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Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 6.1 - X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 6.1-122 - Special purpose x-ray systems

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  16-41-35-26;
				  IC
				  16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 122.
(a) In
				addition to compliance with sections 118, 119, and 121 of this rule, special
				purpose x-ray systems and associated facilities shall comply with this section.
				Special purpose x-ray facilities must be evaluated at intervals not to exceed
				twelve (12) months by a diagnostic imaging physicist or x-ray machine inspector
				approved by the department.
(b)
				Means shall be provided to limit the x-ray field in the plane of the image
				receptor so that such field does not exceed each dimension of the image
				receptor by more than two percent (2%) of the SID when the axis of the x-ray
				beam is perpendicular to the plane of the image receptor.
(c) Means shall be provided to align the
				center of the x-ray field with the center of the image receptor to within two
				percent (2%) of the SID, or means shall be provided to both size and align the
				x-ray field such that the x-ray field at the plane of the image receptor does
				not extend beyond any edge of the image receptor. This subsection may be met if
				the system complies with section 121(c) of this rule. This subsection may also
				be met if means for alignment are provided, with either of the following:
(1) An assortment of removable,
				fixed-aperture, beam-limiting devices sufficient to meet the requirement for
				each combination of image receptor size and SID for which the system is
				designed, with each such device having clear and permanent markings to indicate
				the image receptor size and SID for which it is designed.
(2) A beam-limiting device having multiple
				fixed apertures sufficient to meet the requirement for each combination of
				image receptor size and SID for which the system is designed. Permanent,
				clearly legible markings shall indicate the image receptor size and SID for
				which each aperture is designed and shall indicate which aperture is in
				position for use.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 6.1 - X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 6.1-123 - Intraoral dental radiographic systems

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  16-41-35-26;
				  IC
				  16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 123.
(a) In
				addition to compliance with sections 118 and 119 of this rule, intraoral dental
				x-ray equipment and associated facilities shall comply with this section.
				Extraoral dental radiographic systems are exempt from this section, but must
				comply with section 121 of this rule. Intraoral dental x-ray facilities must be
				evaluated at intervals not to exceed thirty-six (36) months by a diagnostic
				imaging physicist or x-ray machine inspector approved by the
				department.
(b) X-ray systems
				designed for use with an intraoral image receptor shall be provided with means
				to limit the SSD to no less than eighteen (18) cm if the system is capable of
				operation above fifty (50) kVp or no less than ten (10) cm, if the system is
				not capable of operation above fifty (50) kVp.
(c) Radiographic systems designed for use
				with an intraoral image receptor shall be provided with means to limit the
				x-ray beam such that:
(1) if the minimum SSD
				is eighteen (18) cm or more, the x-ray field, at the minimum SSD, shall be
				containable in a circle of diameter seven (7) cm or less; or
(2) if the minimum SSD is less than eighteen
				(18) cm, the x-ray field, at the minimum SSD, shall be containable in a circle
				of diameter six (6) cm or less.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 6.1 - X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 6.1-124 - Therapeutic x-ray systems operating at less than one MeV

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 124.
(a) This
				section and 410 IAC 5-9, excluding
				410 IAC
				5-9-8(a),
				410 IAC
				5-9-10(a),
				410 IAC
				5-9-10(c), and
				410 IAC
				5-9-10(d), shall apply to medical
				facilities using therapeutic x-ray systems capable of operating at less than
				one (1) MeV.
(b) When the tube is
				operated at its leakage technique factors, leakage radiation shall not exceed
				the following:
(1) For contact therapy
				systems, one hundred (100) mR per hour at five (5) cm from the surface of the
				tube housing assembly.
(2) For
				systems capable of operating from zero (0) to one hundred fifty (150) kVp which
				are manufactured prior to June 25, 1978, one (1) roentgen per hour at one (1)
				meter from the source.
(3) For
				systems capable of operating from zero (0) to one hundred fifty (150) kVp which
				were manufactured on or after June 25, 1978, one hundred (100) mR per hour at
				one (1) meter from the source.
(4)
				For systems capable of operating from greater than one hundred fifty (150) to
				five hundred (500) kVp, one (1) roentgen per hour at one (1) meter from the
				source.
(5) For systems capable of
				operating in excess of five hundred (500) kVp, no more than one-tenth of one
				percent (0.1%) of the useful beam at one (1) meter from the source.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 6.1 - X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 6.1-125 - Therapeutic x-ray or electron systems operating at one MeV or more

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 125.
(a) This
				section and 410 IAC 5-9, excluding
				410 IAC
				5-9-8(a),
				410 IAC
				5-9-10(a),
				410 IAC
				5-9-10(c), and
				410 IAC
				5-9-10(d), shall apply to medical
				facilities using therapeutic x-ray or electron systems capable of operating at
				one (1) MeV or more.
(b)
				Therapeutic x-ray or electron systems manufactured after January 1, 1985, shall
				comply with the following:
(1) The absorbed
				dose due to leakage radiation, when measured at any point in the patient plane,
				shall not exceed one-tenth of one percent (0.1%) for x-ray leakage or
				five-hundredths percent (0.05%) for neutron leakage of the maximum absorbed
				dose of the unattenuated useful beam measured at the point of intersection of
				the central axis of the beam and the isocenter or normal treatment
				distance.
(2) For each therapeutic
				x-ray or electron system, the registrant shall determine or obtain from the
				manufacturer the leakage radiation existing at the positions specified in
				subdivision (1) for operating conditions producing maximum leakage radiation.
				Radiation measurements excluding neutrons shall be averaged over an area of one
				hundred (100) square cm or less. Neutron measurements shall be averaged over an
				area of two hundred (200) square cm or less. Records on leakage radiation
				measurements shall be maintained for inspection by the
				commissioner.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 6.1 - X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 6.1-127 - Mammographic x-ray equipment

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 127.
(a)
				Mammographic x-ray facilities shall comply with applicable provisions of
				sections 118 and 119 of this rule and this section. All mammographic x-ray
				facilities must be evaluated at least once every twelve (12) months by a
				diagnostic imaging physicist approved by the department.
(b) The registrant shall assure that the
				results of all mammography procedures are interpreted by a physician certified
				by the ABR, the American Osteopathic Board of Radiology, or by a physician
				accredited by the ACR through their mammography accreditation
				program.
(c) The registrant shall
				assure that the physician does the following:
(1) Has successfully completed or taught a
				minimum of forty (40) hours of postgraduate instruction in mammography
				interpretation.
(2) Has
				successfully completed or taught a minimum of fifteen (15) hours of
				postgraduate work in mammography interpretation every thirty-six (36)
				months.
(3) Reads the results of
				ten (10) or more screening or diagnostic mammographic exams per week.
(4) Prepares and signs a written report on
				his or her interpretation of the results of each mammography
				procedure.
(5) Provides a copy of
				the written report and the original images or films to the registrant for
				inclusion in the patient's medical record.
(6) Provides a written statement to the
				patient, either through the referring physician or his or her designee, or, if
				a referring physician is not available, directly to the patient. The statement
				shall be written in terms easily understood by a lay person and must describe
				the test results and the importance of the mammogram to ongoing health, as well
				as that person's responsibility to share with any new physician or supplier of
				their next mammogram the date and place of their previous mammography
				procedure. If the results of the mammogram are positive, the statement must
				describe the next step that should be taken by the patient. The statement must
				also record the following:
(A) The date of
				the mammography procedure.
(B) The
				name of the facility providing the mammography procedure.
(C) The physician to whom the person wants a
				copy of the statement to be sent, if any.
The statement must further indicate that the original images
				  or films are being provided to the mammography facility for inclusion in the
				  individual's medical record.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 6.1 - X-Rays in the Healing Arts › Section 6.1-128 - Mammography inspection for calendar year 1993

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  16-41-35-26;
				  IC
				  16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 128.
Notwithstanding section 122(a) of this rule, all x-ray
				  facilities providing mammographic x-ray services shall be inspected in
				  accordance with this rule, on or after the effective date of this rule and
				  before January 1, 1994. However, any x-ray facility providing mammographic
				  x-ray services, which was inspected on or after January 1, 1993, and before the
				  effective date of this rule by a person qualified in accordance with section
				  118(h) of this rule, shall be considered in compliance with this section.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 7 - Sealed Radioactive Sources in the Healing Arts › Section 7-1 - Scope of rule

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 1.
The provisions of 410 IAC 5-7 apply to all licensees or
				  registrants who use sealed sources in the healing arts and are in addition to,
				  and not in substitution for, other applicable provisions of 410 IAC 5.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 7 - Sealed Radioactive Sources in the Healing Arts › Section 7-1.1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 1.1.
As used in 410 IAC 5-7, the following definitions
				  apply:
"Brachytherapy" means a method of radiation therapy in which
				  an encapsulated source or group of sources is utilized to deliver beta or gamma
				  radiation at a distance of up to a few centimeters, by surface, intracavitary,
				  or interstitial application.
"Teletherapy" means therapeutic irradiation in which the
				  source of radiation is at a distance from the body.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 7 - Sealed Radioactive Sources in the Healing Arts › Section 7-2 - Interstitial, intracavitary, and superficial applications

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 2.
(a)
				Accountability, Storage and Transit.
(1)
				Except as otherwise specifically authorized by the board, each licensee shall
				provide accountability of sealed sources and shall keep a record of the issue
				and return of all sealed sources to their place of storage.
(2) Each licensee or registrant shall conduct
				a physical inventory at intervals not to exceed 6 months to account for all
				sources and devices received and possessed. Records of the inventories shall be
				maintained for inspection by the board and shall include the quantities and
				kinds of radioactive material, location of sources and devices, and the date of
				the inventory.1/
1/ The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
				  Commission requires these inventories to be done on a quarterly basis.
(3) Each licensee shall follow the
				radiation safety and handling instructions approved by the board, the U.S.
				Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an agreement state, or a licensing state and
				furnished by the manufacturer on the label attached to the source, device, or
				permanent container thereof, or in the leaflet or brochure which accompanies
				the source or device, and maintain such instruction in a legible and
				conveniently available form.
(4)
				Each licensee or registrant shall assure that needles or standard medical
				applicator cells containing cobalt-60 as wire, radium-226, or cesium-137 are
				not opened while in the licensee's or registrant's possession unless
				specifically authorized by a license or permit issued by the board.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 7 - Sealed Radioactive Sources in the Healing Arts › Section 7-3 - Teletherapy

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 3.
(a)
				Equipment.
(1) The housing shall be so
				constructed that, at 1 meter from the source, the maximum exposure rate does
				not exceed 10 milliroentgens per hour when the beam control mechanism is in the
				"off" position. The average
exposure
rate measured at
				a representative number of points about the housing, each 1 meter from the
				source, shall not exceed 2 milliroentgens per hour.
(2) For teletherapy equipment installed after
				the effective date of 410 IAC 5, the leakage radiation measured at 1 meter from
				the source when the beam control mechanism is in the "on" position shall not
				exceed 0.1 percent of the useful beam
exposure
rate.
(3) Adjustable
				or removable beam-defining diaphragms shall allow transmission of not more than
				5 percent of the useful beam.
(4)
				The beam control mechanism shall be of a positive design capable of acting in
				any orientation of the housing for which it is designed to be used. In addition
				to an automatic closing device, the mechanism shall be designed so that it can
				be manually returned to the "off" position with a minimum risk of
				exposure.
(5) The closing device
				shall be so designed as to return automatically to the "off" position in the
				event of any breakdown or interruption of the activating force and shall stay
				in the "off" position until activated from the control panel.
(6) When any door to the treatment room is
				opened, the beam control mechanism shall automatically and rapidly restore the
				unit to the "off" position and cause it to remain there until the unit is
				reactivated from the control panel.
(7) There shall be at the housing and at the
				control panel a warning device that plainly indicates whether the beam is "on"
				or "off."
(8) The equipment shall
				be provided with a locking device to prevent unauthorized use.
(9) The control panel shall be provided with
				a timer that automatically terminates the exposure after a preset
				time.
(10) Provision shall be made
				to permit continuous observation of patients during irradiation.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 8 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Analytical X-Ray Equipment › Section 8-1 - Scope of rule

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 1.
410 IAC 5-8 provides special requirements for analytical
				  x-ray equipment. The requirements of 410 IAC 5-8 are in addition to, and not in
				  substitution for, applicable requirements in other parts of 410 IAC 5.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 8 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Analytical X-Ray Equipment › Section 8-2 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 2.
As used in 410 IAC 5-8, the following definitions
				  apply:
"Analytical x-ray equipment" means equipment used for x-ray
				  diffraction or fluorescence analysis.
"Analytical x-ray system" means a group of components
				  utilizing x-rays to determine the elemental composition or to examine the
				  microstructure of materials.
"Fail-safe characteristics" mean a design feature which
				  causes beam port shutters to close, or otherwise prevents emergence of the
				  primary beam, upon the failure of a safety or warning device.
"Local components" mean part of an analytical x-ray system
				  and include areas that are struck by x-rays such as radiation source housings,
				  port and shutter assemblies, collimators, sample holders, cameras, goniometers,
				  detectors and shielding, but do not include power supplies, transformers,
				  amplifiers, readout devices, and control panels.
"Normal operating procedures" mean step-by-step instructions
				  necessary to accomplish the analysis. These procedures shall include sample
				  insertion and manipulation, equipment alignment, routine maintenance by the
				  registrant, and data-recording procedures which are related to radiation
				  safety.
"Open-beam configuration" means an analytical x-ray system in
				  which an individual could accidentally place some part of his body in the
				  primary beam path during normal operation.
"Primary beam" means radiation which passes through an
				  aperture of the source housing by a direct path from the x-ray tube or a
				  radioactive source located in the radiation source housing.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 8 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Analytical X-Ray Equipment › Section 8-3 - Equipment requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 3.
(a) Safety
				Device. A device which prevents the entry of any portion of an individual's
				body into the primary x-ray beam path or which causes the beam to be shut off
				upon entry into its path shall be provided on all open-beam configurations. A
				registrant (or licensee) may apply to the board for an exemption from the
				requirement of a safety device. Such application shall include:
(1) A description of the various safety
				devices that have been evaluated;
(2) The reason each of these devices cannot
				be used; and
(3) A description of
				the alternative methods that will be employed to minimize the possibility of an
				accidental exposure, including procedures to assure that operators and others
				in the area will be informed of the absence of safety devices.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 8 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Analytical X-Ray Equipment › Section 8-4 - Area requirements; surveys; posting

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 4.
(a)
				Radiation Levels. The local components of an analytical x-ray system shall be
				located and arranged and shall include sufficient shielding or access control
				such that no radiation levels exist in any area surrounding the local component
				group which could result in a dose to an individual present therein in excess
				of the dose limits given in
				410
				IAC 5-4-6. For systems utilizing x-ray tubes, these
				levels shall be met at any specified tube rating.
(b) Surveys
(1) Radiation surveys, as required by
				410 IAC 5-4-9, of all
				analytical x-ray systems sufficient to show compliance with paragraph 410 IAC
				5-8-4(a) shall be performed:
(i) Upon
				installation of the equipment, and at least once every 12 months
				thereafter;
(ii) Following any
				change in the initial arrangement, number or type of local components in the
				system;
(iii) Following any
				maintenance requiring the disassembly or removal of a local component in the
				system;
(iv) During the performance
				of maintenance and alignment procedures if the procedures require the presence
				of a primary x-ray beam when any local component in the system is disassembled
				or removed;
(v) Any time a visual
				inspection of the local components in the system reveals an abnormal condition;
				and
(vi) Whenever personnel
				monitoring devices show a significant increase over the previous monitoring
				period or the readings are approaching the limits specified in
				410
				IAC 5-4-2.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 8 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Analytical X-Ray Equipment › Section 8-5 - Operation requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 5.
(a)
				Procedures. Normal operating procedures shall be written and available to all
				analytical x-ray equipment workers. No person shall be permitted to operate
				analytical x-ray equipment in any manner other than that specified in the
				procedures unless such person has obtained written approval of the radiation
				safety officer.
(b) Bypassing. No
				person shall bypass a safety device unless such person has obtained the
				approval of the radiation safety officer. Such approval shall be for a
				specified period of time. When a safety device has been bypassed, a readily
				discernible sign bearing the words "SAFETY DEVICE NOT WORKING," or words having
				a similar intent, shall be placed on the radiation source housing.
(c) Repair or Modification of X-Ray Tube
				Systems. Except as specified in 410 IAC 5-8-5(b), no operation involving
				removal of covers, shielding materials or tube housings or modifications to
				shutters, collimators, or beam stops shall be performed without ascertaining
				that the tube is off and will remain off until safe conditions have been
				restored. The main switch, rather than interlocks, shall be used for routine
				shutdown in preparation for repairs.
(d) Radioactive Source Replacement, Testing
				or Repair. Radioactive source housings shall be opened for source replacement,
				leak testing or other maintenance or repair procedures only by individuals
				authorized to specifically conduct such procedures under a license issued by
				the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an agreement state or a licensing
				state.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 8 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Analytical X-Ray Equipment › Section 8-6 - Personnel requirements; instruction; monitoring

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 6.
(a)
				Instruction. No person shall be permitted to operate or maintain analytical
				x-ray equipment unless such person has received instruction in and demonstrated
				competence as to:
(1) Identification of
				radiation hazards associated with the use of the equipment;
(2) Significance of the various radiation
				warning, safety devices, and interlocks incorporated into the equipment, or the
				reasons they have not been installed on certain pieces of equipment and the
				extra precautions required in such cases;
(3) Proper operating procedures for the
				equipment;
(4) Recognition of
				symptoms of an acute localized exposure; and
(5) Proper procedures for reporting an actual
				or suspected exposure.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Section 9-1 - Scope of rule

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 1.
(a)410 IAC
				5-9 establishes procedures for the registration and the use of particle
				accelerators. Particle accelerations utilized only for medical applications are
				subject to all provisions of 410 IAC 5-9 with the exception of
				410 IAC
				5-9-8(a),
				410 IAC 5-9-10(a), (c), and
				(d).
(b) In addition to the requirements of 410
				IAC 5-9, all registrants (or licensees) are subject to the requirements of 410
				IAC 5-1, 410 IAC 5-2, 410 IAC 5-4, and 410 IAC 5-10. Registrants engaged in
				industrial radiographic operations are subject to the requirements of 410 IAC
				5-5 and registrants engaged in the healing arts are subject to the requirements
				of 410 IAC 5-6
[ 410 IAC 5-6 was repealed filed Oct 29, 1993, 5:00 p.m.:
				17 IR 392. See 410 IAC 5-6.1.]
and/or 410 IAC 5-7. Registrants engaged
				in the production of radioactive material are subject to the requirements of
				410 IAC 5-3.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Section 9-2 - Registration required

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 2.
No person shall receive, use, transfer, own or acquire a
				  particle accelerator except as authorized in a registration issued pursuant to
				  410 IAC 5-2.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Section 9-2.5 - Issuance of registration

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 2.5.
In addition to 410 IAC 5-2, a registration application for
				  use of a particle accelerator will be approved only if the board determines
				  that:
(a) The registrant is qualified
				by reason of training and experience to use the accelerator in question for the
				purpose requested in accordance with 410 IAC 5-9 and 410 IAC 5-4 and 410 IAC
				5-10 in such a manner as to minimize danger to public health and safety or
				property.
(b) The registrant's
				proposed or existing equipment, facilities, operating and emergency procedures
				are adequate to protect health and minimize danger to public health and safety
				or property.
(c) The issuance of
				the registration will not be inimical to the health and safety of the public,
				and the registrant satisfies any applicable special requirement in
				410 IAC
				5-9-3.
(d)
				The registrant has appointed a radiation safety officer;
(e) The registrant and/or the applicant's
				staff has substantial experience in the use of particle accelerators and
				training sufficient for application to its intended uses.
(f) The registrant has established a
				radiation safety committee to approve, in advance, proposals for uses of
				particle accelerators, whenever deemed necessary by the board.
(g) The registrant has an adequate training
				program for operators of particle accelerators.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Section 9-3 - Human uses; special provisions for registration

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 3.
In addition to the requirements set forth in 410 IAC 5-2, a
				  registration for use of a particle accelerator in the healing arts will be
				  issued only if:
(a) Whenever deemed
				necessary by the board, the registrant has appointed a medical committee of at
				least three members to evaluate all proposals for research, diagnostic, and
				therapeutic use of a particle accelerator. Membership of the committee should
				include physicians expert in internal medicine, hematology, therapeutic
				radiology, and a person experienced in depth-dose calculations and protection
				against radiation;
(b) The
				individuals designated by the registrant as the users have substantial training
				and experience in deep therapy techniques or in the use of particle
				accelerators to treat humans; and
(c) The individual designated by the
				registrant as the user is a physician.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Section 9-5 - Limitations on operation; termination

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 5.
(a) No
				registrant shall permit any individual to act as an operator of a particle
				accelerator until such individual:
(1) Has
				been instructed in radiation safety and shall have demonstrated an
				understanding thereof;
(2) Has
				received copies of and instructions in 410 IAC 5-9 and, the applicable
				requirements of 410 IAC 5-4 and 410 IAC 5-10, and the registrant's operating
				and emergency procedures, and shall have demonstrated understanding thereof;
				and
(3) Has demonstrated competence
				to use the particle accelerator, related equipment, and survey instruments
				which will be employed.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Section 9-6 - Installation consultant and survey; shielding

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 6.
(a) A
				qualified radiation or health physicist shall be consulted in the design of a
				particle accelerator installation and called upon to perform a radiation survey
				when the accelerator is first capable of producing radiation.
(b) Each particle accelerator installation
				shall be provided with such primary and/or secondary barriers as are necessary
				to assure compliance with
				410
				IAC 5-4-2 and
				410
				IAC 5-4-6.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Section 9-7 - Controls and interlock devices

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  16-41-35-26;
				  IC
				  16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 7.
(a)
				Instrumentation, readouts, and controls on the particle accelerator control
				console shall be clearly identified and easily discernible.
(b) All entrances into a target room or other
				high radiation area shall be provided with a safety interlock that shuts down
				the machine under conditions of barrier penetration.
(c) Each safety interlock shall be on a
				circuit which shall allow it to operate independently of all other safety
				interlocks.
(d) All safety
				interlocks shall be designed so that any defect or component failure in the
				safety interlock system prevents operation of the accelerator.
(e) When a safety interlock system has been
				tripped, it shall only be possible to resume operation of the accelerator by
				manually resetting controls at the position where the safety interlock has been
				tripped, and lastly at the main control console.
(f) A scram button or other emergency power
				cutoff switch shall be located and easily identifiable in all high radiation
				areas. Such a cutoff switch shall include a manual reset so that the
				accelerator cannot be restarted from the accelerator control without resetting
				the cutoff switch.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Section 9-8 - Warning devices

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 8.
(a) Each
				location designated as a high radiation area, and each entrance to such
				location shall be equipped with easily observable warning lights that operate
				when, and only when, radiation is being produced.
(b) Except in facilities designed for human
				exposure, each high radiation area shall have an audible warning device which
				shall be activated for 15 seconds prior to the possible creation of such high
				radiation area. Such warning device shall be clearly discernible in all high
				radiation areas and adjacent radiation areas.
(c) Barriers, temporary or otherwise, and
				pathways leading to high radiation areas shall be identified in accordance with
				410 IAC
				5-4-11.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Section 9-9 - Operating and emergency procedures

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  16-41-35-26;
				  IC
				  16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 9.
(a) Particle
				accelerators, when not in operation, shall be secured to prevent unauthorized
				use.
(b) The safety interlock
				system shall not be used to turn off the accelerator beam except in an
				emergency.
(c) All safety and
				warning devices, including interlocks, shall be checked for proper operation at
				intervals not to exceed three months. Results of such tests shall be maintained
				at the accelerator for inspection by the board.
(d) Electrical circuit diagrams of the
				accelerator and the associated safety interlock systems shall be kept current
				and maintained for inspection by the board and shall be available to the
				operator at each accelerator facility.
(e) If, for any reason, it is necessary to
				intentionally bypass a safety interlock or interlocks, such action shall be:
(1) Authorized by the radiation safety
				committee and/or radiation safety officer;
(2) Recorded in a permanent log and a notice
				posted at the accelerator control console; and
(3) Terminated as soon as possible.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Section 9-10 - Monitoring systems

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC
				  16-41-35-26;
				  IC
				  16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 10.
(a) There
				shall be available at each particle accelerator facility appropriate portable
				monitoring equipment which is operable and has been appropriately calibrated
				for the radiations being produced at the facility. Such equipment shall be
				tested for proper operation daily and calibrated at intervals not to exceed one
				year and after each servicing and repair.
(b) A radiation protection survey shall be
				performed and documented by, a qualified radiation or health physicist when
				changes have been made in shielding operation, equipment or occupancy of
				adjacent areas.
(c) Radiation
				levels in all high radiation areas shall be continuously monitored. The
				monitoring system shall be electrically independent of the accelerator control
				and safety interlock systems and capable of providing a readout at the control
				panel.
(d) All area monitors shall
				be calibrated at intervals not to exceed 1 year and after each servicing and
				repair.
(e) Whenever applicable,
				periodic surveys shall be made to determine the amount of airborne particulate
				radioactivity present.
(f) Whenever
				applicable, periodic smear surveys shall be made to determine the degree of
				contamination.
(g) All area surveys
				shall be made in accordance with the written procedures established by a
				qualified radiation or health physicist or the radiation safety
				officer.
(h) Records of all
				radiation protection surveys, calibrations and instrumentation tests shall be
				maintained at the accelerator facility for inspection by the board.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 9 - Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators › Section 9-11 - Ventilation systems

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 11.
(a)
				Ventilation systems shall be provided to ensure that personnel entering any
				area where airborne radioactivity may be produced will not be exposed to
				airborne radioactive material in excess of those limits specified in
				410
				IAC 5-4-27, Table I.
(b) A registrant, as required by
				410
				IAC 5-4-7, shall not vent, release or otherwise
				discharge airborne radioactive material to an unrestricted area which exceeds
				the limits specified in
				410
				IAC 5-4-27, Table II, except as authorized pursuant to
				410 IAC
				5-4-17 or
				410
				IAC 5-4-7(b). For purposes of 410 IAC
				5-9-11, concentrations may be averaged over a period not greater than one year.
				Every effort should be made to maintain releases of radioactive material to
				unrestricted areas as far below these limits as is reasonably
				achievable.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 10 - Notices, Instructions and Reports to Workers; Inspections › Section 10-1 - Scope of rule

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 1.
410 IAC 5-10 establishes requirements for notices,
				  instructions and reports by licensees or registrants to individuals engaged in
				  activities under a license or registration and options available to such
				  individuals in connection with board inspections of licensees or registrants to
				  ascertain compliance with the provisions of IC 13-1-2
[IC 13-1 was
				  repealed by P.L. 1-1996, SECTION 99, effective July 1, 1996.]
and 410
				  IAC 5, orders and licenses issued thereunder regarding radiological working
				  conditions. 410 IAC 5-10 apply
[sic.]
to all persons who
				  receive, possess, use, own or transfer sources of radiation licensed by or
				  registered with the board pursuant to 410 IAC 5-2 and 410 IAC 5-3.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 10 - Notices, Instructions and Reports to Workers; Inspections › Section 10-2 - Posting of documents for workers' examination

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 2.
(a) Each
				licensee or registrant shall post current copies of the following documents:
(1)410 IAC 5-10 and 410 IAC 5-4;
(2) The license, certificate of registration,
				conditions or documents incorporated into the license by reference and
				amendments thereto;
(3) The
				operating procedures applicable to work under the license or
				registration;
(4) Any notice of
				violation involving radiological working conditions, proposed imposition of
				civil penalty, or order issued pursuant to 410 IAC 5-1, and any response from
				the licensee or registrant.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 10 - Notices, Instructions and Reports to Workers; Inspections › Section 10-3 - Instructions to workers

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 3.
(a) All
				individuals working in or frequenting any portion of a restricted area:
(1) Shall be kept informed of the storage,
				transfer, or use of sources of radiation in such portions of the restricted
				area;
(2) Shall be instructed in
				the health protection problems associated with exposure to such radiation or
				radioactive material, in precautions or procedures to minimize exposure, and in
				the purposes and functions of protective devices employed;
(3) Shall be instructed in, and instructed to
				observe, to the extent within the worker's control, the applicable provisions
				of board rules and licenses for the protection of personnel from exposures to
				radiation or radioactive material occurring in such areas;
(4) Shall be instructed of their
				responsibility to report promptly to the licensee or registrant any condition
				which may constitute, lead to or cause a violation of board rules and licenses
				or unnecessary exposure to sources of radiation;
(5) Shall be instructed in the appropriate
				response to warnings made in the event of any unusual occurrence or malfunction
				that may involve exposure to sources of radiation; and
(6) Shall be advised as to the radiation
				exposure reports which workers shall be furnished pursuant to
				410 IAC
				5-10-4.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 10 - Notices, Instructions and Reports to Workers; Inspections › Section 10-4 - Reports furnished to individual workers

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 4.
(a) Radiation
				exposure data for an individual and the results of any measurements, analyses,
				and calculations of radioactive material deposited or retained in the body of
				an individual shall be reported to the individual as specified in 410 IAC
				5-10-4. The information reported shall include data and results obtained
				pursuant to board rules, orders or license conditions, as shown in records
				maintained by the licensee or registrant pursuant to
				410 IAC
				5-4-21. Each notification and report shall:
(1) Be in writing;
(2) Include appropriate identifying data such
				as the name of the licensee or registrant, the name of the individual, and the
				individual's social security number;
(3) Include the individual's exposure
				information; and
(4) Contain the
				following statement:
"This report is furnished to you under the provisions of 410
				  IAC 5-10. You should preserve this report for further reference."
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 10 - Notices, Instructions and Reports to Workers; Inspections › Section 10-5 - Inspections by board; representatives of licensee, registrant, or workers

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 5.
(a) Each
				licensee or registrant shall afford to the board at all reasonable times
				opportunity to inspect materials, machines, activities, facilities, premises,
				and records pursuant to 410 IAC 5.
(b) During an inspection, board inspectors
				may consult privately with workers as specified in
				410 IAC
				5-10-6. The licensee or registrant may accompany board
				inspectors during other phases of an inspection.
(c) If at the time of inspection an
				individual has been authorized by the workers to represent them during board
				inspections, the licensee or registrant shall notify the inspectors of such
				authorization and shall give the workers' representative an opportunity to
				accompany the inspectors during the inspection of physical working
				conditions.
(d) Each workers'
				representative shall be routinely engaged in work under control of the licensee
				or registrant and shall have received instructions as specified in
				410 IAC
				5-10-3.
(e) Different representatives of licensees or
				registrants and workers may accompany the inspectors during different phases of
				an inspection if there is no resulting interference with the conduct of the
				inspection. However, only one workers' representative at a time may accompany
				the inspectors.
(f) With the
				approval of the licensee or registrant and the workers' representative, an
				individual who is not routinely engaged in work under control of the licensee
				or registrant, for example, a consultant to the licensee or registrant or to
				the workers' representative, shall be afforded the opportunity to accompany
				board inspectors during the inspection of physical working
				conditions.
(g) Notwithstanding the
				other provisions of this section, board inspectors are authorized to refuse to
				permit accompaniment by any individual who deliberately interferes with a fair
				and orderly inspection. With regard to areas containing information classified
				by an agency of the U.S. Government in the interest of national security, an
				individual who accompanies an inspector may have access to such information
				only if authorized to do so. With regard to any area containing proprietary
				information, the workers' representative for that area shall be an individual
				previously authorized by the licensee or registrant to enter that
				area.
Indiana Administrative Code › Title 410 - INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Article 5 - RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH › Rule 10 - Notices, Instructions and Reports to Workers; Inspections › Section 10-6 - Inspectors consulting with workers

Current through July 10, 2024
Authority: IC 16-41-35-26; IC 16-41-35-29
Affected: IC 16-41-35
Sec. 6.
(a) Board
				inspectors may consult privately with workers concerning matters of
				occupational radiation protection and other matters related to applicable
				provisions of board rules and licenses to the extent the inspectors deem
				necessary for the conduct of an effective and thorough inspection.
(b) During the course of an inspection any
				worker may bring privately to the attention of the inspectors, either orally or
				in writing, any past or present condition which the worker has reason to
				believe may have contributed to or caused any violation of IC 13-1-2
[IC 13-1 was repealed by P.L. 1-1996, SECTION 99, effective July 1,
				1996.]
, 410 IAC 5, or license condition, or any unnecessary exposure
				of an individual to sources of radiation under the licensee's or registrant's
				control. Any such notice in writing shall comply with the requirements of
				410 IAC
				5-10-7(a).
(c) The provisions of 410 IAC 5-10-6(b) shall
				not be interpreted as authorization to disregard instructions pursuant to
				410 IAC
				5-10-3.