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Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › Section 459.Sec. 13 - NEW

Current
		  through June 11, 2024
1.
		  A rural health clinic or federally-qualified health center that employs the
		  holder of a rural authorization or for which such a person serves as an
		  independent contractor must establish a quality assurance program for X-ray
		  photographs that meets the requirements prescribed by the publication adopted
		  by reference pursuant to subsection 1 of section 11 of this
		  regulation.
2. The rural health
		  clinic or federally-qualified health center shall make documentation of the
		  quality assurance program available to the Division upon request.
Added
			 to NAC by Bd. of Health, Radiation Control Reg by
			 R043-20A,
			 eff. 12/29/2020
NRS
			 439.200,
			 653.460,
			 653.630
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › Section 459.Sec. 14 - NEW

Current
		  through June 11, 2024
1.
		  A registration issued pursuant to
		  NRS
		  653.610 to engage in radiation therapy or
		  radiologic imaging outside the scope of practice authorized for a holder of a
		  license or limited license expires on the date on which the holder's license or
		  limited license, as applicable, expires.
2. A registration to perform computed
		  tomography issued pursuant to
		  NRS
		  653.630 expires on the date on which the
		  holder's license expires.
Added
			 to NAC by Bd. of Health, Radiation Control Reg by
			 R043-20A,
			 eff. 12/29/2020
NRS
			 439.200,
			 653.460,
			 653.610,
			 653.620;
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › Section 459.Sec. 1 - NEW

Current
		  through June 11, 2024
"Director" means the Director of the State Department of
			 Conservation and Natural Resources.
Added
			 to NAC by Dept of Human Resources by
			 R103-22A,
			 eff. 12/7/2022
NRS
				459.3818
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.010 - Definitions

Current through June 11, 2024
As used in NAC 459.010 to
				459.950, inclusive, and sections
				5 to 12, inclusive of this regulation, unless the context otherwise requires,
				the words and terms defined in NAC
				459.012 to
				459.116, inclusive, and sections
				5 and 6 of this regulation have the meanings ascribed to them in those
				sections.
Supplied in
				codification; A by Bd. of Health, 4-27-84; 10-22-93; 1-18-94; 1-21-94; 7-7-94;
				11-1-95; R084-98, 1-26-99; A by Dep't of Human Resources by R137-01, 5-30-2003;
				A by Bd. of Health by R149-03, 12-3-2003; R085-06, 11-13-2006; R149-07,
				1-30-2008; R185-08, 5-7-2010; A by
				R144-13A,
				eff. 10/13/2016; A
				by
				R021-18A,
				eff. 12/18/2019
NRS
				459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.012 - "Absorbed dose" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Absorbed dose" means the energy imparted to matter by ionizing
				radiation per unit mass of irradiated material at the place of interest. The
				special units of absorbed dose are the rad and the gray.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.9.2, 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 459.013 - "Accelerator-produced radioactive material" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Accelerator-produced radioactive material" means, except as
				otherwise provided in NAC 459.0525, any material made radioactive by a particle
				accelerator.
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 459.0145 - "Activity" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Activity" means the rate of disintegration or decay of
				radioactive material. The units of activity are the curie and the
				becquerel.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94; 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 459.0147 - "Address of use" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Address of use" means the building or buildings that are
				identified on the license and where radioactive materials may be received, used
				or stored.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 11-1-95
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.016 - "Agreement state" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Agreement state" means any state with which the Nuclear
				Regulatory Commission has entered into an effective agreement under section
				274(b) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 73 Stat. 689.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.2, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.018 - "Airborne radioactive material" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Airborne radioactive material" means any radioactive material
				dispersed in the air in the form of dust, fumes, mists, particulates, vapors or
				gases.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.3, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A
				1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0182 - "Air-purifying respirator" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Air-purifying respirator" means a respirator with an
				air-purifying filter, cartridge or canister that removes specific air
				contaminants by passing ambient air through the air-purifying element.
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 459.0185 - "Annual limit on intake" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Annual limit on intake" means the limit for the amount of
				radioactive material taken into the body of an adult worker during the course
				of his or her employment, by inhalation or ingestion, in 1 year. The annual
				limit on intake is equal to the lesser of:
1. The intake of a given radionuclide in a
			 year by the reference man that would result in a committed effective dose
			 equivalent of 5 rems; or
2. A
			 committed dose equivalent of 50 rems to any individual organ or
			 tissue.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.019 - "Appendix A" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Appendix A" means Appendix A to
				10
				C.F.R. §§
									20.1001 to
				20.2402,
				inclusive .
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94; 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 459.0192 - "Appendix B" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Appendix B" means Appendix B to
				10
				C.F.R. §§
									20.1001 to
				20.2402,
				inclusive .
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94; A by R085-06, 11-13-2006; R185-08, 5-7-2010; A by
				R144-13A,
				eff. 10/13/2016
NRS
				459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0194 - "Appendix C" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Appendix C" means Appendix C to
				10
				C.F.R. §§
									20.1001 to
				20.2402,
				inclusive .
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94; 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 459.0195 - "Appendix E" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Appendix E" means Appendix E to
				10
				C.F.R. §§
									20.1001 to
				20.2402,
				inclusive .
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R149-07, eff. 1-30-2008; A by
				R144-13A,
				eff. 10/13/2016
NRS
				459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0196 - "Appendix G" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Appendix G" means Appendix G to
				10
				C.F.R. §§
									20.1001 to
				20.2402,
				inclusive .
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R085-06, eff. 11-13-2006; A by
				R144-13A,
				eff. 10/13/2016
NRS
				459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.020 - "Area of airborne radioactivity" defined

Current through June
			 11, 2024
"Area of airborne radioactivity" means any room, enclosure or
				area in which airborne radioactive material exists in concentrations:
1. In excess of the derived air
			 concentrations specified in Appendix B; or
2. To such a degree that a person present in
			 the area without a respiratory protective device could receive in the hours he
			 or she works in 1 week, an intake of radiation that is greater than 0.6 percent
			 of the annual limit on intake or 12 derived air concentration hours.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.4, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A
				1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0203 - "Area of use" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Area of use" means a portion of an address of use that has
				been set aside for the purpose of receiving, using and storing radioactive
				materials.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 11-1-95
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0205 - "As low as is reasonably achievable" defined

Current through June
			 11, 2024
"As low as is reasonably achievable" means making every
				reasonable effort to maintain exposures to radiation as far below the
				applicable limits as is practical, in a manner that is consistent with the
				purpose for which the licensed or registered activity is undertaken, taking
				into account:
1. The state of the
			 technology;
2. The costs of
			 improving the technology, including a consideration of the extent to which any
			 improvements would benefit the health and safety of the public;
3. The utilization of licensed or registered
			 sources of radiation in the public interest; and
4. Any other societal and socioeconomic
			 considerations, including, without limitation, the potential for death or other
			 harm that could reasonably be expected to result from transportation accidents
			 that occur during the process of decontamination and waste disposal.
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 459.02055 - "Assigned protection factor" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Assigned protection factor" means the expected level of
				respiratory protection in a workplace that would be provided by a properly
				functioning respirator or class of respirators to properly fitted and trained
				users. Operationally, the inhaled concentration can be estimated by dividing
				the ambient airborne concentration by the assigned protection factor.
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 459.02065 - "Atmosphere-supplying respirator" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Atmosphere-supplying respirator" means a respirator that
				supplies the user with breathing air from a source independent of the ambient
				atmosphere, and includes, without limitation, a supplied-air respirator and a
				self-contained breathing apparatus unit.
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 459.02068 - "Authorized medical physicist for electronic brachytherapy" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Authorized medical physicist for electronic brachytherapy"
				means a person who has met the requirements of NAC 459.5923.
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 459.0207 - "Authorized nuclear pharmacist" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Authorized nuclear pharmacist" has the meaning ascribed to it
				in 10 C.F.R. §
									35.2, as adopted by reference pursuant to NAC
				459.3062.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R084-98, eff. 1-26-99; A by R085-06,
				11-13-2006
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0208 - "Authorized user" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Authorized user" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				10
				C.F.R. §
									35.2, as adopted by reference
				pursuant to NAC 459.3062.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 11-1-95; A by R084-98, 1-26-99; R085-06,
				11-13-2006
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.021 - "Background radiation" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
1. "Background
			 radiation" means:
(a) Radiation from cosmic
			 sources;
(b) Naturally occurring
			 radioactive materials, including radon, except as a product of decay from
			 source or special nuclear materials; and
(c) Global fallout as it exists in the
			 environment from the testing of nuclear explosive devices, or past nuclear
			 accidents, that contributes to background radiation and is not under the
			 control of the licensee.
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0212 - "Becquerel" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
" "Becquerel" means a unit of measurement of radioactivity. One
				becquerel is that quantity of radioactive material which decays at the rate of
				one disintegration per second. One becquerel is equivalent to 2.7 x
				10-11 curie.
Added to NAC by Dep't of
				Human Resources by R137-01, eff. 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 459.0214 - "Bioassay" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Bioassay" means the determination of the kinds, quantities or
				concentrations and, in some cases, the locations, of radioactive material in
				the human body, whether by direct measurement, in vivo counting or an analysis
				of materials excreted or removed from the human body.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0216 - "Boundary of a site" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Boundary of a site" means the boundary beyond which the land
				or property is not owned, leased or otherwise controlled 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 459.0218 - "Brachytherapy source" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Brachytherapy source" has the meaning ascribed to it in
				10
				C.F.R. §
									35.2, as adopted by reference
				pursuant to NAC 459.3062.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 11-1-95; A by R085-06, 11-13-2006
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.022 - "By-product material" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"By-product material" means:
1. Any radioactive material, except special
			 nuclear material, yielded in or made radioactive by exposure to the radiation
			 incident to the process of producing or making use of special nuclear
			 material;
2. The tailings or wastes
			 produced by the extraction or concentration of uranium or thorium from any ore
			 which is processed primarily for its source material content, including,
			 without limitation, discrete surface wastes resulting from uranium solution
			 extraction processes, except for underground ore bodies which are depleted by
			 operations to extract such solutions;
3. Any discrete source of radium-226 that is
			 produced, extracted or converted after extraction for use in a commercial,
			 medical or research activity before, on or after August 8, 2005;
4. Any material which:
(a) Is an accelerator-produced radioactive
			 material; and
(b) Is produced,
			 extracted or converted after extraction for use in a commercial, medical or
			 research activity before, on or after August 8, 2005; or
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.024 - "Calendar quarter" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Calendar quarter" means not less than 12 consecutive weeks nor
				more than 14 consecutive weeks. The first calendar quarter of each year begins
				in January. Subsequent calendar quarters are arranged so that no day is
				included in more than 1 calendar quarter and no day in any 1 year is omitted
				from inclusion within a calendar quarter.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. part § 1.2.6, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0241 - "Category 1 irradiator" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Category 1 irradiator" means an irradiator in which the sealed
				sources for the irradiation of materials are not removed from the shield of the
				irradiator.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R149-03, eff. 12-3-2003
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0243 - "Chemical description" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Chemical description" means a description of the principal
				chemical characteristics of 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 459.0245 - "Class" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Class" means a system of classification for inhaled
				radioactive material based on its rate of clearance from the pulmonary region
				of the lung, whereby radioactive materials are classified as either D, W or Y
				according to the following ranges of clearance half-times:
1. Class D, less than 10 days;
2. Class W, from 10 to 100 days;
			 and
3. Class Y, more than 100
			 days.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.025 - "Collective dose" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Collective dose" means the sum of the individual doses
				received in a given period by a specified population from exposure to a
				specified source 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 459.0252 - "Collimator" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Collimator" means a device used to limit the size, shape and
				direction of a primary radiation beam.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-21-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0254 - "Committed dose equivalent" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Committed dose equivalent" means the dose equivalent to organs
				or tissues of reference that will be received from an intake of radioactive
				material by a person during the 50-year period following the intake.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0256 - "Committed effective dose equivalent" defined

Current through
			 June 11, 2024
"Committed effective dose equivalent" means the sum of the
				products of the weighting factors applicable to each of the organs or tissues
				that are irradiated and the committed dose equivalent to each of those organs
				or tissues.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0258 - "Consignee" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Consignee" means the designated receiver of a shipment of
				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 459.02585 - "Consortium" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Consortium" means an association of medical use licensees and
				a production facility for positron emission tomography radionuclides, located
				at an educational institution or medical facility, which:
1. Are in the same geographical area;
			 and
2. Jointly own or share in the
			 operation and maintenance costs of the production facility which produces
			 positron emission tomography radionuclides for use in producing radioactive
			 drugs within the consortium for noncommercial distribution among the associated
			 members of the consortium for medical use.
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 459.0259 - "Constraint" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Constraint" means a value above which specified licensee
				actions are required.
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 459.026 - "Curie" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Curie" means a unit of measurement of radioactivity. One curie
				(Ci) is that quantity of radioactive material which decays at the rate of 3.7 x
				1010 disintegrations per second (dps). One curie is
				equivalent to 37 gigabecquerels.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.7, eff. 2-28-80-NAC 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 459.027 - "Decommission" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Decommission" means to remove a facility or site safely from
				service and reduce residual radioactivity to a level that permits:
1. Release of the property for unrestricted
			 use and termination of the license of the licensee; or
2. Release of the property under restricted
			 conditions and termination of the license of the licensee.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 10-22-93; 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 459.0275 - "Deep-dose equivalent" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Deep-dose equivalent" means the dose equivalent that is
				measured at a depth of 1 centimeter in a tissue of the body.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0278 - "Demand respirator" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Demand respirator" means an atmosphere-supplying respirator
				that admits breathing air to the facepiece only when a negative pressure is
				created 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 459.028 - "Department of Energy" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Department of Energy" means the department established by P.L.
				95-91, August 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 565,
				42
				U.S.C. §§
									7101 et seq., to the
				extent that the Department exercises functions formerly vested in the Atomic
				Energy Commission, its Chair, members, officers and components, and transferred
				to the Energy Research and Development Administration and to the Administrator
				thereof pursuant to sections 104(b), (c) and (d) of the Energy Reorganization
				Act of 1974 ( P.L. 93-438, October 11, 1974, 88 Stat. 1233 at 1237, effective
				January 19, 1975) and retransferred to the Secretary of Energy pursuant to
				section 301(a) of the Department of Energy Organization Act ( P.L. 95-91,
				August 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 565 at 577-578,
				42 U.S.C. §
									7151, effective October 1, 1977).
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.49, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0285 - "Depleted uranium" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Depleted uranium" means source material consisting of uranium
				in which the isotope uranium-235 is less than 0.711 weight percent of the total
				uranium present. The term does not include special nuclear material as defined
				10
				C.F.R. §
									40.4.
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 459.029 - "Derived air concentration" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Derived air concentration" means the concentration of a given
				radionuclide in air which, if breathed by the reference man for 2,000 hours
				under conditions in which the inhalation rate is 1.2 cubic meters of air per
				hour, results in an intake of one annual limit on intake.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0292 - "Derived air concentration-hour" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Derived air concentration-hour" means the product of the
				concentration of a radionuclide in air and the time of exposure to that
				radionuclide, in hours. Two thousand derived air concentration-hours are equal
				to one annual limit on intake or a committed effective dose equivalent of 5
				rems.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0294 - "Discrete source" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Discrete source" means a radionuclide that is processed so
				that its concentration within a material is purposely increased for use in
				commercial, medical or research activities.
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 459.0295 - "Disposable respirator" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Disposable respirator" means a respirator for which
				maintenance is not intended and which is designed to be discarded after
				excessive breathing resistance, sorbent exhaustion, physical damage or its
				end-of-service-life renders it unsuitable for use.
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 459.0296 - "Disposal container" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Disposal container":
1. Means a container that is used to confine
			 low-level radioactive waste for disposal at a land disposal facility.
2. May include the container used to
			 transport the low-level radioactive waste to the 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 459.030 - "Division" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Division" means the Division of Public and Behavioral Health
				of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.8, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.032 - "Dose" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Dose" means an absorbed dose, dose equivalent, effective dose
				equivalent, committed dose equivalent, committed effective dose equivalent or
				total effective dose equivalent, as appropriate.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.9.1, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A
				1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.034 - "Dose equivalent" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Dose equivalent" means the product of the absorbed dose in a
				tissue, quality factor and all other necessary modifying factors at the
				location of interest. The units of dose equivalent are the rem and the
				sievert.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.9.3, 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 459.0345 - "Dosimetry processor" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Dosimetry processor" means a person who processes and
				evaluates personnel monitoring equipment in order to determine the dose of
				radiation delivered to such equipment.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.035 - "Effective dose equivalent" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Effective dose equivalent" means the sum of the products of
				the dose equivalent to an organ or tissue and the weighting factors applicable
				to each of the organs or tissues that are irradiated.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0352 - "Electron source" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Electron source" means an assemblage of components for the
				controlled production of electrons without conversion into X-radiation.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R149-03, eff. 12-3-2003
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.03525 - "Electronic brachytherapy" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Electronic brachytherapy" means a method of radiation therapy
				that uses X-rays which are electronically generated to deliver a radiation dose
				at a distance of up to a few centimeters by intracavitary, intraluminal or
				interstitial application or by an application with the source in contact with,
				or very close to, the body surface.
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 459.0353 - "Electronic brachytherapy source" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Electronic brachytherapy source" means the X-ray tube
				component used in an electronic brachytherapy 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 459.03535 - "Electronic brachytherapy system" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Electronic brachytherapy system" means the system used to
				produce and deliver therapeutic radiation, including, without limitation, the
				electronic brachytherapy source, the control mechanism, the cooling system and
				the power source.
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 459.0356 - "Entrance" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Entrance" means any location through which a person may gain
				access to radiation areas or to radioactive materials.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0357 - ''Exempt radiation machine'' defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Exempt radiation machine" means a radiation machine that
				is:
1. Exempt, pursuant to the
			 provisions of
			 21
			 C.F.R. §
									900.2(aa)(1),
			 from the Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992 (MQSA),
			 Public
			 Law 102-539, as amended; and
2. Used to perform any procedure not governed
			 by chapter 457 of NRS or NAC, including, without limitation, performing
			 federally exempt radiography.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health by
				R021-18A,
				eff. 12/30/2019
NRS
				459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.036 - "Exposure" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Exposure" means being exposed to radiation or to radioactive
				material.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.10 + § 6.2.19, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A
				1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.038 - "Exposure rate" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Exposure rate" means the exposure per unit of time, such as
				R/min or mR/h.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.11, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0384 - "Extremity" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Extremity" means a hand, an elbow, that portion of an arm
				below the elbow, a foot, a knee or that portion of a leg below the knee.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.03843 - "Federally exempt radiography" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Federally exempt radiography" means radiography of the breast
				which is performed during invasive interventions for localization or biopsy
				procedures and which is exempt, pursuant to the provisions of
				21
				C.F.R. §
									900.2(aa)(1),
				from the requirements of the federal regulations adopted pursuant to the
				Mammography Quality Standards Act of 1992,
				Public
				Law 102-539, as amended.
Added to NAC
				by Bd. of Health by
				R021-18A,
				eff. 12/30/2019
NRS
				459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.03845 - "Field flood study" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Field flood study" means a tracer study involving multiple
				wells where unsealed radioactive material is injected and multiple oil or gas
				samples containing radioactive material are collected from each of the wells to
				determine the direction and rate of flow through the adjacent
				formation.
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 459.0385 - "Filtering facepiece" or "dust mask" defined

Current through June
			 11, 2024
"Filtering facepiece" or "dust mask" means a negative pressure
				particulate respirator with a filter as an integral part of the facepiece or
				with the entire facepiece composed of the filtering medium, which is not
				equipped with elastomeric sealing surfaces and adjustable straps.
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 459.0387 - "Fit factor" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Fit factor" means a quantitative estimate of the fit of a
				particular respirator to a specific person, and typically includes an estimate
				of the ratio of the concentration of a substance in ambient air to its
				concentration inside the respirator when worn.
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 459.0388 - "Fit test" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Fit test" means the use of a protocol which involves a
				qualitative fit test or quantitative fit test to evaluate the fit of a
				respirator on a person.
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 459.039 - "Form regarding history of cumulative occupational exposure" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Form regarding history of cumulative occupational exposure"
				means a form provided by the Division regarding the history of the cumulative
				occupational exposure of a person, 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 459.0395 - "Generator" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Generator" means:
1.
			 A waste generator; or
2. An entity
			 that operates pursuant to a license issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
			 or an agreement state and to which waste is attributed pursuant to the
			 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985,
			 42 U.S.C. §§
									2021 b et seq.
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 459.0397 - "Gray" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Gray" means a special unit of absorbed dose. One gray equals
				an absorbed dose of 1 joule per kilogram of material. One gray is equivalent to
				100 rads.
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 459.040 - "Healing arts" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Healing arts" means any system, treatment, operation,
				diagnosis, prescription or practice for the diagnosis, cure, relief,
				palliation, adjustment or correction of any human disease, ailment, deformity,
				injury, or unhealthy or abnormal physical or mental condition.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.12, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.041 - "Helmet" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Helmet" means a rigid respiratory inlet covering that also
				provides head protection against impact and penetration.
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 459.042 - "High radiation area" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"High radiation area" means any area, accessible to persons, in
				which radiation from a source of radiation external to the body exists at such
				levels that a person could receive a dose equivalent in excess of 0.1 rem (1
				millisievert) in 1 hour at 30 centimeters from:
1. The source of radiation; or
2. Any surface that the radiation
			 penetrates.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.13, 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 459.043 - "Hood" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Hood" means a respiratory inlet covering that completely
				covers the head and neck and may also cover portions of the shoulders and
				torso.
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 459.044 - "Human use" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Human use" means the internal or external administration of
				radiation or radioactive material to human beings.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.14, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0445 - "Industrial radiography" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Industrial radiography" has the meaning attributed to it in
				10
				C.F.R. §
									34.3.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 5.3.2, eff. 2-28-80-NAC A by Dep't of Human Resources by
				R137-01, 5-30-2003-Substituted in revision for NAC
				459.688
NRS
				  459.030,
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.046 - "Inspection" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Inspection" means an official examination or observation,
				including, but not limited to, tests, surveys and monitoring to determine
				compliance with regulations, orders, requirements and conditions of the
				Division.
Bd. of Health, Radiation
				Control Reg. § 1.2.15, eff. 2-28-80
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0475 - "Land disposal facility" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Land disposal facility" means the land, buildings, structures
				and equipment that are intended to be used for the disposal of 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 459.0477 - "Lens dose equivalent" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Lens dose equivalent" means the dose equivalent from a source
				of radiation external to the body that is measured at a depth of 0.3 centimeter
				in the lens of the eye.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94; A by Dep't of Human Resources by R137-01,
				5-30-2003-Substituted in revision for NAC
				459.0386
NRS
				  459.030,
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.048 - "License" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"License" means a license issued by 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. § 1.2.16, 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 459.049 - "Licensed radioactive material" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Licensed radioactive material" means any radioactive material
				that is possessed under a specific or general license issued by the Division
				pursuant to this chapter.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.050 - "Licensee" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Licensee" means any person who is licensed by 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. § 1.2.17, 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 459.0505 - "Loose-fitting facepiece" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Loose-fitting facepiece" means a respiratory inlet covering
				that is designed to form a partial seal with the face.
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 459.0506 - "Lost or missing sources of radiation" defined

Current through
			 June 11, 2024
"Lost or missing sources of radiation" means radioactive
				material or a radiation machine whose location is unknown. The term includes a
				source of radiation that has been shipped but has not reached its destination,
				and whose location cannot be readily traced.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0507 - "Medical event" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Medical event" means any event, other than an event that is
				the result of patient intervention, in which the administration of radiation
				results in:
1. A dose that differs
			 from the prescribed dose;
2. The
			 total dose delivered differing from the prescribed dose by 20 percent or
			 more;
3. The fractionated dose
			 delivered differing from the prescribed dose for a single fraction by 50
			 percent or more; or
4. An
			 administration of a dose to the wrong person or at the wrong treatment
			 site.
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 459.0508 - "Medical use of radioactive material" and "medical use" defined

Current through June 11, 2024
"Medical use of radioactive material" or "medical use" means
				the intentional internal or external administration of:
1. Licensed radioactive material or radiation
			 therefrom, as described in 10 C.F.R. Part 35; or
2. Radiation from a machine that produces
			 radiation, to patients or human research subjects under the supervision of an
			 authorized user.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R084-98, eff. 1-26-99; A by R085-06,
				11-13-2006
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.051 - "Member of the public" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Member of the public" means any natural person except during
				any period in which that natural person receives an occupational dose.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94; A by R084-98, 1-26-99
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0515 - "Mobile electronic brachytherapy" defined

Current through June
			 11, 2024
"Mobile electronic brachytherapy" means an electronic
				brachytherapy system which is transported from the address of record to be used
				at another address which is not the address of record.
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 459.0516 - "Monitoring" defined

Current through June 11,
			 2024
"Monitoring" means the measurement of levels of radiation,
				concentrations of radioactive materials, or surface area activities or
				quantities of radioactive material, and the use of the results of these
				measurements to evaluate potential exposures and doses.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health, eff. 1-18-94
NRS
				  459.201
Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 459 - Hazardous Materials › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 459.0517 - "National Source Tracking System" defined

Current through June
			 11, 2024
"National Source Tracking System" means the mandatory tracking
				system for radiation sources in the United States established and administered
				by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission pursuant to
				42 U.S.C. §
									2210 h.
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 459.0518 - "National Source Tracking Transaction Report" defined

Current
			 through June 11, 2024
"National Source Tracking Transaction Report" means a report
				submitted to the National Source Tracking System.
Added to NAC by Bd. of
				Health by R149-07, eff. 1-30-2008
NRS
				  459.201