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Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-135m - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
As used in these regulations, each of the following terms shall
				have the meaning specified in this regulation:
(a)"mA" means milliampere.
(b)"Major processor" means a user processing,
			 handling, or manufacturing radioactive material exceeding type A quantities as
			 unsealed sources or material, or exceeding four times the type B quantities as
			 sealed sources. This term shall not include nuclear medicine programs,
			 universities, industrial radiographers, and small industrial programs. Type A
			 and B quantities are specified in K.A.R. 28-35-221b.
(c)"Management" means the chief executive
			 officer or other individual having the authority to manage, direct, or
			 administer the licensee's activities, or that person's delegate or
			 delegates.
(d)"Manual
			 brachytherapy" means a type of brachytherapy in which the brachytherapy
			 sources, including seeds and ribbons, are manually placed topically on or
			 inserted either into the body cavities that are in close proximity to a
			 treatment site or directly into the tissue volume.
(e)"mAs" means the product of milliamperes
			 and seconds.
(f)"Master materials
			 license" and "MML" mean a type of license issued by the nuclear regulatory
			 commission that meets the following conditions:
(1) Authorizes the use of radioactive
			 material at multiple sites;
(2)
			 authorizes a licensee to issue permits for the possession and use of licensed
			 or registered material; and
(3)
			 provides for oversight and internal licensee inspection of the licensee's
			 permittees.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-135o - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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As used in these regulations, each of the following terms shall
				have the meaning specified in this regulation:
(a)"Occupational dose" means the dose
			 received by an individual in the course of employment in which the individual's
			 assigned duties involve exposure to radiation or radioactive material from
			 licensed or unlicensed sources of radiation. The term"occupational dose" shall
			 not include any dose received under any of the following circumstances:
(1) As background radiation;
(2) as a patient from medical
			 practices;
(3) from voluntary
			 participation in medical research programs; or
(4) as a member of the public.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-135q - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
As used in these regulations, each of the following terms shall
				have the meaning assigned in this regulation:
(a) "Qualified expert" means an individual
			 having the knowledge and training to measure ionizing radiation, to evaluate
			 safety techniques, and to advise regarding radiation protection needs.
(1) This term shall include any individual
			 certified in the appropriate field by any of the following, or an individual
			 with equivalent qualifications as determined by the secretary:
(A) The American board of radiology;
(B) the American board of health
			 physics; or
(C) the American board
			 of medical physics.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-135r - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
As used in these regulations, each of the following terms shall
				have the meaning assigned in this regulation:
(a) "Rad" means the unit of absorbed dose.
			 One rad equals one-hundredth of a joule per kilogram of material or the
			 absorption of 100 ergs per gram of material. One millirad (mrad) equals 0.001
			 rad.
(b) "Radiation area" means
			 any area that is accessible to individuals, in which there exists radiation at
			 such levels that, at 30 centimeters from the source of the radiation or any
			 surface that the radiation penetrates, an individual could receive a dose
			 equivalent in excess of five millirems in one hour.
(c) "Radiation detector" means a device that,
			 in the presence of radiation, provides a signal or other indication suitable
			 for use in measuring one or more quantities of incident radiation.
(d) "Radiation head" means the structure from
			 which the useful beam emerges.
(e)
			 "Radiation machine" means either of the following:
(1) Any device that is primarily intended to
			 produce, and is capable of producing, ionizing radiation; or
(2) any device that is not primarily intended
			 to produce, but does produce, ionizing radiation at a level greater than 0.5
			 mR/hr at any point five centimeters from its surface.
This term shall not mean any device that produces ionizing
				radiation only by use of radioactive materials.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-135s - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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As used in these regulations, each of the following terms shall
				have the meaning specified in this regulation:
(a)"Sanitary sewerage" means a system of
			 public sewers to carry off waste water and refuse. This term shall exclude
			 sewage treatment facilities, septic tanks, and leach fields owned or operated
			 by the licensee or registrant.
(b)"Scattered radiation" means radiation
			 that, during its passage through matter, is deviated in direction.
(c)"Sealed source" means any radioactive
			 material that is permanently encased in a capsule designed to prevent the
			 leakage or escape of the radioactive material.
(d)"Secondary dose-monitoring system" means a
			 system that terminates irradiation if the primary system fails.
(e)"Secondary protective barrier" means a
			 barrier sufficient to attenuate stray radiation to the required
			 degree.
(f)"Secretary" means
			 secretary of the department of health and environment.
(g)"Seismic area" means any area where the
			 probability of a horizontal acceleration in rock of more than 0.3 times the
			 acceleration of gravity in 250 years is greater than 10 percent, as designated
			 by the U.S. geological survey.
(h)"Shallow dose equivalent" and "Hs ," which
			 apply to the external exposure of the skin or an extremity, mean the dose
			 equivalent at a tissue depth of 0.007 centimeter (7
			 mg/cm2) averaged over an area of one square
			 centimeter.
(i)"Sheltering" means
			 using a structure for radiation protection from an airborne plume containing
			 radioactive material.
(j)"Shielded
			 position" means the location within the radiographic exposure device or storage
			 container that, by the manufacturer's design, is the proper location for
			 storage of the sealed source.
(k)"Shielded-room radiography using radiation
			 machines" means industrial radiography using radiation machines that meets the
			 following conditions:
(1) Is conducted in an
			 enclosed room, the interior of which is not occupied during radiographic
			 operations;
(2) is shielded so that
			 every location on the exterior meets the conditions specified in K.A.R.
			 28-35-214a; and
(3) is accessible
			 only through openings that are interlocked so that the radiation machine will
			 not operate unless all openings are securely closed.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-135t - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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As used in these regulations, each of the following terms shall
				have the meaning assigned in this regulation:
(a) "Target" means the part of a radiation
			 head that by design intercepts a beam of accelerated particles, with the
			 subsequent emission of other radiation.
(b) "Target-to-skin distance (TSD)" means the
			 distance measured along the beam axis from the center of the front surface of
			 the X-ray target or electron virtual source to the irradiated object or
			 patient.
(c) "Technique factors"
			 means the conditions of operation specified as follows:
(1) For capacitor energy storage equipment,
			 peak tube potential in kV and quantity of charge in mAs;
(2) for field emission equipment rated for
			 pulsed operation, peak tube potential in kV and number of X-ray pulses;
			 and
(3) for all equipment not
			 specified in paragraphs (c)(1) and (2), peak tube potential in kV and either
			 the tube current in mA and the exposure time in seconds or the product of the
			 tube current and the exposure time in mAs.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-135u - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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As used in these regulations, each of the following terms shall
				have the meaning specified in this regulation:
(a)"Underwater irradiator" means an
			 irradiator in which the sources always remain shielded underwater and humans do
			 not have access to the sealed sources or the space that is subject to
			 irradiation without entering the pool.
(b)"Underwater radiography" means industrial
			 radiography performed when the radiographic exposure device or the related
			 equipment is beneath the surface of the water.
(c)"Unit dose" means a dosage prepared for
			 medical use for administration to a patient or human research subject as a
			 single dosage, without any further manipulation of the dosage after the dosage
			 is initially prepared.
(d)"Unrefined and unprocessed ore" means ore
			 in its natural form before any processing, including grinding, roasting,
			 beneficiating, and refining. Processing" shall not include sieving or the
			 encapsulation of ore or preparation of samples for laboratory
			 analysis.
(e)"Unrestricted area"
			 means an area to which access is neither limited nor controlled by the licensee
			 or registrant. For purposes of these regulations, uncontrolled area" shall be
			 considered an equivalent term.
(f)"Uranium" means natural uranium, depleted
			 uranium, or enriched uranium.
(1)"Natural
			 uranium" shall mean uranium, which may be chemically separated, with the
			 naturally occurring distribution of uranium isotopes approximately 0.711
			 percent by weight uranium-235 and the remainder by weight essentially
			 uranium-238.
(2)"Depleted uranium"
			 shall mean uranium containing less uranium-235 than the naturally occurring
			 distribution of uranium isotopes.
(3)"Enriched uranium" shall mean uranium
			 containing more uranium-235 than the naturally occurring distribution of
			 uranium isotopes.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-135v - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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As used in these regulations, each of the following terms shall
				have the meaning assigned in this regulation:
(a) "Variable-aperture beam-limiting device"
			 means a beam-limiting device that has the capacity for stepless adjustment of
			 the X-ray field size at a given SID.
(b) "Very high radiation area" means an area
			 that is accessible to individuals, in which radiation levels could result in an
			 individual receiving an absorbed dose in excess of five Gy (500 rad) in one
			 hour at one meter from a source of radiation or from any surface that the
			 radiation penetrates.
(c) "Virtual
			 source" means the point from which radiation appears to originate.
(d) "Visible area" means that portion of the
			 input surface of the image receptor over which incident X-ray photons produce a
			 visible image.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-135w - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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As used in these regulations, each of the following terms shall
				have the meaning assigned in this regulation:
(a) "Waste" means any low-level radioactive
			 waste that is acceptable for disposal in a land disposal facility. Low-level
			 radioactive waste shall mean radioactive waste that meets both of the following
			 conditions:
(1) Is not classified as any of
			 the following:
(A) High-level radioactive
			 waste;
(B) spent nuclear
			 fuel;
(C) "byproduct material," as
			 defined in paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) in the definition of "byproduct
			 material" in 10 CFR
			 20.1003, dated December 1, 2009;
(D) uranium or thorium tailings;
			 and
(E) transuranic waste;
			 and
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-135x - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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As used in these regulations, each of the following terms shall
				have the meaning assigned in this regulation:
(a) "X-ray control" means a device that
			 controls input power to the X-ray high-voltage generator or the X-ray tube,
			 including timers, phototimers, automatic brightness stabilizers, and similar
			 devices that control the technique factors of an X-ray exposure.
(b) "X-ray equipment" means an X-ray system
			 or subsystem, or component of the system or subsystem, which may be mobile,
			 stationary, or portable.
(c)
			 "X-ray exposure control" means a device, switch, button, or other similar means
			 by which an operator initiates or terminates the radiation exposure. The X-ray
			 exposure control may include associated equipment including timers and backup
			 timers.
(d) "X-ray field" means
			 that area of the intersection of the useful beam and any one of the set of
			 planes parallel to and including the plane of the image receptor, whose
			 perimeter, as established by the beam-limiting device, is the locus of points
			 at which the exposure rate is one-fourth of the maximum in the intersection.
(e) "X-ray high-voltage generator"
			 means a device that transforms electrical energy from the potential supplied by
			 the X-ray control to the X-ray tube. The device may also include the means for
			 transforming alternating current to direct current, filament transformers for
			 the X-ray tube or tubes, high voltage switches, electrical protective devices,
			 and other appropriate elements.
(f) "X-ray system" means an assemblage of
			 components for the controlled production of X-rays. The X-ray system shall
			 include, at a minimum, an X-ray high-voltage generator, an X-ray control, a
			 tube housing assembly, a beam-limiting device, and supporting structures.
			 Additional components that function with the system shall be considered
			 integral parts of the system.
(g)
			 "X-ray table" means a patient-support device used during radiography and
			 fluoroscopy. This term shall include any stretcher equipped with a radiolucent
			 panel and any table equipped with a cassette tray or bucky, cassette tunnel,
			 image intensifier, or spot-film device beneath the tabletop.
(h) "X-ray tube" means any electron tube that
			 is designed for the conversion of electrical energy into X-ray energy.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-135y - Definition

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
As used in these regulations, "year" shall have the meaning
				assigned in this regulation.
"Year" means the period of time beginning in January and
				consisting of four consecutive quarters, as defined in
				K.A.R.
				28-35-135q, that is used to determine
				compliance with the provisions of these regulations. Any licensee or registrant
				may change the starting date of the year used to determine compliance by the
				licensee or registrant if the change is made at the beginning of the year and
				if no day is omitted or duplicated in any consecutive year.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-138 - Inspections

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each licensee
			 or registrant shall afford, at all reasonable times, the secretary or the
			 secretary's duly authorized representative the opportunity to inspect sources
			 of radiation and the premises and installations in which such sources of
			 radiation are used or stored.
(b)
			 Each licensee or registrant, upon reasonable notice, shall make available, for
			 inspection by the secretary or the secretary's duly authorized representative
			 records maintained pursuant to these regulations.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-139 - Testing and surveys

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(a) Each licensee
			 or registrant shall make, or cause to be made, those surveys that are necessary
			 for the licensee or registrant to comply with these regulations.
(b) Each licensee or registrant shall
			 perform, upon instructions from the department, or shall permit the department
			 to perform, such reasonable tests as the department deems appropriate or
			 necessary, including, but not limited to, tests of:
(1) Sources of radiation;
(2) installations in which sources of
			 radiation are used or stored;
(3)
			 radiation detection and monitoring instruments; and
(4) other equipment and devices employed
			 during use or storage of licensed or registered sources of radiation.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-140 - Exemptions

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Carriers. Each
			 common carrier, each contract carrier, each freight forwarder, and each U.S.
			 postal service carrier that only transports or stores radioactive material in
			 the regular course of carriage or storage shall be exempt from parts 3, 4, 6,
			 7, 10, 11, and 12 of these regulations and from K.A.R. 28-35-700.
(b) U.S. department of energy contractors and
			 U.S. nuclear regulatory commission contractors. Each U.S. department of energy
			 contractor or subcontractor and each U.S. nuclear regulatory commission
			 contractor or subcontractor operating in Kansas shall be exempt from these
			 regulations to the extent that the contractor or subcontractor, under the
			 contract, receives, possesses, uses, transfers, or acquires sources of
			 radiation and if the contractor or subcontractor is included in one of the
			 following categories:
(1) Prime contractors
			 performing work for the U.S. department of energy at sites owned or controlled
			 by the U.S. government, including the transportation of sources of radiation to
			 or from these sites and the performance of contract services during temporary
			 interruptions of transportation;
(2) prime contractors of the U.S. department
			 of energy performing research in, or development, manufacture, storage,
			 testing, or transportation of, atomic weapons or components of atomic
			 weapons;
(3) prime contractors of
			 the U.S. department of energy using or operating nuclear reactors or other
			 nuclear devices in a U.S. government-owned vehicle or vessel; and
(4) any other prime contractor or
			 subcontractor of the U.S. department of energy or the U.S. nuclear regulatory
			 commission if the secretary determines that, under the terms of the contract or
			 subcontract, there is adequate assurance that the work can be accomplished
			 without undue risk to the public health and safety.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-141 - Additional requirements

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
At the time of registration, at the time of action upon
				application for license or amendment to the license, or upon inspection, the
				department shall specify any requirements or conditions of use, or both, that
				are necessary to ensure compliance with these regulations under the particular
				usage to which the licensee or registrant proposes to put the source of
				radiation.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-144 - Appendix B-Tests for special form licensed material

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) "Free Drop"
			 means releasing material, without thrust, from a point 30 feet above a flat,
			 essentially unyielding, horizontal surface, so that the material strikes the
			 surface.
(b) "Percussion" means
			 impacting material with the flat, circular end of a one inch diameter steel rod
			 weighing three pounds, by releasing the steel rod a distance of forty inches
			 above the surface of the material. The material shall be placed on a sheet of
			 lead, of hardness number 3.5 to 4.5 on the Vickers scale, and not more than one
			 inch thick, supported by a smooth, essentially unyielding surface.
(c) Heating: heating in air to a temperature
			 of 1,475°F. and remaining at that temperature for a period of 10 minutes.
(d) Immersion: immersion for 24
			 hours in water at room temperature. The water shall be at pH 6 pH 8, with a
			 maximum conductivity of 10 micromhos per centimeter.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-144a - No Section Heading

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(a) As used in
			 these regulations, the quality factors for converting absorbed dose to dose
			 equivalent are shown in table I.
TABLE I QUALITY FACTORS AND ABSORBED DOSE EQUIVALENCIES
TYPE OF Quality Factor Absorbed Dose
RADIATION (Q) Equal to
a Unit Dose
Equivalent
X, gamma, or beta radiation and high-speed electrons 1 1
Alpha particles, multiple-charged particles, fission fragments
				and heavy particles of unknown charge 20 0.05
Neutrons of unknown energy 10 0.1
High-energy protons 10 0.1
a Absorbed dose in gray equal to 1 Sv or the absorbed dose in
				rad equal to 1 rem.
(b) If
			 it is more convenient to measure the neutron fluence rate than to determine the
			 neutron dose equivalent rate in sievert per hour or rem per hour, as provided
			 in K.A.R. 28-35-144a(a), 0.01 Sv (1 rem) of neutron radiation of unknown
			 energies may, for purposes of these regulations, be assumed to result from a
			 total fluence of 25 million neutrons per square centimeter incident upon the
			 body. If sufficient information exists to estimate the approximate energy
			 distribution of the neutrons, the licensee or registrant may use the fluence
			 rate per unit dose equivalent or the appropriate Q value from table II to
			 convert a measured tissue dose in gray or rad to dose equivalent in sievert or
			 rem.
TABLE II MEAN QUALITY FACTORS, Q, AND FLUENCE PER UNIT DOSE
				EQUIVALENT FOR MONOENERGETIC NEUTRONS
Fluence per Unit Fluence per Unit
Neutron Quality Dose Equivalentb Dose Equivalentb
Energy Factora (neutrons (neutrons (MeV)
(Q) cm-2 rem-1) cm-2 Sv-1)
(thermal)
2.5E-8 2 980E + 6 980E + 8
1E-7 2 980E + 6 980E + 8
1E-6 2 810E + 6 810E + 8
1E-5 2 810E + 6 810E + 8
1E-4 2 840E + 6 840E + 8
1E-3 2 980E + 6 980E + 8
1E-2 2.5 1010E + 6 1010E + 8
1E-1 7.5 170E + 6 170E + 8
5E-1 11 39E + 6 39E + 8
1 11 27E + 6 27E + 8
2.5 9 29E + 6 29E + 8
5 8 23E + 6 23E + 8
7 7 24E + 6 24E + 8
10 6.5 24E + 6 24E + 8
14 7.5 17E + 6 17E + 8
20 8 16E + 6 16E + 8
40 7 14E + 6 14E + 8
60 5.5 16E + 6 16E + 8
1E + 2 4 20E + 6 20E + 8
2E + 2 3.5 19E + 6 19E + 8
3E + 2 3.5 16E + 6 16E + 8
4E + 2 3.5 14E + 6 14E + 8
a Value of quality factor (Q) at the point where the dose
				equivalent is maximum in a 30-centimeter diameter cylinder tissue-equivalent
				phantom.
b Monoenergetic neutrons incident normally on a 30-centimeter
				diameter cylinder tissue-equivalent phantom.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-145 - Initial license and registration fees

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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(a) Each person
			 required under part 3 of these regulations to obtain a license for the use of
			 radioactive, by-product, source, or special nuclear materials shall submit to
			 the department an application for a license and the applicable nonrefundable
			 license fees specified in K.A.R. 28-35-147a.
(b) Each person required under part 2 of
			 these regulations to register a radiation machine shall submit to the
			 department a registration form and the applicable nonrefundable registration
			 fees specified in K.A.R. 28-35-147a. The fee for each initial registration made
			 after March 31 shall be prorated by the department based on the number of
			 calendar quarters remaining in the annual registration period.
(c) Each person paying an initial license fee
			 or registration fee specified in this regulation shall make the payment by
			 check, draft, credit card, or money order payable to the Kansas department of
			 health and environment.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-146 - Annual license and registration fees

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(a) Payment method.
			 Each licensee or registrant shall make annual fee payments by check, draft,
			 credit card, or money order payable to the Kansas department of health and
			 environment.
(b) Annual license
			 fees. Each licensee shall submit to the department the applicable nonrefundable
			 annual license fees specified in K.A.R. 28-35-147a on or before the last
			 business day of the month corresponding to the anniversary date of the license.
(c) Annual registration fees. Each
			 registrant shall submit to the department a registration form and the
			 applicable nonrefundable annual registration fees specified in K.A.R.
			 28-35-147a on or before March 1. If March 1 falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or
			 holiday, then the fee payment shall be due on or before the next business day
			 following March 1.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-146a - Determination of hourly rate and full cost; fee payments

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			 through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Hourly rate. If the department charges a
			 fee to provide the following and there is no established fee category in
			 K.A.R.
			 28-35-147a, the hourly rate charged shall be
			 $79.00:
(1) Any radiation protection service
			 that the department provides to a nonlicensee or nonregistrant; and
(2) any radiation control program
			 activity.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-147a - Schedule of fees

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July
			 11, 2024
Each fee for an initial license application or initial
				registration shall be equal to the sum of the annual fees for all applicable
				categories.
Each annual fee for a license or registration shall be equal to
				the sum of the annual fees for all applicable categories. The following fees
				shall be paid as specified in K.A.R. 2835-145 and
				28-35-146:
(a) Special nuclear material.
(1) Licenses for possession and use of
			 special nuclear material in sealed sources contained in devices used in
			 industrial measuring systems.
Annual
				fee..............................................................$950.00
(2) Any licenses not otherwise
			 specified in this regulation for possession and use of special nuclear
			 material, except licenses authorizing special nuclear material in unsealed form
			 in combination that would constitute a critical mass.
Annual
				fee...........................................................$2,250.00
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-148 - Deliberate misconduct

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(a) This regulation
			 shall apply to the following:
(1) Each
			 licensee;
(2) each registrant;
(3) each applicant for a license;
(4) each employee of a licensee,
			 registrant, or applicant; and
(5)
			 each contractor, including each supplier, consultant, subcontractor, and
			 employee of a contractor or subcontractor of any licensee, registrant, or
			 applicant for a license.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-153 - Initial registration

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
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Any person who is not registered and who acquires possession of
				a registrable item shall register with the department, within 30 days of the
				date of acquiring the item.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-154 - Renewal of registration

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Each registrant who possesses a radiation-producing device
				shall reregister with the department annually. This registration shall be
				submitted on or before March 1 of each year.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-155 - Registration form

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Registration shall be made upon forms devised and furnished by
				the department. Each registrant shall provide all the information called for by
				the form and any additional information requested by the department.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-156 - Separate installations

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			 2024
Except as otherwise provided in
				K.A.R.
				28-35-157, and any amendment to that rule and
				regulation, a separate registration form shall be completed for each
				installation.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-157 - Special registration

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			 2024
If the reporting of each installation, or other information
				called for, is impractical, the secretary, upon the written request of a person
				and upon a finding that the public health and safety would not be adversely
				affected, may approve registration in such special form as the secretary may
				prescribe.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-158 - Report of change

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
If a change is made on any x-ray equipment or other device
				producing radiation, or to any installation, so that information on file with
				the department is no longer accurate, the registrant shall notify the
				department, in writing, of the change, within 30 days of the date the change
				was made.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-159 - Registration shall not imply approval

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
A person shall not refer, in any form of advertisement, to the
				fact a registrable item is registered with the department, or state or imply
				that any installation registered with the department is approved by the
				department.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-160 - Vendor notification

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			 2024
(a) Each
			 distributor, retailer, or other person who sells, leases, transfers, or lends
			 any registrable item or items shall notify the department, at 90-day intervals,
			 of the following:
(1) The names and addresses
			 of all persons who have received the item or items;
(2) the name of the manufacturer and the
			 model number of the item or items transferred; and
(3) the date on which the registrable item or
			 items were transferred.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-161 - Discontinuance of use

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			 2024
If a registrant ceases to use a registrable item or items, for
				any reason, the registrant or the duly authorized representative of the
				registrant's estate shall give written notice to the department of the
				cessation of use. The notice shall be provided within 30 days of the date that
				the registrant ceases to use the registrable item or items, and shall state the
				date on which use of the item or items was discontinued and the manner in which
				the registrable item or items were disposed.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-162 - Exclusion from registration

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			 2024
The following equipment shall not be required to be registered:
(a) Electronic equipment that
			 produces radiation incidental to its operation for other purposes, if the dose
			 equivalent rate averaged over an area of 10 square centimeters does not exceed
			 five µSv (0.5 millirem) per hour at five centimeters from any accessible
			 surface of the equipment.
(b)
			 radiation-producing equipment that is in transit or is in storage incident to
			 transit; and
(c) domestic
			 television receivers.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-163 - Excluded possessors

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			 2024
(a) Except as
			 provided in subsection (b), a common carrier or contract carrier operating
			 within this state who is in possession of a registrable item or items shall be
			 exempt from the provisions of these regulations, if the carrier possesses the
			 registrable item or items for another person, solely for the purpose of
			 transporting or storing the item or items.
(b) Each common carrier or contract carrier
			 shall be subject to the provisions of K.A.R. 28-35-228a and 28-35-229a, and any
			 amendments of those rules and regulations.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-164 - Temporary use or storage of registrable items

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
Any person desiring to bring a registrable item into this state
				for temporary use or storage shall give written notice to the department before
				bringing the item into this state. The notice shall be given to the department
				at least five days before the item is to be brought into this state and shall
				include the type and energy of the radiation source, the nature and scope of
				the use or storage, the proposed duration of use or storage, and the exact
				location where the radiation source is to be used or stored. If, in a specific
				case, the five day period would impose an undue hardship on the person, the
				person, upon application by letter or telegram to the department, may obtain
				permission to proceed at an earlier date.
In addition, the person shall:
(a) Comply with all applicable regulations
			 for the department; and
(b) supply
			 the department with such other information as it may request.
If a registrable item is kept in the state for a total of 30
				days, in a period of 12 consecutive months, it shall be considered to be
				permanently located in the state and shall be subject to the registration
				provision of these regulations.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-165 - Disposal of registered items

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
Whenever any person disposes of a registrable item, or items,
				by any method, the person, or in the event of the person's death, the
				representative of the person's estate, shall give written notice to the
				department of the disposal within 30 days. The notice shall include the date of
				disposal, the method of disposal, and, if transferred to another person, the
				name and address of the recipient.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-166 - Shoe fitting, fluoroscopic machines; prohibition of

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
No person shall install, operate or maintain any device or
				machine within the state of Kansas which uses fluoroscopic, X-ray or radiation
				principles for the purpose of fitting shoes.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-167 - Shielding plan for radiation-producing devices

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a) Before
			 construction, the floor plan or plans, shielding specifications, and equipment
			 arrangement of all new installations, or modifications of existing
			 installations, utilizing ionizing radiation machines shall be submitted to the
			 department for review and consideration for approval, with the information
			 specified in K.A.R. 28-35-168 and K.A.R. 28-35-169 of this part.
(b) If the applicant is not a qualified
			 expert, then the applicant may be required to utilize the services of a
			 qualified expert to determine the shielding specifications before the
			 secretary's review and consideration for approval of the shielding plan.
(c) The approval of the shielding
			 specifications shall not preclude the requirement of additional modifications
			 if a subsequent analysis of operating conditions indicates the possibility that
			 an individual could receive a dose in excess of the limits prescribed in K.A.R.
			 28-35-212a and K.A.R. 28-35-214a.
(d) After installation of each radiation
			 machine, the registrant shall maintain the following records for inspection by
			 the department:
(1) The maximum rated
			 technique factors of the machine;
(2) a scale drawing of the room in which the
			 stationary radiation machine system is located. This drawing shall indicate the
			 use of areas adjacent to the room and an estimation of the extent of occupancy
			 by an individual in these areas. The drawing shall include either of the
			 following:
(A) The results of a survey for
			 radiation levels present at the operator's position and at points surveyed
			 outside the room, and the specific test conditions used; or
(B) the type and thickness of materials, or
			 the lead equivalency, of each protective barrier.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-168 - Information on radiation shielding required for plan reviews

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
Each registrant shall submit the following information as
				specified in
				K.A.R.
				28-35-167:
(a)
(1)
			 Each plan showing, at a minimum, all of the following:
(A) The normal location of the system's
			 radiation port;
(B) the port's
			 travel and traverse limits;
(C)
			 the general direction or directions of the useful beam;
(D) the locations of any windows and doors
			 and any other openings;
(E) the
			 location of the operator's booth; and
(F) the location of the control panel;
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-169 - Design requirements for an operator's booth

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			 2024
(a) Space
			 requirements.
(1) Each operator shall be
			 allotted adequate room to operate the unit effectively.
(2) In determining whether the allotted space
			 is adequate, any encumbrance by the control panel, overhang, cables, or other
			 similar encroachments shall be evaluated.
(3) The booth shall be located or constructed
			 so that unattenuated direct scattered radiation originating on the examination
			 table or at the wall cassette cannot reach the operator's station in the booth.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-175a - Persons licensed

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			 July 11, 2024
(a) A
			 licensed person shall not manufacture, produce, receive, use, possess, acquire,
			 own, transfer, or dispose of radioactive material, except as authorized in a
			 specific or general license issued pursuant to these regulations. Each
			 manufacturer, producer, or processor of any equipment, device, commodity, or
			 other product containing source or "byproduct material," as defined in
			 10 CFR
			 20.1003, dated December 1, 2009, for which
			 subsequent receipt, use, possession, acquisition, ownership, transfer, and
			 disposal by any other person is exempted from these regulations shall obtain
			 authority to transfer possession or control to the other person from the
			 nuclear regulatory commission.
(b)
			 In addition to the requirements of this part, each licensee shall be subject to
			 the requirements of part 1, part 4, and part 10 of these regulations. In
			 addition to being subject to part 1, part 4, and part 10, specific licensees
			 shall be subject to all of the following requirements:
(1) Licensees using radioactive material in
			 the healing arts shall be subject to the requirements of part 6.
(2) Licensees using radioactive material in
			 industrial radiography shall be subject to the requirements of part
			 7.
(3) Licensees using radioactive
			 material in wireline and subsurface tracer studies shall be subject to the
			 requirements of part 11 of these regulations.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-176a - Types of licenses

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
Licenses for radioactive materials shall be either of the
				following types:
(a) Each general
			 license shall be effective without the filing of an application with the
			 department or the issuance of a licensing document to a particular person,
			 although the filing of a certification with the department may be a requirement
			 of the license. Each general licensee shall be subject to all other applicable
			 portions of these regulations and any limitations of the general license. Any
			 licensee may be required by the secretary to register a general license to
			 protect public health and safety and the environment.
(b) Each specific license shall require the
			 submission of an application to the department and the issuance of a licensing
			 document by the department. Each specific licensee shall be subject to all
			 applicable portions of these regulations as well as any limitations specified
			 in the licensing document.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-177a - General licenses; source material

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			 Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) A general license is hereby issued
			 authorizing commercial and industrial firms, research, educational, and medical
			 institutions, and federal, state, and local government agencies to receive,
			 possess, use, and transfer uranium and thorium, in their natural isotopic
			 concentrations and in the form of depleted uranium, for research, development,
			 educational, commercial, or operational purposes in any of the following forms
			 and quantities:
(1) Uranium and thorium in the
			 following quantities and forms:
(A) Not more
			 than 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) of uranium and thorium in dispersible forms, including
			 gases, liquids, and powders, at any one time. All material processed by the
			 general licensee that alters the chemical or physical form of the material
			 containing source material shall be accounted for as a dispersible form. A
			 person authorized to possess, use, and transfer source material under this
			 paragraph shall not receive more than a total of 7 kg (15.4 lb) of uranium and
			 thorium in any one calendar year; and
(B) not more than 7 kg (15.4 lb) of uranium
			 and thorium at any one time. A person authorized to possess, use, and transfer
			 source material under this paragraph shall not receive more than 70 kg (154 lb)
			 of uranium and thorium in any one calendar year. A person shall not alter the
			 chemical or physical form of the source material possessed under this paragraph
			 unless the source material is accounted for under the limits of paragraph
			 (a)(1);
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-178a - General license; certain ionization devices

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			 Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11, 2024
(a) Each commercial and industrial firm,
			 research, educational, and medical institution, individual in the conduct of
			 the individual's business, and federal, state, or local government agency shall
			 be deemed to have been issued a general license to acquire, receive, possess,
			 use, or transfer radioactive material incorporated in any device or equipment
			 as described in this subsection, if the device or equipment is manufactured,
			 tested, and labeled by a manufacturer in accordance with the specifications of
			 a specific license issued to the manufacturer by the secretary, the nuclear
			 regulatory commission, or an agreement state. This general license shall apply
			 to the following:
(1) Static elimination
			 devices that contain, as a sealed source or sources, by-product material
			 consisting of a total of not more than 18.5 MBq (500 microcuries) of
			 polo-nium-210 per device;
(2)
			 ion-generating tubes that are designed for ionization of air and that contain,
			 as a sealed source or sources, radioactive material consisting of a total of
			 not more than 500 microcuries of polonium-210 per device or a total of not more
			 than 50 millicuries of hydrogen-3 (tritium) per device; and
(3) devices or equipment authorized before
			 October 23, 2012 for use under the general license provided in
			 10 C.F.R.
			 31.3 and equivalent regulations of agreement
			 states and the nuclear regulatory commission and manufactured, tested, and
			 labeled by the manufacturer in accordance with the specifications contained in
			 a specific license issued by the department.
Kansas Administrative Regulations › Agency 28 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT › Article 35 - RADIATION › Section 28-35-178b - General license; certain detecting, measuring, gauging, or controlling devices and certain devices for producing light or an ionized atmosphere

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 28, July 11,
			 2024
(a)
(1) Subject to the provisions of subsections
			 (b) and (c), each commercial and industrial firm, research, educational, and
			 medical institution, individual in the conduct of the individual's business,
			 and federal, state, or local government agency shall be deemed to have been
			 issued a general license to acquire, receive, possess, use, or transfer
			 radioactive material that is contained in any device designed, manufactured,
			 and used for one or more of the following purposes:
(A) Detecting, measuring, gauging, or
			 controlling thickness, density, level interface location, radiation leakage, or
			 qualitative or quantitative chemical composition; or
(B) producing light or an ionized
			 atmosphere.