Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-38 - General Radiation Protection Standards for Sources of Radiation › Section 3701:1-38-04 - Radiation generating equipment inspection schedule and inspection fee

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Each handler
			 
								will
			 afford the director, at all reasonable times, opportunity to inspect
			 radiation-generating equipment and equipment shielding, surroundings, records
			 and other equipment and devices used in connection with handling
			 radiation-generating equipment. Each handler also 
								will perform,
			 as requested by the director, such tests as the director determines may be
			 necessary for the handler to demonstrate compliance with the
			 
								obligations of Chapter 3748. of the Revised Code and
			 rules adopted thereunder and to evaluate the extent of radiation hazards that
			 may be present.
(B) The director
			 
								will
			 routinely inspect radiation-generating equipment unless that equipment is
			 registered as in storage and rendered inoperable. Routine inspections
			 
								will be
			 conducted according to the schedule by facility category listed in appendix A
			 to this rule.
(C) Notwithstanding
			 the inspection frequencies specified in paragraph (B) of this rule,
			 radiation-generating equipment capable of operating at or above two hundred
			 fifty kilovoltage peak may be inspected every twelve months irrespective of
			 facility category.
(D) The director
			 may modify the inspection frequency of a registered facility based upon the
			 performance of the facility.
(E) In
			 addition to any inspections 
								obligated under this rule, inspections of new or
			 newly installed radiation-generating equipment may be performed within twelve
			 months of installation of the equipment.
(F) Non-routine or special inspections of
			 facilities may be conducted by the director upon receiving complaints or other
			 evidence of violation of the 
								obligations of Chapter 3748. of the Revised Code
			 or rules adopted thereunder, or orders of the director issued pursuant
			 thereto.
(G) Any handler of
			 radiation-generating equipment that is a medical practitioner or a corporation,
			 partnership, or other business entity consisting of medical practitioners,
			 other than a hospital as defined in section
			 3727.01 of the Revised Code,
			 
								will
			 pay to the department of health an inspection fee according to the schedule and
			 categories listed in appendix B to this rule. For purposes of this section
			 "medical practitioner" means a person authorized to practice dentistry pursuant
			 to Chapter 4715. of the Revised Code; medicine and surgery, osteopathic
			 medicine and surgery, or podiatry pursuant to Chapter 4731. of the Revised
			 Code; or chiropracty pursuant to Chapter 4734. of the Revised Code.
(H) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph
			 (G) of this rule, all handlers of radiation-generating equipment
			 
								will
			 pay an inspection fee according to the schedule listed in appendix C to this
			 rule.
(I) In accordance with
			 division (B) of section
			 3748.13 of the Revised Code, the
			 fee for the inspection of a facility that does not possess or that has not
			 applied for registration and for which registration is
			 obligated, 
								will pay the amount 
								obligated in
			 division (B) of section
			 3748.13 of the Revised Code plus
			 any 
								obligated amount specified under paragraph (G) or (H)
			 of this rule.
(J) In accordance
			 with section 3748.13 of the Revised Code, the
			 fee for any inspection to determine whether notice of violations cited in a
			 previous inspection have been corrected is fifty per cent of the fee specified
			 in paragraphs (G) and (H) of this rule. Inspections to determine compliance
			 with a notice of violation issued pursuant to paragraph (A) of rule
			 3701:1-38-06 of the
			 Administrative Code may include, but is not limited to, compliance reviews done
			 off-site.
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