reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0519 - "Nationally tracked source" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Nationally tracked source" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				10
				C.F.R. §
									20.1003.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R149-07, eff. 1-30-2008
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.052 - "Natural radioactivity" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Natural radioactivity" means radioactivity of naturally
				occurring nuclides.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.18, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0525 - "Naturally occurring or accelerator-produced radioactive material" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Naturally occurring or accelerator-produced radioactive
				material" includes naturally occurring radioactive material, including
				materials generated by accelerators used in subatomic particle physics
				research, and accelerator-produced radioactive material. The term does not
				include by-product, source or special nuclear material.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Human Resources by R137-01, eff. 5-30-2003
NRS
				  459.030
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0527 - "Negative pressure respirator" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Negative pressure respirator" means a respirator in which the
				air pressure inside the facepiece is negative during inhalation with respect to
				the ambient air pressure outside the respirator.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R085-06, eff. 11-13-2006
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.053 - "Nonstochastic effect" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Nonstochastic effect" means the effects on health from
				exposure to radiation, the severity of which varies with the dose of radiation
				and for which it is believed that a threshold exists.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.054 - "Occupational dose" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Occupational dose" means the dose received by a natural person
				in the course of employment in which the natural person's duties involve
				exposure to radiation or radioactive material from licensed and unlicensed
				sources of radiation, whether in the possession of a licensee or registrant or
				any other person. The term does not include a dose received by a natural
				person:
1. From background
			 radiation;
2. From any medical
			 administration of radiation to the person;
3. From exposure to other natural persons who
			 have been administered radioactive material and have been released pursuant to
			 10
			 C.F.R. §
									35.75;
4. From voluntary participation in medical
			 research; or
5. As a member of the
			 public.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.19, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A 1-18-94; R084-98, 1-26-99; A by
				Dep't of Human Resources by R137-01, 5-30-2003; A by Bd. of Health by R085-06,
				11-13-2006
NRS
				  459.030,
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.055 - "Occupational exposure" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Occupational exposure" means exposure of a person:
1. In a restricted area; or
2. In the course of employment in which the
			 person's duties involve exposure from sources of radiation, whether in the
			 possession of the licensee, registrant or any other person.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0555 - "Package" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Package" means the assembly of the components necessary to
				comply with the regulations of the United States Department of Transportation
				relating to packaging and the radioactive contents of the package, as presented
				for transport.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R084-98, eff. 1-26-99
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.056 - "Particle accelerator" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Particle accelerator" means any machine capable of
				accelerating electrons, protons, deuterons or other charged particles in a
				vacuum and of discharging the resultant particulate or other radiation into a
				medium at energies usually in excess of 1 MeV.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.20, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.058 - "Person" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
1. "Person" has the
			 meaning ascribed to it in
			 NRS 0.039
			 and, except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, includes:
(a) Any agency or political subdivision of
			 this State, any other state or the United States, other than the Nuclear
			 Regulatory Commission or the Department of Energy or its successor, any foreign
			 government or nation or any political subdivision of any such government or
			 nation, or other entity; and
(b)
			 Any legal successor, representative, agent or agency of the persons and
			 entities described in paragraph (a).
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.059 - "Personnel monitoring" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Personnel monitoring" means:
1. The assessment of dose equivalent by the
			 use of equipment designed to be worn by a person;
2. The assessment of committed effective dose
			 equivalent by bioassay or derived air concentration-hours; or
3. The assessment of dose equivalent by the
			 use of data from a survey.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.060 - "Personnel monitoring equipment" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Personnel monitoring equipment" means devices designed to be
				worn by a natural person for the assessment of dose equivalent, including, but
				not limited to, film badges, thermoluminescence dosimeters, pocket ionization
				chambers and personal devices for sampling air.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.22, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A 1-18-94; A by Dep't of Human
				Resources by R137-01, 5-30-2003
NRS
				  459.030,
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.062 - "Pharmacist" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Pharmacist" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				10
				C.F.R. §
									35.2, as adopted by reference
				pursuant to NAC 459.3062.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.23, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A by R085-06,
				11-13-2006
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.063 - "Physical description" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Physical description" means the items required to be indicated
				on NRC Form 541 to describe low-level radioactive waste.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R084-98, eff. 1-26-99
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.064 - "Physician" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Physician" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				10
				C.F.R. §
									35.2, as adopted by reference
				pursuant to NAC 459.3062.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.24, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A by R085-06,
				11-13-2006
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0645 - "Planned special exposure" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Planned special exposure" means an infrequent exposure to
				radiation pursuant to NAC 459.329, separate from and in addition to the annual
				limits specified in NAC 459.325.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.06455 - "Portable shielding" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Portable shielding" means shielding which may be moved easily
				by a mobility device or by hand and placed in a primary or secondary beam to
				reduce the radiation exposure of a person.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R185-08, eff. 5-7-2010
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0646 - "Positive pressure respirator" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Positive pressure respirator" means a respirator in which the
				pressure inside the respiratory inlet covering exceeds the ambient air pressure
				outside the respirator.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R085-06, eff. 11-13-2006
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.06485 - "Pressure demand respirator" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Pressure demand respirator" means a positive pressure
				atmosphere-supplying respirator that admits breathing air to the facepiece when
				the positive pressure is reduced inside the facepiece by inhalation.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R085-06, eff. 11-13-2006
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.06495 - "Principal activities" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Principal activities" means the activities authorized by a
				license which are essential to achieving the purpose for which the license was
				issued or amended. The term does not include:
1. Storage during which no licensed material
			 is accessed for use; or
2. Disposal
			 and activities incidental to decontamination or decommissioning.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R084-98, eff. 1-26-99
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.065 - "Public dose" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Public dose" means the dose received by a member of the public
				from exposure to radiation or radioactive material that is released by a
				licensee, or from another source of radiation under the control of a licensee
				or registrant. The term does not include a dose received by a natural person
				from:
1. Background
			 radiation;
2. Any medical
			 administration of radiation to the person;
3. Exposure to other natural persons who have
			 been administered radioactive material and have been released pursuant to
			 10
			 C.F.R. §
									35.75;
4. An occupational dose; or
5. Voluntary participation in medical
			 research.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94; A by R084-98, 1-26-99; A by Dep't of Human Resources by
				R137-01, 5-30-2003; A by Bd. of Health by R085-06,
				11-13-2006
NRS
				  459.030,
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0653 - "Qualitative fit test" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Qualitative fit test" means a fit test that relies on the
				response of a person to the test agent to assess on a pass or fail basis the
				adequacy of the fit of a respirator.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R085-06, eff. 11-13-2006
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0655 - "Quality factor" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Quality factor" means the applicable modifying factor that is
				specified in NAC 459.3235.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0657 - "Quantitative fit test" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Quantitative fit test" means a fit test that relies on
				numerically measuring the amount of leakage into a respirator to assess the
				adequacy of the fit of the respirator.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R085-06, eff. 11-13-2006
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.066 - "Rad" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Rad" means the special unit of absorbed dose. One rad equals
				one hundredth of a joule per kilogram of material; for example, if tissue is
				the material of interest, 1 rad equals 100 ergs per gram of tissue. One rad is
				equivalent to 10 milligrays.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.25, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A by Dep't of Human Resources by
				R137-01, 5-30-2003
NRS
				  459.030,
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.068 - "Radiation" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Radiation" means ionizing radiation, that is, gamma rays and X
				rays, alpha and beta particles, high speed electrons, neutrons and other
				nuclear particles.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.26, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.070 - "Radiation area" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Radiation area" means any area accessible to any person in
				which there exists radiation at a level which could result in a person
				receiving a dose equivalent in excess of 0.005 rem in 1 hour at 30 centimeters
				from the source of radiation or from any surface that the radiation
				penetrates.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.27, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A
				1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.072 - "Radiation machine" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Radiation machine" means any device capable of producing
				radiation except one which produces radiation only from radioactive
				material.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.28, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.074 - "Radiation safety officer" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Radiation safety officer" means a person who has been
				appointed pursuant to NAC
				459.5924 or section 12, as
				applicable, to:
1. Implement and
			 oversee a radiation safety program for the use of radiation specified in an
			 application for the issuance or renewal of a specific license or registration;
			 and
2. Be the primary contact
			 person for the Division concerning the radiation safety program.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.29, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A by R085-06, 11-13-2006; A by
				R144-13A,
				eff. 10/13/2016
NRS
				459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.076 - "Radioactive material" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Radioactive material" means any solid, liquid or gaseous
				material which emits radiation spontaneously. The term includes by-product
				material.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.30, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A by R185-08,
				5-7-2010
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.078 - "Radioactivity" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Radioactivity" means the disintegration of unstable atomic
				nuclei by the emission of radiation.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.31, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0785 - "Record of occupational exposure for a monitoring period" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Record of occupational exposure for a monitoring period" means
				a form provided by the Division to serve as a record of occupational exposure
				for a monitoring period, or an equivalent form.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.079 - "Reference man" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Reference man" means a hypothetical aggregation of human
				physical and physiological characteristics established by international
				standards approved by the Board and used by researchers and public health
				workers to standardize the results of experiments and to relate biological
				effects to a common base.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.080 - "Registrant" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Registrant" means any person who is registered with the
				Division and who is legally obligated to register with the Division pursuant to
				NAC 459.010 to 459.950, inclusive, and chapter 459 of NRS.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.32, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A by R084-98, 1-26-99; R149-07,
				1-30-2008
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.082 - "Registration" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Registration" means registration with the Division in
				accordance with the provisions of NAC 459.010 to 459.950, inclusive, and
				chapter 459 of NRS.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.33, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A by R084-98, 1-26-99; R149-07,
				1-30-2008
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.084 - "Regulations of the Department of Transportation" defined

Current
			 through June 11, 2024
"Regulations of the Department of Transportation" means the
				regulations in 49 C.F.R. Parts 171 to 177, inclusive.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.34, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A
				9-6-88
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.085 - "Released for unrestricted use" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Released for unrestricted use" means:
1. When applied to restricted areas on land
			 or in facilities such as buildings, that all radioactive materials have been
			 removed until the only radiation remaining is background radiation, and that
			 after the Division has given its approval, the area is no longer restricted;
			 or
2. When applied to equipment
			 such as tools or vehicles in a restricted area, that all radioactive material
			 has been removed from the equipment, so that the equipment may be released from
			 the restricted area.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 11-1-95
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.086 - "Rem" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Rem" means the special unit of any of the quantities expressed
				as a dose equivalent that is equal to the absorbed dose in rads multiplied by
				the quality factor. One rem is equivalent to 10 millisieverts.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.35, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A 9-6-88; 1-18-94; A by Dep't of
				Human Resources by R137-01, 5-30-2003
NRS
				  459.030,
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.088 - "Research and development" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Research and development" means:
1. Theoretical analysis, exploration or
			 experimentation; or
2. The
			 extension of investigative findings and theories of a scientific or technical
			 nature into practical application for experimental and demonstrative purposes,
			 including the experimental production and testing of models, devices,
			 equipment, materials and processes. "Research and development" does not include
			 the internal or external administration of radiation or radioactive material to
			 human beings.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.36, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0885 - "Residual waste" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Residual waste" means low-level radioactive waste resulting
				from processing or decontamination that, because it cannot be easily separated
				into distinct batches attributable to individual waste generators, is
				attributed to the processor or decontamination facility, as applicable.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R084-98, eff. 1-26-99; A by Dep't of Human Resources by R137-01,
				5-30-2003
NRS
				  459.030,
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.089 - "Respiratory protective device" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Respiratory protective device" means an apparatus used to
				reduce the intake of airborne radioactive material by a person.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.090 - "Restricted area" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Restricted area" means any area to which access is limited by
				the licensee or registrant for the purpose of protecting persons from undue
				risks from exposure to radiation and radioactive material. The term does not
				include an area used for residential quarters, although a separate room or
				rooms in a residential building may be set apart as a restricted area.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.37, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A
				1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.092 - "Roentgen" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Roentgen" (R) means a special unit of exposure. One roentgen
				equals 2.58 x 10-4 coulombs per kilogram of
				air.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.38, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.093 - "Sanitary sewerage" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Sanitary sewerage" means a system of public sewers for
				carrying off wastewater and refuse. The term does not include sewage treatment
				facilities, septic tanks or leach fields owned or operated by a
				licensee.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.094 - "Sealed source" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Sealed source" means radioactive material that is permanently
				bonded or fixed in a capsule or matrix designed to prevent release and
				dispersal of the radioactive material under the most severe conditions which
				are likely to be encountered in normal use and handling.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.39, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0945 - "Self-contained breathing apparatus" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Self-contained breathing apparatus" means an
				atmosphere-supplying respirator for which the breathing air source is designed
				to be carried by the user.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R085-06, eff. 11-13-2006
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.095 - "Shallow-dose equivalent" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Shallow-dose equivalent" means the dose equivalent to the skin
				of the whole body or the skin of an extremity that is measured at a tissue
				depth of 0.007 centimeter (7 mg/cm2).
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94; A by R085-06, 11-13-2006
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0955 - "Shipper" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Shipper" means an entity, including, without limitation, a
				waste collector, waste generator or waste processor, that offers low-level
				radioactive waste for transportation by consigning the waste to a different
				waste collector or waste processor, or to a land disposal facility.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R084-98, eff. 1-26-99
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0957 - "Shipping papers" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Shipping papers" means Form 540 and, if necessary, Form 540A,
				published by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Human Resources by R137-01, eff. 5-30-2003
NRS
				  459.030
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0959 - "Sievert" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Sievert" means the special unit of any of the quantities
				expressed as a dose equivalent that is equal to the absorbed dose in grays
				multiplied by the quality factor. One sievert is equivalent to 100 rems.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Human Resources by R137-01, eff. 5-30-2003
NRS
				  459.030
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.096 - "Source material" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Source material" means:
1. Uranium or thorium, or any combination
			 thereof, in any physical or chemical form; or
2. Ores which contain by weight one-twentieth
			 of one percent (0.05 percent) or more of uranium or thorium, or any combination
			 thereof. Source material does not include special nuclear material.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.40, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.098 - "Source of radiation" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Source of radiation" means any radioactive material, or any
				device or equipment emitting or capable of producing radiation.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.41, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.102 - "Special nuclear material in quantities not sufficient to form a critical mass" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Special nuclear material in quantities not sufficient to form
				a critical mass" means uranium enriched in the isotope uranium 235 in
				quantities not exceeding 350 grams of contained uranium 235; uranium 233 in
				quantities not exceeding 200 grams; plutonium in quantities not exceeding 200
				grams; or any combination of them in accordance with the following
				formula:
1. For each kind of special
			 nuclear material, determine the ration between the quantity of that special
			 nuclear material and the quantity specified above for the same kind of special
			 nuclear material.
2. The sum of
			 such ratios for all of the kinds of special nuclear material in combination
			 must not exceed "1" for example, unity. For example, the following quantities
			 in combination would not exceed the limitation and are within the formula:
175 (grams contained U 235)/ 350 + 50 (grams U 233)/ 200 +
				50(grams Pu)/ 200 = 1
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.43, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.1025 - "Specific training on the system provided by the manufacturer" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Specific training on the system provided by the manufacturer"
				means training in the operation of the system, safety procedures and clinical
				use of the system for the uses approved by the United States Food and Drug
				Administration, and may be fulfilled:
1. By satisfactory completion of a training
			 program provided by the manufacturer or an approved institution contracted by
			 the manufacturer; or
2. By
			 receiving training from an authorized user or authorized medical physicist for
			 electronic brachytherapy who is authorized by the Division to use the
			 system.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R185-08, eff. 5-7-2010
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.103 - "Stochastic effect" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Stochastic effect" means the effects on health that occur
				randomly and for which:
1. The
			 probability of the effect occurring, rather than its severity, is assumed to be
			 a linear function of the dose of radiation; and
2. It is believed that there is no
			 threshold.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.1035 - "Supplied-air respirator" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Supplied-air respirator" means an atmosphere-supplying
				respirator for which the source of breathing air is not designed to be carried
				by the user, and includes, without limitation, an airline respirator.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R085-06, eff. 11-13-2006
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.104 - "Survey" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Survey" means an evaluation of the radiological conditions and
				potential hazards incident to the production, use, transfer, release, disposal
				or presence of radioactive material or other sources of radiation. When
				appropriate, the evaluation includes, but is not limited to, a physical survey
				of the location of radioactive material and measurements or calculations of
				levels of radiation, or concentrations or quantities of radioactive material
				present.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.44, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A
				1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.1045 - "Temporary job site" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Temporary job site" means a physical location where a source
				of radiation is stored or used other than the physical location indicated on a
				license or registration as the location at which the source of radiation
				covered by that license or registration is used or stored.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health by
				R144-13A,
				eff. 10/13/2016
NRS
				459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.106 - "Termination" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Termination" means the end of employment with the license or
				registrant or, in the case of persons not employed by the licensee or
				registrant, the end of a work assignment in the licensee's or registrant's
				restricted areas in a given calendar quarter, without expectation or specific
				scheduling of reentry into the restricted areas during the remainder of that
				calendar quarter.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.51, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.108 - "Test" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Test" means a method for determining the characteristics or
				condition of sources of radiation or components thereof.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.45, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.109 - "Threshold" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Threshold" means the dose of radiation below which there are
				no effects on the health of a person from that dose of radiation.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.1092 - "Tight-fitting facepiece" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Tight-fitting facepiece" means a respiratory inlet covering
				that forms a complete seal with the face.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R085-06, eff. 11-13-2006
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.1095 - "Total effective dose equivalent" defined

Current through
			 June 11, 2024
"Total effective dose equivalent" means the sum of the
				effective dose equivalent for external exposures and the committed effective
				dose equivalent for internal exposures.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94; A by R185-08, 5-7-2010
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.111 - "Total organ dose equivalent" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Total organ dose equivalent" means the sum of the deep-dose
				equivalent and the committed dose equivalent for the organ receiving the
				highest dose.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.1115 - "Uniform manifest" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Uniform manifest" means the combination of NRC Forms 540, 541
				and 542, and continuation sheets, as applicable.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R084-98, eff. 1-26-99
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.112 - "Unrefined and unprocessed ore" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
1. "Unrefined and
			 unprocessed ore" means ore in its natural form before any processing, such as
			 grinding, roasting, beneficiating or refining.
2. As used in this section, "processing" does
			 not include the sieving or encapsulation of ore or the preparation of samples
			 of ore for laboratory analysis.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.47, eff. 2-28-80; A by
				R144-13A,
				eff. 10/13/2016
NRS
				459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.114 - "Unrestricted area" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Unrestricted area" means any area where access is not
				controlled or limited by the licensee or registrant.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.48, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A
				1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.1142 - "User-performed seal check" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"User-performed seal check" means an action conducted by the
				user of a respirator to determine if the respirator is properly seated to the
				face. The term includes, without limitation, a negative pressure check, a
				positive pressure check, an irritant smoke check and an isoamyl acetate
				check.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R085-06, eff. 11-13-2006
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.1145 - "Very high radiation area" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Very high radiation area" means an area, accessible to
				persons, in which radiation levels from a source of radiation external to the
				body could result in a person receiving an absorbed dose in excess of 500 rads
				(5 grays) in 1 hour at 1 meter from:
1. A radiation source; or
2. Any surface that the radiation
			 penetrates.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94; A by Dep't of Human Resources by R137-01,
				5-30-2003
NRS
				  459.030,
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.11455 - "Waste" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Waste" means any low-level radioactive waste containing source
				material, special nuclear material or by-product material specified in NAC
				459.022 that is acceptable for disposal in a land disposal facility. The term
				does not include any high-level radioactive waste, transuranic waste, spent
				nuclear fuel or by-product material specified in subsections 3 and 4 of NAC
				459.022.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R185-08, eff. 5-7-2010
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.1146 - "Waste collector" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Waste collector" means an entity that operates pursuant to a
				license issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an agreement state whose
				principal purpose is to:
1. Collect
			 and consolidate waste generated by others; and
2. Transfer this waste without processing or
			 repackaging the waste to another waste collector, waste processor or land
			 disposal facility.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R084-98, eff. 1-26-99
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.1147 - "Waste generator" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Waste generator" means:
1. An entity that operates pursuant to a
			 license issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an agreement state that:
(a) Possesses any material or component that
			 contains radioactivity or is radioactively contaminated for which the licensee
			 foresees no further use; and
(b)
			 Transfers this material or component to a land disposal facility, waste
			 collector or waste processor for handling or treatment before disposal;
			 or
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.1148 - "Waste processor" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Waste processor" means an entity that operates pursuant to a
				license issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or an agreement state whose
				principal purpose is to process, repackage or otherwise treat low-level
				radioactive material or waste generated by others before the waste is
				transferred to a licensed land disposal facility.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R084-98, eff. 1-26-99
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.1149 - "Waste type" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Waste type" means a waste, within a disposal container, that
				has a unique physical description. The term includes, without limitation, a
				waste that has a specific descriptor code and a waste that is sorbed on or
				solidified in a specifically defined medium.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Human Resources by R137-01, eff. 5-30-2003
NRS
				  459.030
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.115 - "Weighting factor" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Weighting factor" means the proportion that the risk of
				stochastic effects resulting from irradiation of an organ or tissue bears to
				the total risk of stochastic effects when the whole body is irradiated
				uniformly, calculated pursuant to the requirements set forth in NAC
				459.323.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.1152 - "Whole body" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Whole body" means, for the purposes of determining external
				doses, the head, that portion of an arm above the elbow, that portion of a leg
				above the knee, and the trunk, including the gonads.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.1156 - "Woman who has declared her pregnancy" defined

Current through
			 June 11, 2024
"Woman who has declared her pregnancy" means a woman who has
				voluntarily informed the relevant licensee or registrant, in writing, of her
				pregnancy and the estimated date of conception.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94; A by Dep't of Human Resources by R137-01,
				5-30-2003
NRS
				  459.030,
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.116 - "Worker" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Worker" means a person engaged in work under a license or
				registration issued by the agency and controlled by a licensee or
				registrant.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.50, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › General Provisions › Section 459.118 - Applicability

Current through June 11, 2024
The provisions of NAC
				  459.010 to
				  459.950, inclusive, and sections
				  4 to 28, inclusive,, including the provisions of the federal regulations
				  adopted by reference in NAC
				  459.1997,
				  459.3062,
				  459.3205 and
				  459.737 and section 7, apply to
				  all persons who receive, possess, use, transfer, own or acquire any source of
				  radiation except as otherwise specifically provided in NAC
				  459.010 to
				  459.950, inclusive and sections 4
				  to 28, inclusive,. Nothing in NAC
				  459.010 to
				  459.950, inclusive, and sections
				  4 to 28, inclusive,, applies to any person to the extent he or she is subject
				  to regulation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Bd. of Health,
				  Radiation Control Reg. § 1.1, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A 9-6-88; R084-98, 1-26-99;
				  A by Dep't of Human Resources by R137-01, 5-30-2003; A by Bd. of Health by
				  R149-07, 1-30-2008; A by
				  R144-13A,
				  eff. 10/13/2016
NRS
				  459.030,
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › General Provisions › Section 459.120 - Exemptions

Current through June 11, 2024
1. The Division may, upon application or its
				own initiative, grant exemptions or exceptions from the requirements of NAC
				459.010 to
				459.950, inclusive, and sections
				5 to 12, inclusive, and sections 5 to 12, inclusive, of this regulation as it
				determines will not result in undue hazard to public health and safety or
				property.
2. Common and contract
				carriers, freight forwarders and warehousemen and the United States Postal
				Service are exempt from the provisions of NAC
				459.010 to
				459.950, inclusive, and sections
				5 to 12, inclusive, of this regulation which correspond to the exemptions from
				federal regulations described in
				10
				C.F.R. §
										30.13 to the extent that they
				transport or store sources of radiation in the regular course of their carriage
				for another or store the sources as an incident to such
				transportation.
3. Any contractor
				or subcontractor of the United States Department of Energy or the Nuclear
				Regulatory Commission who is in one of the following categories and operating
				within this State is exempt from NAC 459.010 to 459.950, inclusive, and
				sections 5 to 12, inclusive, of this regulation to the extent that, under his
				or her contract, he or she receives, possesses, uses, transfers or acquires
				sources of radiation:
(a) Any prime contractor
				performing work for the United States Department of Energy at sites owned or
				controlled by the United States Government, transporting sources of radiation
				to or from such sites, or performing contract services during temporary
				interruptions of such transportation.
(b) Any prime contractor of the United States
				Department of Energy performing research in, or development, manufacture,
				storage, testing or transportation of atomic weapons or components
				thereof.
(c) Any prime contractor
				of the United States Department of Energy using or operating a nuclear reactor
				or other nuclear device in a vehicle or vessel owned by the United States
				Government.
(d) Any other prime
				contractor or subcontractor of the United States Department of Energy or of the
				Nuclear Regulatory Commission when the State and the Nuclear Regulatory
				Commission jointly determine that:
(1) The
				exemption of the prime contractor or subcontractor is authorized by law;
				and
(2) Under the terms of the
				contract or subcontract there is adequate assurance that the work thereunder
				can be accomplished without undue risk to public health or safety.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › General Provisions › Section 459.122 - Prohibited equipment

Current through June 11,
				2024
The use of the following equipment is prohibited:
1. Handheld fluoroscopic screens;
				and
2. Fluoroscopic devices for the
				fitting of shoes.
Bd. of Health,
				  Radiation Control Reg. §§ 1.8-1.8.2, eff.
				  2-28-80
NRS
					 459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › General Provisions › Section 459.123 - Enforcement by Division of provisions of statute and regulation governing state control of radiation

Current through June 11,
				2024
The Division shall enforce the provisions of NRS 459.010 to
				  459.290, inclusive, and NAC 459.010 to 459.950, inclusive, and any other
				  applicable state or federal laws or regulations, and any orders, terms,
				  conditions or limitations adopted pursuant to those provisions or applicable
				  laws or regulations.
Added to
				  NAC by Bd. of Health by
				  R144-13A,
				  eff. 10/13/2016
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › General Provisions › Section 459.1232 - Adoption by reference and revision of certain provisions of federal regulation regarding physical protection of certain quantities of radioactive material

Current through June 11,
				2024
1. The provisions
				of 10 C.F.R. Part 37 are hereby adopted by reference, subject to the following:
(a) The exclusion of the following
				definitions from
				10
				C.F.R. §
											37.5:
(1) "Act";
(2) "Commission";
(3) "Government agency"; and
(4) "License."
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › RADIATION CONTROL › General Provisions › Section 459.1236 - Storage and transfer of sources of radiation

Current through June
				  11, 2024
1. A source of
				  radiation may be stored at a temporary job site for a period that exceeds:
(a) Thirty days only after the licensee or
				  registrant provides written notification to the Division; and
(b) One hundred eighty days only after the
				  licensee or registrant obtains written authorization from the
				  Division.