Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3701:1 - Radiation Control › Chapter 3701:1-68 - Industrial Radiation Equipment › Section 3701:1-68-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) As used in this
			 chapter:
(1) "Access panel" means any barrier
			 or panel which is designed to be removed or opened for maintenance or service
			 purposes, 
									needs tools to open, and permits access to the
			 interior of an enclosed fail-safe system.
(2) "Analytical system" means non-medical
			 radiation-generating equipment used to determine properties of materials being
			 measured or analyzed. Analytical systems include, but are not limited to,
			 gauging, x-ray diffraction, and x-ray fluorescence equipment.
(3) "Aperture" means any opening in the
			 external surface of a cabinet or analytical system, other than a port, which
			 remains open during generation of radiation.
(4) "Cabinet system" means non-medical
			 
									radiation-generating  equipment, which is installed in
			 a shielded enclosure that excludes all personnel, including extremities, from
			 the primary beam during the generation of radiation.
(5) "Calibration" means the determination of
			 the response or reading of an instrument relative to a series of known
			 radiation values over the range of the instrument.
(6) "Collimator" means a device or mechanism
			 by which the x-ray beam is restricted in size.
(7) "Control panel" or "control console" means that part of the
			 non-medical radiation-generating equipment used for setting the technique
			 factors.
(8) "Door" means any
			 barrier which is designed to be movable or opened during routine operations,
			 does not generally need tools to open, and permits access to the interior
			 of an enclosed fail-safe system. For the purposes of paragraph (A)(4)(a) of
			 rule 3701:1-68-06 of the
			 Administrative Code, inflexible hardware rigidly affixed to the door
			 will be
			 considered part of the door.
(9)
			 "External surface" means the outside surface of a cabinet system or analytical
			 system, including the high-voltage generator, doors, access panels, latches,
			 control knobs, and other permanently mounted hardware and including the plane
			 across any aperture or port.
(10)
			 "Fail-safe characteristics" means a design feature which prevents emergence of
			 the primary beam, upon failure of a safety or warning device.
(11)
									 "Gauging Unit"
			 means non-medical radiation-generating equipment designed and manufactured for
			 the purpose of detecting, measuring or controlling thickness, density, or
			 interface location.
(12) "Ground fault"
			 means an accidental electrical grounding of an electrical conductor.
(13)
			 "Hand-held system" means non-medical radiation-generating equipment that is
			 specifically designed to be held in the hand during operation. Hand-held
			 systems include analytical and radiographic systems.
(14) "Independent
			 certifying organization" means an independent organization that meets all of
			 the criteria of the appendix to rule
			 3701:1-68-02 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(15) "Individual
			 responsible for radiation protection (IRRP)" means an individual designated by
			 the registrant who has the knowledge and responsibility for the
			  radiation
			 protection program at the facility, to include the
			 implementation of the daily radiation safety operations and compliance with the
			 rules.
(16) "Irradiation
			 system" means non-medical radiation-generating equipment used to alter the
			 chemical, biological, or physical properties of materials or to sterilize
			 materials.
(17) "Local
			 components" means parts of an analytical system and includes areas that are
			 struck by x-rays such as radiation source housings, port and shutter
			 assemblies, collimators, sample holders, cameras, goniometers, detectors, and
			 shielding, but does not include power supplies, transformers, amplifiers,
			 readout devices, and control panels.
(18) "Locked out and
			 tagged" means a process for equipment security and safety in which non-medical
			 radiation-generating equipment is locked to prevent operation and tagged with
			 specific information as to why it is not to be used.
(19) "Miniature
			 radioscopic system" means an imaging system with a fixed source and detector
			 configuration that provides a maximum source to image distance of less than
			 forty-five centimeters (eighteen inches) and is
			 not capable of creating a dose rate to any individual forty-five centimeters ( eighteen inches) from the primary beam that exceeds twenty
			 microsievert (two millirem) per hour.
(20) "Non-human
			 security screening system" means a non-human use cabinet x-ray system with
			 accessible openings designed for the detection of weapons, bombs, or contraband
			 concealed in baggage, mail, packages or other commodities.
(21)
			 "Non-medical radiation-generating equipment" means any x-ray equipment other
			 than a security screening system designed to scan individuals, or those used on
			 patients or human research subjects for medical or therapy purposes.
(22)
			 "Open-beam analytical system" means an analytical system configured such that
			 an individual could place any part of his or her body in the primary beam
			 during normal operation.
(23) "Particle
			 accelerator system" means non-medical radiation-generating equipment designed
			 for, or capable of, accelerating  charged particles.
(24)
			 "Permanent radiographic installation" means a radiographic system enclosed in a
			 shielded room, cell or vault not located at a temporary job site.
(25)
			 "Port" means any opening in the outside surface of a cabinet system or
			 analytical system which is designed to remain open, during generation of
			 radiation, for the purpose of conveying material to be irradiated into and out
			 of the enclosure, or for partial insertion for irradiation of an object whose
			 dimensions do not permit complete insertion into the enclosure.
(26)
			 "Primary beam" means radiation which passes through the collimator in the
			 radiation source housing by a direct path from the radiation source.
(27)
									"Radiation
			 Expert" means an individual who meets the qualifications of paragraph (E)(2) of
			 rule 3701:1-68-02 of the Administrative Code.
(28) "Radiographer"
			 means an individual who operates or personally supervises the operation of
			 radiographic systems, related equipment, or radiation survey instruments for
			 radiographic operations.
(29) "Radiographer's
			 assistant" means an individual who, under the personal supervision of a
			 radiographer operates radiographic systems, related equipment, or radiation
			 survey instruments for radiographic operations.
(30) "Radiographic
			 system" means non-medical radiation-generating equipment used to examine the
			 macroscopic structures of material. Radiographic systems include radiographic
			 and radioscopic equipment.
(31) "Shutter" means a
			 device, fixed to any radiation source housing to intercept the primary
			 beam.
(32) "Temporary job
			 site" means a location where radiographic operations are performed and where
			 radiographic systems may be stored other than the locations of use authorized
			 on the registration.