Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 5 - RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHIC OPERATIONS › Appendix A

Current through June 17, 2024
I.
REQUIREMENTS FOR AN INDEPENDENT CERTIFYING
	 ORGANIZATION.
An independent certifying organization must:
(A) Be an organization such as a society or association, whose members
	 participate in, or have an interest in, the field of industrial
	 radiography;
(B) Make its membership available to the general public nationwide.
	 Membership must not be restricted because of race, color, religion, sex, age,
	 national origin or disability;
(C) Have a certification program open to nonmembers, as well as
	 members;
(D) Be an incorporated, nationally recognized organization that is
	 involved in setting national standards of practice within its field of
	 expertise;
(E) Have an adequate staff, a viable system for financing its
	 operations, and a policy and decision-making review board;
(F) Have a set of written organizational by-laws and policies that
	 provide adequate assurance of lack of conflict of interest and a system for
	 monitoring and enforcing those by-laws and policies;
(G) Have a committee, whose members can carry out their
	 responsibilities impartially, to review and approve the certification
	 guidelines and procedures, and to advise the organization's staff in
	 implementing the certification program;
(H) Have a committee, whose members can carry out their
	 responsibilities impartially, to review complaints against certified
	 individuals and to determine appropriate sanctions;
(I) Have written procedures describing all aspects of its certification
	 program, maintain records of the current status of each individual's
	 certification and the administration of its certification program;
(J) Have procedures to ensure that certified individuals are provided
	 due process with respect to the administration of its certification program,
	 including the process of becoming certified and any sanctions imposed against
	 certified individuals;
(K) Have procedures for proctoring examinations, including
	 qualifications for proctors. These procedures must ensure that the individuals
	 proctoring each examination are not employed by the same company or corporation
	 (or a wholly-owned subsidiary of such company or corporation) as any of the
	 examinees;
(L) Exchange information about certified individuals with the U.S.
	 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and other independent certifying
	 organizations and Agreement States and allow periodic review of its
	 certification program and related records; and
(M) Provide a description to the NRC of its procedures for choosing
	 examination sites and for providing an appropriate examination
	 environment.
II.
REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS.
All certification programs must:
(A) Require applicants for certification to:
(i) Receive training in the topics set forth in 180 NAC 5-016.07 or
	 equivalent Agreement State or NRC regulations, and
(ii) Satisfactorily complete a written examination covering these
	 topics;
(B) Require applicants for certification to provide documentation that
	 demonstrates that the applicant has:
(i) Received training in the topics set forth in 180 NAC 5-016.07 or
	 equivalent Agreement State or NRC regulations;
(ii) Satisfactorily completed a minimum period of on-the-job training
	 as specified in 180 NAC 5-016.01; and
(iii) Received verification by an Agreement State licensee or
	 registrant or an NRC licensee that the applicant has demonstrated the
	 capability of independently working as a radiographer;
(C) Include procedures to ensure that all examination questions are
	 protected from disclosure;
(D) Include procedures for denying an application and revoking,
	 suspending, and reinstating a certification;
(E) Provide a certification period of not less than three years nor
	 more than five years;
(F) Include procedures for renewing certifications and, if the
	 procedures allow renewals without examination, require evidence of recent
	 full-time employment and annual refresher training; and
(G) Provide a timely response to inquiries, by telephone or letter,
	 from members of the public, about an individual's certification status.
III.
REQUIREMENTS FOR WRITTEN EXAMINATIONS.
All examinations must:
(A) Be designed to test an individual's knowledge and understanding of
	 the topics listed in 180 NAC 5-016.07 or equivalent Agreement State or NRC
	 requirements;
(B) Be written in multiple-choice format; and
(C) Have test items drawn from a question bank containing
	 psychometrically valid questions based on the material in 180 NAC
	 5-016.07.