Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part III - Licensing of Radioactive Material › Article 4 - Specific Licenses › Section 12VAC5-481-440 - Filing application for specific licenses

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Applications for specific licenses shall
					 be filed on a form prescribed by the agency.
B. The agency may at any time after the
					 filing of the original application, and before the expiration of the license,
					 require further statements in order to enable the agency to determine whether
					 the application should be granted or denied or whether a license should be
					 modified or revoked.
C. Each
					 application shall be signed by the applicant or licensee or a person duly
					 authorized to act for and on his behalf.
D. An application for a license may include a
					 request for a license authorizing one or more activities.
E. Applications and documents submitted to
					 the agency may be made available for public inspection in accordance with the
					 Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§
											2.2-3700 et
					 seq. of the Code of Virginia). The agency may withhold records in accordance
					 with specific exemptions in the Virginia Freedom of Information Act or as
					 otherwise specified by law.
F. An
					 application for a specific license to use radioactive material in the form of a
					 sealed source or in a device that contains the sealed source shall either:
1. Identify the source or device by
					 manufacturer and model number as registered with the NRC under
					 10 CFR
					 32.210 or an Agreement state under equivalent
					 regulations;
2. Contain the
					 information in
					 10 CFR
					 32.210(c);
3. For sources or devices containing
					 radioactive material manufactured prior to October 23, 2012, that are not
					 registered with the NRC under
					 10 CFR
					 32.210 or with an Agreement state, and for
					 which the applicant is unable to provide all categories of information
					 specified in
					 10 CFR
					 32.210(c), the applicant
					 shall provide:
a. All available information
					 identified in
					 10 CFR
					 32.210(c) concerning the
					 source, and, if applicable, the device; and
b. Sufficient additional information to
					 demonstrate that there is reasonable assurance that the radiation safety
					 properties of the source or device are adequate to protect health and minimize
					 danger to life and property. Such information shall include a description of
					 the source or device, a description of radiation safety features, the intended
					 use and associated operating experience, and the results of a recent leak
					 test;
4. For sealed
					 sources and devices allowed to be distributed without registration of safety
					 information in accordance with
					 10 CFR
					 32.210(g)(1), the applicant
					 may supply only the manufacturer, model number, and radionuclide and quantity;
					 or
5. If it is not feasible to
					 identify each sealed source and device individually, the applicant may propose
					 constraints on the number and type of sealed sources and devices to be used and
					 the conditions under which they will be used in lieu of identifying each sealed
					 source and device.