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Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 19 - LICENSES AND RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS › Section 180-19-019 - OPERATING AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES

Current through June 17, 2024
019.01
OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The licensee must have and
  follow written operating procedures for:
(A)
  Irradiator operation, including entering and leaving the radiation
  room;
(B) Personnel dosimeter
  use;
(C) Surveying the shielding of
  panoramic irradiators;
(D)
  Monitoring pool water for contamination while the water is in the pool and
  before release of pool water to unrestricted areas;
(E) Leak testing of sources;
(F) Inspection and maintenance checks
  required by 180 NAC 19-023;
(G)
  Loading, unloading, and repositioning sources, if the operations will be
  performed by the licensee; and
(H)
  Inspection of movable shielding required by 180 NAC 19-008.08, if
  applicable.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 19 - LICENSES AND RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS › Section 180-19-020 - PERSONNEL MONITORING

Current through June 17, 2024
020.01
IRRADIATOR OPERATORS.
Irradiator operators must wear a
  personnel dosimeter while operating a panoramic irradiator or while in the area
  around the pool of an underwater irradiator. The personnel dosimeter must be
  capable of detecting high energy photons in the normal and accident dose
  ranges. Each personnel dosimeter must be assigned to and worn by only one
  individual. Film badges must be processed at least monthly and all other
  personnel dosimeters that require replacement must be replaced at least
  quarterly. All personnel dosimiters must be evaluated at least quarterly or
  promptly after replacement, whichever is more frequent.
020.02
OTHER
  INDIVIDUALS.
Other individuals who enter the radiation room of a
  panoramic irradiator must wear a dosimeter, which may be a pocket dosimeter.
  For groups of visitors, only two people who enter the radiation room are
  required to wear dosimeters. If pocket dosimeters are used to meet the
  requirements of 180 NAC 9-020, a check of their response to radiation must be
  done at least annually. Acceptable dosimeters must read within ± 30% of
  the true radiation dose.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 19 - LICENSES AND RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS › Section 180-19-021 - RADIATION SURVEYS

Current through June 17, 2024
021.01
OUTSIDE OF SHIELDING.
A radiation survey of the area
  outside the shielding of the radiation room of a panoramic irradiator must be
  conducted with the sources in the exposed position before the facility starts
  to operate. A radiation survey of the area above the pool of pool irradiators
  must be conducted after the sources are loaded but before the facility starts
  to operate. Additional radiation surveys of the shielding must be performed at
  intervals not to exceed three years and before resuming operation after
  addition of new sources or any modifications to the radiation room shielding or
  structure that might increase dose rates.
021.02
MODIFICATIONS.
If the radiation levels specified in
  180 NAC 19-009 are exceeded, the facility must be modified to comply with the
  requirements in this chapter.
021.03
CALIBRATION.
Portable radiation survey meters must be calibrated at least annually to an
  accuracy of ± 20% for the gamma energy of the sources in use. The
  calibration must be done at two points on each scale or, for digital
  instruments, at one point per decade over the range that will be used. Portable
  radiation survey meters must be of a type that does not saturate and read zero
  at high radiation dose rates.
021.04
WATER.
Water
  from the irradiator pool, other potentially contaminated liquids, and sediments
  from pool vacuuming must be monitored for radioactive contamination before
  release to unrestricted areas. Radioactive concentrations must not exceed those
  specified in 180 NAC 4, Table 2, Column 2 or Table 3 of Appendix 4-B, "Annual
  Limits on Intake (ALIs) and Derived Air Concentrations (DACs) of Radionuclides
  for Occupational Exposure; Effluent Concentrations; Concentrations for Release
  to Sewerage."
021.05
RESINS.
Before releasing resins for unrestricted use,
  they must be monitored before release in an area with a background level less
  than 0.5 microsievert (0.05 millirem) per hour. The resins may be released only
  if the survey does not detect radiation levels above background radiation
  levels. The survey meter used must be capable of detecting radiation levels of
  0.5 microsievert (0.05 millirem) per hour.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 19 - LICENSES AND RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS › Section 180-19-023 - INSPECTION AND MAINTENANCE

Current through June 17, 2024
Licensees must perform inspection and maintence checks of the
	 irradiator and components. Malfunctions and defects found must be repaired
	 promptly.
023.01
CHECKS.
Inspection and maintenance checks must
  include, as a minimum, each of the following at the frequency specified in the
  license or license application:
(A)
  Operability of each aspect of the access control system required by 180 NAC
  19-008.
(B) Functioning of the
  source position indicator required by 180 NAC 19-012.02.
(C) Operability of the radiation monitor for
  radioactive contamination in pool water required by 180 NAC 19-022.02 using a
  radiation check source, if applicable.
(D) Operability of the over-pool radiation
  monitor at underwater irradiators as required by 180 NAC 19-011.02.
(E) Operability of the product exit monitor
  required by 180 NAC 19-011.01.
(F)
  Operability of the emergency source return control required by 180 NAC
  19-012.03.
(G) Leak-tightness of
  systems through which pool water circulates by visual inspection.
(H) Operability of the heat and smoke
  detectors and extinguisher system required by 180 NAC 19-010, but without
  turning extinguishers on.
(I)
  Operability of the means of pool water replenishment required by 180 NAC
  19-013.03.
(J) Operability of the
  indicators of high and low pool water levels required by 180 NAC
  19-013.04.
(K) Operability of the
  intrusion alarm required by 180 NAC 19-008.09, if applicable.
(L) Functioning and wear of the systems,
  mechanisms, and cables used to raise and lower sources.
(M) Condition of the barrier to prevent
  products from hitting the sources or source mechanism as required by 180 NAC
  19-014.
(N) Amount of water added
  to the pool to determine if the pool is leaking.
(O) Electrical wiring on required safety
  systems for radiation damage.
(P)
  Pool water conductivity measurements and analysis as required by 180 NAC
  19-024.02.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 19 - LICENSES AND RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS › Section 180-19-024 - POOL WATER PURITY

Current through June 17, 2024
024.01
PURIFICATION SYSTEM.
Pool water purification system
  must be run sufficiently to maintain the conductivity of the pool water below
  20 microsiemens per centimeter under normal circumstances. If pool water
  conductivity rises above 20 microsiemens per centimeter, the licensee must take
  prompt actions to lower the pool water conductivity and must take corrective
  actions to prevent future recurrences.
024.02
CONDUCTIVITY.
The licensee must measure the pool water conductivity frequently enough, but no
  less than weekly, to assure that the conductivity remains below 20 microsiemens
  per centimeter. Conductivity meters must be calibrated at least
  annually.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 19 - LICENSES AND RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS › Section 180-19-025 - ATTENDANCE DURING OPERATION

Current through June 17, 2024
Irradiators must be attended during operation.
025.01
PRODUCT
  MOVEMENT.
Both an irradiator operator and at least one other
  individual, who is trained on how to respond and prepared to promptly render or
  summon assistance if the access control alarm sounds, must be present onsite
  whenever:
(A) The irradiator is operated
  using an automatic product conveyor system; and
(B) The product is moved into or out of the
  radiation room when the irradiator is operated in a batch
  mode.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 19 - LICENSES AND RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS › Section 180-19-026 - ENTERING AND LEAVING THE IRRADIATOR ROOM

Current through June 17, 2024
026.01
ENTERING.
Upon first entering the radiation room of a
  panoramic irradiator after an irradiation, the irradiator operator must use a
  survey meter to determine that the source has returned to its fully shielded
  position. The operator must check the functioning of the survey meter with a
  radiation check source before entry.
026.02
EXITING.
Before exiting from and locking the door to the radiation room of a panoramic
  irradiator before a planned irradiation, the irradiator operator must:
(A) Visually inspect the entire radiation
  room to verify no one else is in it; and
(B) Activate a control in the radiation room
  that permits the sources to be moved from the shielded position only if the
  door to the radiation room is locked within a preset time after setting the
  control.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 19 - LICENSES AND RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS › Section 180-19-027 - IRRADIATION OF EXPLOSIVE OR FLAMMABLE MATERIALS

Current through June 17, 2024
027.01
EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL.
Irradiation of explosive material
  is prohibited unless the licensee has received prior written authorization from
  the Department. Authorization will not be granted unless the licensee can
  demonstrate detonation of the explosive would not rupture the sealed sources,
  injure personnel, damage safety systems, or cause radiation overexposures of
  personnel.
027.02
FLAMMABLE MATERIAL.
Irradiation of more than small
  quantities of flammable material, meaning a flash point below 140°
  Fahrenheit, is prohibited in panoramic irradiators unless the licensee has
  received prior written authorization from the Department. Authorization will
  not be granted unless the licensee can demonstrate that a fire in the radiation
  room could be controlled without damage to sealed sources or safety systems and
  without radiation overexposures of personnel.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 19 - LICENSES AND RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS › Section 180-19-028 - RECORDS AND RETENTION OF RECORDS

Current through June 17, 2024
The licensee must maintain the following records at the irradiator for
	 the periods specified:
(A) A copy of
  the license, license conditions, documents incorporated into a license by
  reference, and license amendments until superseded by new documents or until
  the Department terminates the license for documents that have not been
  superseded;
(B) Each individual's
  training, tests, and safety reviews provided to meet the requirements of 180
  NAC 19-018.01 through 19-018.02, 19-018.04 and 19-018.05 until three years
  after the individual terminates work;
(C) Annual evaluations of the safety
  performance of irradiator operators required by 180 NAC 19-018.03 for three
  years after the evaluation;
(D) A
  copy of the current operating and emergency procedures required by 180 NAC
  19-019 until superseded or the Department terminates the license. Records of
  the radiation safety officer's review and approval of changes in procedures as
  required by 19-019.03 (C) retained for three years from the date of the
  change;
(E) Personnel dosimeter
  evaluations required by 180 NAC 19-020 must be retained until the Department
  terminates the license;
(F)
  Radiation surveys required by 180 NAC 19-021 for three years from the date of
  the survey;
(G) Radiation survey
  meter calibrations required by 180 NAC 19-021 and pool water conductivity meter
  calibrations required by 19-024.02 until three years from the date of
  calibration;
(H) Leak test results
  required by 180 NAC 19-022.01 and contamination check results required by
  19-022.02 for three years from the date of each test; checks required by 180
  NAC 19-023 for three years.
(I)
  Major malfunctions, significant defects, operating difficulties or
  irregularities, and major operating problems that involve required radiation
  safety equipment for three years after repairs are completed;
(J) Receipt, transfer and disposal, of all
  licensed sealed sources as required by 180 NAC 3-025 and 3-030;
(K) Design checks required by 180 NAC 19-016
  and construction control checks as required by 19-017 until the license is
  terminated. Records must be signed and dated. The title or qualification of the
  person signing must be included; and
(L) Records related to decommissioning of the
  irradiator as required by 180 NAC 3-018.07.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 19 - LICENSES AND RADIATION SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRADIATORS › Section 180-19-029 - REPORTS

Current through June 17, 2024
029.01
EVENTS.
In
  addition to the reporting requirements in other parts of Department
  regulations, the licensee must report the following events if not reported
  under other parts of Department regulations:
(A) Source stuck in an unshielded
  position.
(B) Any fire or explosion
  in a radiation room.
(C) Damage to
  the source racks.
(D) Failure of
  the cable or drive mechanism used to move the source racks.
(E) Inoperability of the access control
  system.
(F) Detection of radiation
  source by the product exit monitor.
(G) Detection of radioactive contamination
  attributable to licensed radioactive material.
(H) Structural damage to the pool liner or
  walls.
(I) Abnormal water loss or
  leakage from the source storage pool.
(J) Pool water conductivity exceeding 100
  microsiemens (ohms) per centimeter.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 20 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES FOR HUMAN USE › Section 180-20-001 - SCOPE AND AUTHORITY

Current through June 17, 2024
This chapter provides special requirements for registrants using
	 therapeutic radiation machines. The regulations are authorized by and implement
	 the Nebraska Radiation Control Act, Nebraska Revised Statute (Neb. Rev. Stat.)
	 §§
									71-3501
	 to
	 71-3520. The
	 requirements of this 180 NAC 20 are in addition to, and not in substitution for
	 applicable requirements in 180 NAC 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 15, and
	 18.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 20 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES FOR HUMAN USE › Section 180-20-003 - GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRANTS OF THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES

Current through June 17, 2024
The general administrative requirements for registrants using
	 therapeutic radiation machines are as follows.
003.01
ADMINISTRATIVE
  CONTROLS.
The registrant must be responsible for directing the
  operation of the therapeutic radiation machines that have been registered with
  the Department. The registrant or the registrant's agent must ensure that the
  requirements of this chapter are met in the operation of the therapeutic
  radiation machine or machines.
003.02
PROHIBITION.
A therapeutic radiation machine that does not meet the provisions of these
  regulations cannot be used for irradiation of patients.
003.03
TRAINING FOR EXTERNAL BEAM
  RADIATION THERAPY USERS.
The registrant of any therapeutic
  radiation machine subject to 180 NAC
  20-006 or
  20-007 must require the user to be a
  physician who is licensed in the State of Nebraska and who:
(1) Is certified in:
(i) Radiology, combined diagnostic and
  therapeutic radiology program, therapeutic radiology or radiation oncology, by
  the American Board of Radiology;
(ii) Radiation oncology by the American
  Osteopathic Board of Radiology;
(iii) Radiology, with specialization in
  radiotherapy, as a British "Fellow of the Faculty of Radiology" or "Fellow of
  the Royal College of Radiology"; or
(iv) Therapeutic radiology by the Canadian
  Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons; or
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 20 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES FOR HUMAN USE › Section 180-20-004 - GENERAL TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR REGISTRANTS OF THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES

Current through June 17, 2024
The general technical requirements for registrants using therapeutic
	 radiation machines are as follows.
004.01
PROTECTION
  SURVEYS.
Radiation protection surveys must be conducted as
  follows.
004.01(A)
RADIATION
  SURVEY INSTRUMENT.
The registrant must ensure that radiation
  protection surveys of all new facilities, and existing facilities not
  previously surveyed, are performed with an operable radiation measurement
  survey instrument calibrated according to 180 NAC
  20-008. The radiation protection
  survey must be performed by, or under the direction of, a radiological medical
  physicist. The radiological medical physicist must verify, with the therapeutic
  radiation machine in a "BEAM-ON" condition, with the largest clinically
  available treatment field and with and without a scattering phantom in the
  useful beam of radiation:
(i) Radiation
  levels in restricted areas are not likely to cause personnel exposures in
  excess of the limits specified in 180 NAC 4-005.01; and
(ii) Radiation levels in unrestricted areas
  do not exceed the limits specified in 180 NAC 4-013.01 and 180 NAC 4-013.02.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 20 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES FOR HUMAN USE › Section 180-20-005 - QUALITY MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

Current through June 17, 2024
Each registrant or applicant subject to 180 NAC
	 20-006 or
	 20-007 must develop, implement, and
	 maintain a quality management program to ensure that radiation will be
	 administered as directed by the user.
005.01
SCOPE AND
  APPLICABILITY.
The quality management program must address, as a
  minimum, the following specific objectives.
005.01(A)
WRITTEN
  DIRECTIVES.
A written directive must:
(i) Be dated and signed by a user prior to
  the administration of radiation. If, because of the patient's condition, a
  delay in the order to provide a written revision to an existing written
  directive would jeopardize the patient's health, an oral revision to an
  existing written directive will be acceptable, provided that the oral revision
  is documented as soon as possible in writing in the patient's record and a
  revised written directive is signed by a user within 48 hours of the oral
  revision;
(ii) Contain the patient
  or human research subject's name, the type and energy of the beam, the total
  dose, dose per fraction, treatment site, and the number of fractions;
(iii) Be dated and signed by a
  user prior to the administration of the external beam dose or the next
  fractional dose for a written revision to an existing written directive; and
(iv) Be retained by the registrant
  for three years.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 20 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES FOR HUMAN USE › Section 180-20-006 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES OF LESS THAN 500 KILOVOLTS (kV)

Current through June 17, 2024
The requirements for therapeutic radiation machines of less than 500
	 kilovolts (kV) are as follows.
006.01
LEAKAGE RADIATION.
When the x-ray tube is operated at
  its maximum rated tube current for the maximum kilovolts (kV), the leakage air
  kerma rate must not exceed the value specified at the distance specified for
  that classification of therapeutic radiation machine as follows.
006.01(A)
0-50 KILOVOLT (KV)
  SYSTEMS.
The leakage air kerma rate measured at any position 5
  centimeters from the tube housing assembly must not exceed 1 milligray (mGy) or
  100 millirad (mrad) in any one hour.
006.01(B)
GREATER THAN 50 AND
  LESS THAN 500 KILOVOLT (KV) SYSTEMS.
The leakage air kerma rate
  measured at a distance of 1 meter from the target in any direction must not
  exceed 1 centigray (cGy) or 1 rad in any 1 hour. This air kerma rate
  measurement may be averaged over areas no larger than 100 square centimeters.
  In addition, the air kerma rate at a distance of 5 centimeters from the surface
  of the tube housing assembly must not exceed 30 centigray (cGy) or 30 rad per
  hour.
006.01(C)
DETERMINATION OF LEAKAGE RADIATION.
For each
  therapeutic radiation machine, the registrant must determine, or obtain from
  the manufacturer, the leakage radiation existing at the positions specified in
  180 NAC
  20-006.01(A) and
  20-006.01(B) for
  the specified operating conditions. Records on leakage radiation measurements
  must be maintained at the installation for inspection by the
  Department.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 20 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES FOR HUMAN USE › Section 180-20-007 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES - PHOTON THERAPY SYSTEMS 500 KILOVOLTS (KV) AND ABOVE AND ELECTRON THERAPY SYSTEMS 500 KILOELECTRON VOLTS (keV) and ABOVE

Current through June 17, 2024
007.01
LEAKAGE RADIATION OUTSIDE
  THE MAXIMUM USEFUL BEAM IN PHOTON AND ELECTRON MODES.
The
  requirements governing leakage radiation outside the maximum useful beam in
  photon and electron modes are as follows.
007.01(A)
ABSORBED
  DOSE.
The absorbed dose due to leakage radiation, excluding
  neutrons, at any point outside the maximum sized useful beam, but within a
  circular plane of radius 2 meters which is perpendicular to and centered on the
  central axis of the useful beam at the nominal treatment distance, must not
  exceed a maximum of 0.2 percent and an average of 0.1 percent of the absorbed
  dose on the central axis of the beam at the nominal treatment distance.
  Measurements must be averaged over an area not exceeding 100 square centimeters
  at a minimum of 16 points uniformly distributed in the plane.
007.01(B)
LEAKAGE
  RADIATION.
Except for the area defined in 180 NAC 20-007.01(A),
  the absorbed dose due to leakage radiation, excluding neutrons, at 1 meter from
  the electron path between the electron source and the target or electron window
  must not exceed 0.5 percent of the absorbed dose on the central axis of the
  beam at the nominal treatment distance. Measurements must be averaged over an
  area not exceeding 100 square centimeters.
007.01(C)
NEUTRON ABSORBED
  DOSE.
For equipment manufactured after July 11, 2009, the neutron
  absorbed dose outside the useful beam must not exceed manufacturer's
  specifications.
007.01(D)
LEAKAGE RADIATION MEASUREMENTS.
For each therapeutic
  radiation machine, the registrant must determine, or obtain from the
  manufacturer, the leakage radiation existing at the positions specified in 180
  NAC
  20-007.01(A) through
  (C) for the specified operating conditions.
  Records on leakage radiation measurements must be maintained for inspection by
  the Department.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 20 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES FOR HUMAN USE › Section 180-20-008 - CALIBRATION OF RADIATION SURVEY INSTRUMENTS

Current through June 17, 2024
The requirements for calibration of survey instruments are as
	 follows.
008.01
CALIBRATION FREQUENCY.
The registrant must ensure that
  the survey instruments used to show compliance with this chapter have been
  calibrated before first use, at intervals not to exceed 12 months, and
  following repair.
008.02
CALIBRATION METHOD.
To satisfy the requirements of 180
  NAC 20-008.01, the registrant must:
(A)
  Calibrate all required scale readings up to 10 milliSievert (mSv) or 1000
  millirem (mrem) per hour with an appropriate radiation source that is traceable
  to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST);
(B) Calibrate at least two points on each
  scale to be calibrated. These points should be at approximately 1/3 and 2/3 of
  full-scale.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 20 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES FOR HUMAN USE › Section 180-20-009 - SHIELDING AND SAFETY DESIGN REQUIREMENTS

Current through June 17, 2024
The design requirements for shielding and safety are as follows.
009.01
PRIMARY AND SECONDARY
  BARRIERS.
Each therapeutic radiation machine subject to this
  chapter must be provided with primary or secondary barriers as necessary to
  ensure compliance with 180 NAC 4-005 and 4-013.
009.02
NEW
  INSTALLATION.
Facility design information for all new
  installations of a therapeutic radiation machine or installations of a
  therapeutic radiation machine of higher energy into a room not previously
  approved for that energy, must be submitted for Department approval prior to
  actual installation of the therapeutic radiation machine. The minimum facility
  design information that must be submitted is contained in Appendix
  20-A.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 20 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES FOR HUMAN USE › Section 180-20-010 - QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR RADIATION THERAPY SIMULATION SYSTEMS

Current through June 17, 2024
The quality assurance requirements for radiation therapy simulation
	 systems are as follows.
010.01
ACCEPTANCE TESTING AND PERIODIC VERIFICATION OF
  PERFORMANCE.
Quality assurance for a conventional or virtual
  simulator must include acceptance testing and periodic verification of system
  performance.
010.02
METHOD.
Quality assurance for radiation therapy
  simulation systems must be performed according to "Comprehensive QA for
  Radiation Oncology: Report of AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No.
  40: AAPM Report No. 46" for a conventional simulator.
010.02(A)
VIRTUAL
  SIMULATOR.
For radiation therapy virtual simulator's, quality
  assurance must be performed according to "Quality assurance for computed
  tomography simulators and the computed tomography-simulation process: Report of
  the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 66: AAPM Report No. 83".
  This document is available for viewing at the Department of Health and Human
  Services, Division of Public Health, Office of Radiological Health, 301
  Centennial Mall South, 3rd Floor, Lincoln, Nebraska 68509.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 20 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES FOR HUMAN USE › Section 180-20-011 - ELECTRONIC BRACHYTHERAPY

Current through June 17, 2024
This section addresses electronic brachytherapy.
011.01
APPLICABILITY.
Electronic brachytherapy devices are
  subject to the requirements of 180 NAC 20-011, and are exempt for the
  requirements of 180 NAC
  20-006.
011.01(A)
PROHIBITION.
An electronic brachytherapy device that
  does not meet the requirements of 180 NAC 20-011 must not be used for
  irradiation of patients.
011.01(B)
APPROVAL FOR USE.
An electronic brachytherapy device
  must only be utilized for human use applications specifically approved by the
  U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unless participating in a research
  study approved by the registrant's Institutional Review Board (IRB).
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 20 - THERAPEUTIC RADIATION MACHINES FOR HUMAN USE › Section 180-20-012 - OTHER USES OF ELECTRONICALLY PRODUCED RADIATION TO DELIVER THERAPEUTIC RADIATION DOSAGE

Current through June 17, 2024
A person must not utilize any device which is designed to electrically
	 generate a source of ionizing radiation to deliver therapeutic radiation
	 dosage, and which is not regulated under any existing category of therapeutic
	 radiation machine, until the following requirements have been met.
012.01
SUBMISSION
  REQUIREMENTS.
The applicant or registrant must submit:
(A) A detailed description of the device and
  its intended application or applications;
(B) Facility design requirements, including
  shielding and access control;
(C)
  Documentation of appropriate training for users and radiological medical
  physicist or physicists;
(D)
  Methodology for measurement of dosages to be administered to patients or human
  research subjects;
(E)
  Documentation regarding calibration, maintenance, and repair of the device, as
  well as instruments and equipment necessary for radiation safety
(F) Radiation safety precautions and
  instructions; and
(G) Other
  information requested by the Department in its review of the
  application.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 22 - SHIPPING OF HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE OR TRANSURANIC WASTE › Section 180-22-001 - SCOPE AND AUTHORITY

Current through June 17, 2024
These regulations establish fees for shipment of high-level waste and
	 transuranic waste. The regulations are authorized by Nebraska Revised Statute
	 (Neb. Rev. Stat.) §§
									71-3523 to
	 71-3528.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 22 - SHIPPING OF HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE OR TRANSURANIC WASTE › Section 180-22-002 - FEE PER CASK

Current through June 17, 2024
The fee for each cask of high-level radioactive waste or transuranic
	 waste is $3,100.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 23 - FLUOROSCOPIC EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS › Section 180-23-001 - SCOPE AND AUTHORITY

Current through June 17, 2024
This chapter establishes the minimum education and training
	 requirements for certified registered nurse anesthetists performing
	 fluoroscopy. The regulations are authorized by and implement the Radiation
	 Control Act, Nebraska Revised Statute (Neb. Rev. Stat.) §
									71-3508
	 and the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Practice Act, Neb. Rev. Stat.
	 §
									38-711.
	 Upon successful completion of the approved education and training the certified
	 registered nurse anesthetist may use fluoroscopy in conjunction with a licensed
	 medical radiographer to perform authorized duties and
	 functions.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 23 - FLUOROSCOPIC EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS › Section 180-23-002 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
The following definitions apply to this chapter:
002.01
APPROVED EDUCATION
  PROGRAM.
The University of Nebraska Medical Center's "Fluoroscopy
  Radiation Safety Training for UNMC/The Nebraska Medical Center" or equivalent
  course as approved jointly by the Department and the Advanced Practice
  Registered Nursing Board is an approved educational program.
002.02
FLUOROSCOPY.
An imaging technique used to obtain real-time moving images of the internal
  structures of a patient through the use of a fluoroscope is
  fluoroscopy.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 23 - FLUOROSCOPIC EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS › Section 180-23-003 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Current through June 17, 2024
Documentation of completion of required education and training must be
	 maintained at each facility where a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist
	 performs fluoroscopy.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 23 - FLUOROSCOPIC EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR CERTIFIED REGISTERED NURSE ANESTHETISTS › Section 180-23-004 - ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS

Current through June 17, 2024
Prior to the use of fluoroscopic equipment by a certified registered
	 nurse anesthetist the registrant must ensure that:
(A) The certified registered nurse
  anesthetist has successfully completed an approved educational program in
  fluoroscopy and received hands-on training in the use of a fluoroscope by
  completing at least three fluoroscopic procedures under the direct supervision
  of and in the physical presence of a physician or a person meeting the
  requirements of 180 NAC 23; and
(B)
  The requirements of Neb. Rev. Stat. §
									38-711(3)
   are met.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 24 - PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 180-24-001 - SCOPE AND AUTHORITY

Current through June 17, 2024
180 Nebraska Administrative Code (NAC) 24 has been established to
	 provide the requirements for the physical protection program for any licensee
	 that possesses an aggregated category 1 or category 2 quantity of radioactive
	 material listed in Appendix 24-A of 180 NAC 24. These requirements provide
	 reasonable assurance of the security of category 1 or category 2 quantities of
	 radioactive material by protecting these materials from theft or diversion.
	 Specific requirements for access to material, use of material, transfer of
	 material, and transport of material are included. No provision of 180 NAC 24
	 authorizes possession of licensed material.
001.01
APPLICABILITY.
180 NAC
  24-004 through
  24-019 apply to any person who, under
  180 NAC 24, possesses or uses at any site, an aggregated category 1 or category
  2 quantity of radioactive material.
001.02
TRANSPORT.
180 NAC
  24-020 through
  24-025 applies to any person who:
(A) Transports or delivers to a carrier for
  transport in a single shipment, a category 1 or category 2 quantity of
  radioactive material; or
(B)
  Imports or exports a category 1 or category 2 quantity of radioactive material;
  the provisions only apply to the domestic portion of the transport.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 24 - PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 180-24-003 - SPECIFIC EXEMPTIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
A licensee that possesses radioactive waste containing category 1 or
	 category 2 quantities of radioactive material is exempt from the requirements
	 180 NAC 24
	 24-004 through 25-025. Except that
	 any radioactive waste that contains discrete sources, ion-exchange resins, or
	 activated material that weighs less than 4,409 pounds (2,000 kg) is not exempt
	 from the requirements 180 NAC 24. To secure radioactive waste licensees
	 must:
(A) Use continuous physical
  barriers that allow access to the radioactive waste only through established
  access control points;
(B) Use a
  locked door or gate with monitored alarm at the access control point;
(C) Assess and respond to each actual or
  attempted unauthorized access to determine whether an actual or attempted
  theft, sabotage, or diversion occurred; and
(D) Immediately notify the LLEA and request
  an armed response from the LLEA upon determination that there was an actual or
  attempted theft, sabotage, or diversion of the radioactive waste that contains
  category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive material.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 24 - PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 180-24-004 - PERSONNEL ACCESS AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR CATEGORY 1 OR CATEGORY 2 QUANTITIES OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL

Current through June 17, 2024
004.01
GENERAL.
004.01(A)
ACCESS AUTHORIZATION PROGRAM
. Each licensee that
  possesses an aggregated quantity of radioactive material at or above the
  category 2 threshold must establish, implement, and maintain its access
  authorization program in accordance with the requirements of 180 NAC 24-004
  through
  24-010.
004.01(B)
NEW LICENSE OR LICENSE
  AMENDMENT.
An applicant for a new license and each licensee that
  would become newly subject to the requirements of 180 NAC 24-004 through
  24-010 upon application for
  modification of its license must implement the requirements of 180 NAC 24-004
  through 24.010, as appropriate, before taking possession of an aggregated
  category 1 or category 2 quantity of radioactive material.
004.01(C)
SECURITY
  ORDERS.
Any licensee that has not previously implemented the
  Security Orders or been subject to the provisions of 180 NAC 24-004 through
  24-010 must implement the provisions
  of 180 NAC 24-004 through
  24-010 before aggregating radioactive
  material to a quantity that equals or exceeds the category 2
  threshold.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 24 - PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 180-24-005 - ACCESS AUTHORIZATION PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Current through June 17, 2024
005.01
GRANTING UNESCORTED ACCESS AUTHORIZATION.
Requirements
  for granting unescorted access authorization are:
(A) Licensees must implement the requirements
  of 180 NAC
  24-004 through
  24-010 for granting initial or
  reinstated unescorted access authorization; and
(B) Individuals who have been determined to
  be trustworthy and reliable must also complete the security training required
  by 180 NAC 24-012.03 before being allowed unescorted access to category 1 or
  category 2 quantities of radioactive material.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 24 - PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 180-24-007 - REQUIREMENTS FOR CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS OF INDIVIDUAL GRANTED UNESCORTED ACCESS TO CATEGORY 1 OR CATEGORY 2 QUANTITIES OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS

Current through June 17, 2024
007.01
GENERAL PERFORMANCE
  OBJECTIVE AND REQUIREMENTS.
Licensees must ensure individuals
  granted unescorted access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive
  materials meet the requirements for criminal history records checks.
007.01(A)
FINGERPRINTING.
Except for those individuals listed in
  180 NAC
  24-008 and those individuals
  grandfathered under 180 NAC 24-006.02, each licensee subject to the provisions
  of this 180 NAC
  24-004 through
  24-010 must fingerprint each
  individual who is to be permitted unescorted access to category 1 or category 2
  quantities of radioactive material. Licensees must transmit all collected
  fingerprints to the NRC for transmission to the FBI. The licensee must use the
  information received from the FBI as part of the required background
  investigation to determine whether to grant or deny further unescorted access
  to category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive materials for that
  individual.
007.01(B)
NOTIFICATION.
The licensee must notify each affected
  individual that their fingerprints will be used to secure a review of their
  criminal history record, and must inform the individual of the procedures for
  revising the record or adding explanations to the record.
007.01(C)
REINSTATEMENT.
Fingerprinting is not required if a
  licensee is reinstating an individual's unescorted access authorization to
  category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive materials if:
(i) The individual returns to the same
  facility that granted unescorted access authorization within 365 days of the
  termination of their unescorted access authorization; and
(ii) The previous access was terminated under
  favorable conditions.
007.01(D)
EXCEPTION.
Fingerprints do not need to be taken if an individual who is an employee of a
  licensee, contractor, manufacturer, or supplier has been granted unescorted
  access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive material, access
  to safeguards information, or safeguards information-modified handling by
  another licensee, based upon a background investigation conducted under 180 NAC
  24-004 through
  24-010, the Fingerprint Orders, or 10
  CFR 73. An existing criminal history records check file may be transferred to
  the licensee asked to grant unescorted access in accordance with the provisions
  of 180 NAC 24-009.03.
007.01(E)
LIMITATION.
Licensees must use the information
  obtained as part of a criminal history records check solely for the purpose of
  determining an individual's suitability for unescorted access authorization to
  category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive materials, access to
  safeguards information, or safeguards information-modified handling.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 24 - PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 180-24-009 - PROTECTION OF INFORMATION

Current through June 17, 2024
009.01
FILING SYSTEM AND WRITTEN PROCEDURES.
Each licensee
  who obtains background information on an individual under 180 NAC
  24-004 through
  24-010 must establish and maintain a
  system of files and written procedures for protection of the record and the
  personal information from unauthorized disclosure.
009.02
NON-DISCLOSURE.
The licensee may not disclose the
  record or personal information collected and maintained to persons other than
  the subject individual, their representative, or to those who have a need to
  have access to the information in performing assigned duties in the process of
  granting or denying unescorted access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of
  radioactive material, safeguards information, or safeguards
  information-modified handling. No individual authorized to have access to the
  information may disseminate the information to any other individual who does
  not have a need to know.
009.03
SHARING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION.
The personal
  information obtained on an individual from a background investigation may be
  provided to another licensee:
(A) Upon the
  individual's written request to the licensee holding the data to disseminate
  the information contained in his or her file; and
(B) The recipient licensee verifies
  information such as name, date of birth, social security number, gender, and
  other applicable physical characteristics.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 24 - PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 180-24-010 - ACCESS AUTHORIZATION PROGRAM REVIEW

Current through June 17, 2024
010.01
PROGRAM EVALUATION.
Each licensee must be responsible
  for the continuing effectiveness of the access authorization program. Each
  licensee must ensure that access authorization programs are reviewed to confirm
  compliance with the requirements of 180 NAC
  24-004 through 24-010 and that
  comprehensive actions are taken to correct any noncompliance that is
  identified. The review program must evaluate all program performance objectives
  and requirements. Each licensee must periodically, at least annually, review
  the access program content and implementation.
010.02
DOCUMENTATION OF
  RESULTS.
The results of the reviews, along with any
  recommendations, must be documented. Each review report must identify
  conditions that are adverse to the proper performance of the access
  authorization program, the cause of the condition(s), and, when appropriate,
  recommend corrective actions, and corrective actions taken. The licensee must
  review the findings and take any additional corrective actions necessary to
  preclude repetition of the condition, including reassessment of the deficient
  areas where indicated.
010.03
RECORDS.
Review records must be maintained for three
  years.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 24 - PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 180-24-011 - SECURITY PROGRAM

Current through June 17, 2024
011.01
APPLICABILITY.
011.01(A)
PROGRAM
  ESTABLISHMENT.
Each licensee that possesses an aggregated category
  1 or category 2 quantity of radioactive material must establish, implement, and
  maintain a security program in accordance with the requirements of this 180 NAC
  24-011 through
  24-019.
011.01(B)
IMPLEMENTATION.
An applicant for a new license and
  each licensee that would become newly subject to the requirements of 180 NAC
  24-011 through
  24-019 upon application for
  modification of its license must implement the requirements of 180 NAC 24-011
  through
  24-019, as appropriate, before taking
  possession of an aggregated category 1 or category 2 quantity of radioactive
  material.
011.01(C)
NOTIFICATION.
Any licensee that has not previously
  implemented the Security Orders or been subject to the provisions of 180 NAC
  24-011 through
  24-019 must provide written
  notification to the Department in accordance with 180 NAC
  1-012 at least 90 days before
  aggregating radioactive material to a quantity that equals or exceeds the
  category 2 threshold.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 24 - PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 180-24-012 - GENERAL SECURITY PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Current through June 17, 2024
012.01
SECURITY PLAN.
012.01(A)
DEVELOPMENT AND
  PURPOSE.
Each licensee identified in 180 NAC
  24-011 must develop a written
  security plan specific to its facilities and operations. The purpose of the
  security plan is to establish the licensee's overall security strategy to
  ensure the integrated and effective functioning of the security program
  required by 180 NAC
  24-011 through
  24-019. The security plan must, at a
  minimum:
(i) Describe the measures and
  strategies used to implement the requirements of 180 NAC
  24-011 through
  24-019; and
(ii) Identify the security resources,
  equipment, and technology used to satisfy the requirements of 180 NAC
  24-011 through
  24-019.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 180 - CONTROL OF RADIATION › Chapter 24 - PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL › Section 180-24-013 - LLEA COORDINATION

Current through June 17, 2024
A licensee subject to 180 NAC
	 24-011 through
	 24-019 must coordinate, to the extent
	 practicable, with a LLEA for responding to threats to the licensee's facility,
	 including any necessary armed response. The information provided to the LLEA
	 must include:
(A) A description of the
  facilities and the category 1 and category 2 quantities of radioactive
  materials along with a description of the licensee's security measures that
  have been implemented to comply with 180 NAC
  24-011 through
  24-019; and
(B) A notification that the licensee will
  request a timely armed response by the LLEA to any actual or attempted theft,
  sabotage, or diversion of category 1 or category 2 quantities of material.
013.01
NOTIFICATION.
The licensee must notify the Department
  within three business days if the LLEA:
(A)
  Has not responded to the request for coordination within 60 days of the
  coordination request; or
(B)
  Notifies the licensee that the LLEA does not plan to participate in
  coordination activities.