioactive Material

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A. Licensees or
				  registrants shall, when determining the dose from airborne radioactive
				  material, include the contribution to the deep dose equivalent, lens dose
				  equivalent, and shallow dose equivalent from external exposure to the
				  radioactive cloud. See LAC 33:XV.499.Appendix B, Endnotes 1 and 2.
B. Airborne radioactivity measurements and
				  DAC values shall not be used as the primary means to assess the deep dose
				  equivalent when the airborne radioactive material includes radionuclides other
				  than noble gases or if the cloud of airborne radioactive material is not
				  relatively uniform. The determination of the deep dose equivalent to an
				  individual shall be based upon measurements using instruments or individual
				  monitoring devices.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:2001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 4 - Standards for Protection against Radiation › Subchapter B - Radiation Protection Programs › Section XV-413 - Determination of Internal Exposure

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A.
				  For purposes of assessing dose used to determine compliance with occupational
				  dose equivalent limits, the licensee or registrant shall, when required
				  pursuant to LAC 33:XV.431, take suitable and timely measurements of:
1. concentrations of radioactive materials in
				  air in work areas;
2. quantities of
				  radionuclides in the body;
3.
				  quantities of radionuclides excreted from the body; or
4. combinations of these
				  measurements.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 4 - Standards for Protection against Radiation › Subchapter B - Radiation Protection Programs › Section XV-414 - Determination of Prior Occupational Dose

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A. For each individual who is likely to
				  receive, in a year, an occupational dose requiring monitoring in accordance
				  with LAC 33:XV.431, the licensee or registrant shall:
1. determine the occupational radiation dose
				  received during the current year; and
2. attempt to obtain the records of lifetime
				  cumulative occupational radiation dose.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 4 - Standards for Protection against Radiation › Subchapter B - Radiation Protection Programs › Section XV-415 - Planned Special Exposures

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. A licensee
				  or registrant may authorize an adult worker to receive doses in addition to and
				  accounted for separately from the doses received under the limits specified in
				  LAC 33:XV.410 provided that each of the following conditions is satisfied:
1. the licensee or registrant authorizes a
				  planned special exposure only in an exceptional situation when alternatives
				  that might avoid the higher exposure are unavailable or impractical;
2. the licensee or registrant, and employer
				  if the employer is not the licensee or registrant, specifically authorizes the
				  planned special exposure, in writing, before the exposure occurs;
3. before a planned special exposure, the
				  licensee or registrant ensures that each individual involved is:
a. informed of the purpose of the planned
				  operation;
b. informed of the
				  estimated doses and associated potential risks and specific radiation levels or
				  other conditions that might be involved in performing the task; and
c. instructed in the measures to be taken to
				  keep the dose ALARA considering other risks that may be present;
4. prior to permitting an
				  individual to participate in a planned special exposure, the licensee or
				  registrant ascertains prior doses as required by LAC 33:XV.414.B during the
				  lifetime of the individual for each individual involved;
5. subject to LAC 33:XV.410.B, the licensee
				  or registrant shall not authorize a planned special exposure that would cause
				  an individual to receive a dose from all planned special exposures and all
				  doses in excess of the limits to exceed:
a.
				  the numerical values of any of the dose limits in LAC 33:XV.410.A in any year;
				  and
b. five times the annual dose
				  limits in LAC 33:XV.410.A during the individual's lifetime;
6. the licensee or registrant
				  maintains records of the conduct of a planned special exposure in accordance
				  with LAC 33:XV.475 and submits a written report in accordance with LAC
				  33:XV.488; and
7. the licensee or
				  registrant records the best estimate of the dose resulting from the planned
				  special exposure in the individual's record and informs the individual, in
				  writing, of the dose within 30 days from the date of the planned special
				  exposure. The dose from planned special exposures shall not be considered in
				  controlling future occupational dose of the individual pursuant to LAC
				  33:XV.410.A but shall be included in evaluations required by LAC 33:XV.415.A.4
				  and 5.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 4 - Standards for Protection against Radiation › Subchapter B - Radiation Protection Programs › Section XV-416 - Occupational Dose Limits for Minors

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A. The annual occupational dose limits for
				  minors are 10 percent of the annual occupational dose limits specified for
				  adult workers in LAC 33:XV.410.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:2001 et
					 seq.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 4 - Standards for Protection against Radiation › Subchapter B - Radiation Protection Programs › Section XV-417 - Dose to an Embryo/Fetus

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The
				  licensee or registrant shall ensure that the dose equivalent to the
				  embryo/fetus during the entire pregnancy, due to occupational exposure of a
				  declared pregnant woman, does not exceed 5 mSv (0.5 rem). See LAC 33:XV.476 for
				  recordkeeping requirements.
B. The
				  licensee or registrant shall make efforts to avoid substantial
				  variation2 above a uniform monthly exposure rate to
				  a declared pregnant woman so as to satisfy the limit in Subsection A of this
				  Section.
C. The dose equivalent to
				  the embryo/fetus is the sum of:
1. the
				  deep-dose equivalent to the declared pregnant woman; and
2. the dose equivalent to the embryo/fetus
				  resulting from radionuclides in the embryo/fetus and radionuclides in the
				  declared pregnant woman.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 4 - Standards for Protection against Radiation › Subchapter B - Radiation Protection Programs › Section XV-421 - Radiation Dose Limits for Individual Members of the Public

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A. Each licensee or registrant shall conduct
				  operations so that:
1. except as provided in
				  Paragraph A.3 of this Section, the total effective dose equivalent (TEDE) to
				  individual members of the public from the licensed or registered operation does
				  not exceed 1 mSv (0.1 rem) in a year, exclusive of the dose contribution from
				  background radiation, any medical administration the individual has received,
				  voluntary participation in medical research programs, exposure to individuals
				  administered radioactive material and released in accordance with LAC
				  33:XV.725, and the licensee's or registrant's disposal of radioactive material
				  into sanitary sewerage in accordance with LAC
				  33:XV.4623;
2. the dose in any unrestricted area from
				  external sources, exclusive of the dose contributions from individuals
				  administered radioactive material and released in accordance with LAC
				  33:XV.725, does not exceed 0.02 mSv (0.002 rem) in any one hour; and
3. the TEDE to individual members of the
				  public from infrequent exposure to radiation from radiation machines does not
				  exceed 5mSv (0.5 rem).
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 4 - Standards for Protection against Radiation › Subchapter B - Radiation Protection Programs › Section XV-422 - Compliance with Dose Limits for Individual Members of the Public

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The licensee or
				  registrant shall make, or cause to be made, surveys of radiation levels in
				  unrestricted areas and radioactive materials in effluents released to
				  unrestricted areas to demonstrate compliance with the dose limits for
				  individual members of the public in LAC 33:XV.421.
B. A licensee or registrant shall show
				  compliance with the annual dose limit, as specified in LAC 33:XV.421, by:
1. demonstrating by measurement or
				  calculation that the TEDE to the individual likely to receive the highest dose
				  from the licensed or registered operation does not exceed the annual dose
				  limit; or
2. demonstrating that:
a. the annual average concentrations of
				  radioactive material released in gaseous and liquid effluents at the boundary
				  of the unrestricted area do not exceed the values specified in Table II of LAC
				  33:XV.499.Appendix B; and
b. if an
				  individual were continuously present in an unrestricted area, the dose from
				  external sources would not exceed 0.02 mSv (0.002 rem) in an hour and 0.5 mSv
				  (0.05 rem) in a year.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 4 - Standards for Protection against Radiation › Subchapter B - Radiation Protection Programs › Section XV-426 - Testing for Leakage or Contamination of Sealed Sources

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A. The licensee or registrant in possession
				  of any sealed source shall assure that:
1.
				  each sealed source, except as specified in LAC 33:XV.426.B, is tested for
				  leakage or contamination and the test results are received before the sealed
				  source is put into use, unless the licensee or registrant has a certificate
				  from the transferor indicating that the sealed source was tested within six
				  months before transfer to the licensee or registrant;
2. each sealed source that is designed not to
				  emit alpha particles is tested for leakage or contamination at intervals not to
				  exceed six months or at alternative intervals approved by the department, after
				  evaluation of information specified by LAC 33:XV.328.L.2, an agreement state, a
				  licensing state, or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
3. each sealed source that is designed to
				  emit alpha particles is tested for leakage or contamination at intervals not to
				  exceed three months or at alternative intervals approved by the department,
				  after evaluation of information specified by LAC 33:XV.328.L.2, an agreement
				  state, a licensing state, or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
4. for each sealed source that is required to
				  be tested for leakage or contamination, at any other time there is reason to
				  suspect that the sealed source might have been damaged or might be leaking, the
				  licensee or registrant shall assure that the sealed source is tested for
				  leakage or contamination before further use;
5. tests for leakage for all sealed sources,
				  except brachytherapy sources manufactured to contain radium, shall be capable
				  of detecting the presence of 185 Bq (0.005 [MICRO]Ci) of radioactive material
				  on a test sample. Test samples shall be taken from the sealed source or from
				  the surfaces of the container in which the sealed source is stored or mounted
				  on which one might expect contamination to accumulate. For a sealed source
				  contained in a device, test samples are obtained when the source is in the
				  "off" position;
6. the test for
				  leakage for brachytherapy sources manufactured to contain radium shall be
				  capable of detecting an absolute leakage rate of 37 Bq (0.001 [MICRO]Ci) of
				  radon-222 in a 24-hour period when the collection efficiency for radon-222 and
				  its daughters has been determined with respect to collection method, volume,
				  and time; and
7. tests for
				  contamination from radium daughters shall be taken on the interior surface of
				  brachytherapy source storage containers and shall be capable of detecting the
				  presence of 185 Bq (0.005 [MICRO]Ci) of a radium daughter which has a half-life
				  greater than four days.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 4 - Standards for Protection against Radiation › Subchapter C - Surveys and Monitoring › Section XV-430 - General

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A. Each licensee or
				  registrant shall make, or cause to be made, surveys of areas, including the
				  subsurface, that:
1. may be necessary for the
				  licensee or registrant to comply with this Chapter; and
2. are reasonable under the circumstances to
				  evaluate:
a. the magnitude and extent of
				  radiation levels;
b. concentrations
				  or quantities of radioactive material; and
c. the potential radiological hazards of the
				  radiation levels and residual radioactivity detected.
Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 4 - Standards for Protection against Radiation › Subchapter C - Surveys and Monitoring › Section XV-431 - Conditions Requiring Individual Monitoring of External and Internal Occupational Dose

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Each licensee or
				  registrant shall monitor exposures from sources of radiation at levels
				  sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the occupational dose limits of this
				  Chapter. Each licensee or registrant shall monitor occupational exposure to
				  radiation and shall supply and require the use of individual monitoring devices
				  by:
1. adults likely to receive, in one year
				  from sources external to the body, a dose in excess of 10 percent of the limits
				  specified in LAC 33:XV.410.A;
2.
				  minors and declared pregnant women likely to receive, in one year from sources
				  external to the body, a dose in excess of 10 percent of any of the applicable
				  limits specified in LAC 33:XV.416 or 417;
3. individuals entering a "high" or "very
				  high" radiation area; and
4.
				  individuals working with medical fluoroscopic equipment, who will locate
				  monitoring devices as follows:
a. an
				  individual monitoring device used to determine the dose equivalent to an
				  embryo/fetus of a declared pregnant woman, in accordance with LAC 33:XV.417,
				  shall be located under the protective apron at the waist;
b. an individual monitoring device used to
				  determine lens dose equivalent shall be located at the neck, or an unshielded
				  location closer to the eye, outside the protective apron; and
c. when only one individual monitoring device
				  is issued to determine the effective dose equivalent for external radiation in
				  accordance with LAC 33:XV.410.D, it shall be located at the neck outside the
				  protective apron. When a second individual monitoring device is used for the
				  same purpose, it shall be located under the protective apron at the waist. The
				  second individual monitoring device is required for a declared pregnant
				  woman.