Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 641 - Public Health Department › Chapter 43 - Minimum Requirements for Radon Testing and Analysis › Rule 641-43.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall
				have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
				otherwise.
"AARST"
means the American Association of
				Radon Scientists and Technologists.
"Act"
means the Iowa Radon Testing Act (Iowa
				Code chapter 136B).
"ANSI"
means the American National Standards
				Institute.
"Building"
means a structure enclosed with
				exterior walls or fire walls, built, erected and framed of component structural
				parts, and designed for the housing, shelter, enclosure and support of
				individuals.
"Certified person"
means a certified radon
				measurement specialist or certified radon measurement laboratory as defined by
				this chapter.
"Certified radon measurement laboratory (certified
				laboratory)"
means a commercial laboratory which may analyze samples
				or test for radon decay products and meets the provisions for certification in
				this chapter.
"Certified radon measurement specialist (certified
				specialist)"
means an individual who performs radon or radon progeny
				measurements in buildings and provides professional or expert advice on radon
				and radon progeny measurements, radon entry routes, and other radon-related
				activities; is knowledgeable in the health risk associated from exposure to
				radon; and who meets the provisions for certification in this chapter.
"Compensation"
means any form of monetary
				gain which in any way directly or indirectly results from a radon or radon
				progeny measurement being conducted.
"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				public health.
"EPA"
means the United States Environmental
				Protection Agency.
"Laboratory"
means any person performing
				analysis, not at a testing site, on a passive device to measure radon or radon
				progeny (charcoal canister, alpha-track, electret, etc.).
"NRPP"
means the National Radon Proficiency
				Program facilitated by the American Association of Radon Scientists and
				Technologists (AARST).
"NRSB"
means the National Radon Safety
				Board.
"Person"
means an individual, corporation,
				partnership, firm, association, trust, estate, public or private institution,
				group, agency, any other state or political subdivision or agency, and a legal
				successor, representative, agency or agencies of the entities listed in this
				paragraph.
"Picocurie per liter"
means a quantity of
				radioactive material per liter of air that will produce 2.2 disintegrations per
				minute of radiation. It may be used as a measure of the concentration of radon
				gas in air. One curie is equivalent to one trillion picocuries.
"Radon"
means the radioactive noble gas
				radon-222.
"Radon progeny"
means the short-lived
				radionuclides formed as a result of the decay of radon-222, including
				polonium-218, lead-214, bismuth-214, and polonium-214.
"Working level (WL)"
means the concentration
				of radon progeny that will result in 130,000 million electron volts of
				alphaparticle energy released per liter of air. Working level is a measure of
				radon decay product concentration in air.