North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES › Chapter 15 - RADIATION PROTECTION › Section .1600 - STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION › Section 15 .1601 - STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Persons
				registered with the agency pursuant to the rules in Section .0200 of this
				Chapter and persons licensed pursuant to the rules in Section .0300, .0900,
				.1200, or .1300 of this Chapter shall comply with the provisions of
				10 CFR
				20 as follows, which are hereby incorporated
				by reference including subsequent amendments and editions, except references to
				and requirements for 10 CFR
				50,
				52,
				60,
				63,
				72,
				73, and
				76 shall not apply:
(1) 20.1001, "Purpose," except that
				non-ionizing radiation from radiation machines registered in accordance with
				the rules in Section .0200 of this Chapter shall also be regulated by this
				Rule;
(2) 20.1002,
				"Scope;"
(3) 20.1003,
				"Definitions," except that for persons registered with the agency pursuant to
				the rules in Section .0200 of this Chapter, the following terms used in
				10 CFR
				20 shall have the following substitutions:
(A) "license" shall have the same meaning as
				"registration" as defined in Rule .0104(131) of this Chapter;
(B) "licensed" means registered pursuant to
				the rules in Section .0200 of this Chapter;
(C) "licensed material" shall have the same
				meaning as "radiation machine" as defined in Rule .0104(122) of this Chapter,
				and
(D) "licensee" shall have the
				same meaning as "registrant" as defined in Rule .0104(130) of this
				Chapter;
(4) 20.1004,
				"Units of radiation dose;"
(5)
				20.1005, "Units of radioactivity;"
(6) 20.1007, "Communications," except that
				licensees and registrants shall address communications regarding these rules,
				notifications, and reports to the agency as instructed by Rule .0111 of this
				Chapter in lieu of the NRC;
(7)
				20.1101, "Radiation protection programs;"
(8) 20.1201, "Occupational dose limits for
				adults;"
(9) 20.1202, "Compliance
				with requirements for summation of external and internal doses;"
(10) 20.1203, "Determination of external dose
				from airborne radioactive material;"
(11) 20.1204, "Determination of internal
				exposure;"
(12) 20.1206, "Planned
				special exposures;"
(13) 20.1207,
				"Occupational dose limits for minors;"
(14) 20.1208, "Dose equivalent to an
				embryo/fetus;"
(15) 20.1301, "Dose
				limits for individual members of the public;"
(16) 20.1302, "Compliance with dose limits
				for individual members of the public;"
(17) 20.1401, "General provisions and
				scope;"
(18) 20.1402, "Radiological
				criteria for unrestricted use;"
(19) 20.1403, "Criteria for license
				termination under restricted conditions;"
(20) 20.1404, "Alternate criteria for license
				termination;"
(21) 20.1405, "Public
				notification and public participation," except the agency shall not publish a
				notice in the Federal Register;
(22) 20.1406, "Minimization of
				contamination," except that 20.1406(b) shall not apply;
(23) 20.1501, "General;"
(24) 20.1502, "Conditions requiring
				individual monitoring of external and internal occupational dose;"
(25) 20.1601, "Control of access to high
				radiation areas;"
(26) 20.1602,
				"Control of access to very high radiation areas;"
(27) 20.1701, "Use of process or other
				engineering controls;"
(28)
				20.1702, "Use of other controls;"
(29) 20.1703, "Use of individual respiratory
				protection equipment;"
(30)
				20.1704, "Further restrictions on the use of respiratory equipment;"
(31) 20.1705, "Application for use of higher
				assigned protection factors;"
(32)
				20.1801, "Security of stored material;"
(33) 20.1802, "Control of material not in
				storage;"
(34) 20.1901, "Caution
				signs;"
(35) 20.1902, "Posting
				requirements;"
(36) 20.1903,
				"Exceptions to posting requirements;"
(37) 20.1904, "Labeling
				containers;"
(38) 20.1905,
				"Exemptions to labeling requirements," except that 20.1905(g) shall not
				apply;
(39) 20.1906, "Procedures
				for receiving and opening packages;"
(40) 20.2001, "General
				requirements;"
(41) 20.2002,
				"Method for obtaining approval of proposed disposal procedures;"
(42) 20.2003, "Disposal by release to
				sanitary sewerage;"
(43) 20.2004,
				"Treatment or disposal by incineration;"
(44) 20.2005, "Disposal of specific
				wastes;"
(45) 20.2006, "Transfer
				for disposal and manifests;"
(46)
				20.2007, "Compliance with environmental and health protection
				regulations;"
(47) 20.2008,
				"Disposal of certain byproduct material;"
(48) 20.2101, "General provisions;"
(49) 20.2102, "Records of radiation
				protection programs;"
(50) 20.2103,
				"Records of surveys;"
(51) 20.2104,
				"Determination of prior occupational dose;"
(52) 20.2105, "Records of planned special
				exposures;"
(53) 20.2106, "Records
				of individual monitoring results;"
(54) 20.2107, "Records of dose to individual
				members of the public;"
(55)
				20.2108, "Records of waste disposal;"
(56) 20.2110, "Form of records;"
(57) 20.2201, "Reports of theft or loss of
				material." Persons registered with the agency pursuant to the rules in Section
				.0200 of this Chapter shall make telephone reports of the theft or loss of
				radiation machines in accordance with 20.2201(a)(1)(i);
(58) 20.2202, "Notifications of
				incidents;"
(59) 20.2203, "Reports
				of exposures, radiation levels, and concentrations of radioactive material
				exceeding the constraints or limits," except that 20.2203(c) shall not apply;
(60) 20.2204, "Reports of planned
				special exposures;"
(61) 20.2205,
				"Reports to individuals exceeding dose limits;"
(62) 20.2206, "Reports of individual
				monitoring," except that 20.2206(a)(1), and 20.2206(a)(3) through (a)(5) shall
				not apply. The report required by 20.2206(b) shall be submitted upon request by
				the agency in lieu of the requirements of 20.2206(c);
(63) 20.2207, "Reports of transactions
				involving nationally tracked sources." Notwithstanding Subparagraph (a)(6) of
				this Rule, reports required by this Subparagraph shall be made in accordance
				with 20.2207(f) and (g);
(64)
				20.2301, "Application for exemptions," except that the request for exemption
				shall be made on the licensee's or registrant's business letterhead. Requests
				for exemptions from the requirements of this Rule shall be made to the agency
				at the addresses shown in Rule .0111(a) of this Chapter in lieu of the NRC or
				as otherwise instructed by the agency. To request an exemption, the following
				information shall be submitted to the agency:
(A) licensee or registrant name;
(B) license or registration number;
(C) name and contact information for the
				individual requesting the exemption;
(D) a description of the exemption being
				requested, and
(E) an explanation
				describing why the exemption is necessary;
(65) 20.2302, "Additional
				requirements;"
(66) Appendix A to
				Part 20, "Assigned Protection Factors for Respirators;"
(67) Appendix B to Part 20, "Annual Limits on
				Intake (ALIs) and Derived Air Concentrations (DACs) of Radionuclides for
				Occupational Exposure; Effluent Concentrations; Concentrations for Release to
				Sewerage;"
(68) Appendix C to Part
				20, "Quantities of Radioactive Material Requiring Labeling;"
(69) Appendix E to Part 20, "Nationally
				Tracked Source Thresholds," and
(70) Appendix G to Part 20, "Requirements for
				Transfers of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Intended for Disposal at Licensed Land
				Disposal Facilities and Manifests."