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Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 2 - Radiation Protection Programs › Section 12VAC5-481-630 - Radiation protection programs

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A.
					 Each licensee shall develop, document, and implement a radiation protection
					 program commensurate with the scope and extent of licensed activities and
					 sufficient to ensure compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
B. The licensee shall use, to the extent
					 practical, procedures and engineering controls based upon sound radiation
					 protection principles to achieve occupational doses and doses to members of the
					 public that are as low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA).
C. The licensee shall periodically (not to
					 exceed 12 months) review the radiation protection program content and
					 implementation.
D. To implement the
					 ALARA requirements of subsection B of this section, and notwithstanding the
					 requirements of
					 12VAC5-481-720,
					 a constraint on air emissions of radioactive material to the environment,
					 excluding Radon-222 and its daughters, shall be established by licensees such
					 that the individual member of the public likely to receive the highest dose
					 will not be expected to receive a total effective dose equivalent in excess of
					 10 mrem (0.1 mSv) per year from these emissions. If a licensee subject to this
					 requirement exceeds this dose constraint, the licensee shall report the
					 exceedance as provided in
					 12VAC5-481-1110
					 and promptly take appropriate corrective action to ensure against recurrence.
Statutory Authority: §
													32.1-229
						  of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 3 - Occupational Dose Limits › Section 12VAC5-481-640 - Occupational dose limits for adults

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A. The licensee shall control the
					 occupational dose to individual adults, except for planned special exposures
					 under
					 12VAC5-481-690,
					 to the following dose limits.
1. An annual
					 limit, which is the more limiting of:
a. The
					 total effective dose equivalent being equal to 5 rem (0.05 Sv); or
b. The sum of the deep-dose equivalent and
					 the committed dose equivalent to any individual organ or tissue other than the
					 lens of the eye being equal to 50 rem (0.5 Sv).
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 3 - Occupational Dose Limits › Section 12VAC5-481-650 - Compliance with requirements for summation of external and internal doses

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A. If the licensee
					 is required to monitor under subdivisions 1 and 2 of
					 12VAC5-481-760,
					 the licensee shall demonstrate compliance with the dose limits by summing
					 external and internal doses. If the licensee is required to monitor only under
					 subdivision 1 of
					 12VAC5-481-760
					 or only under subdivision 2 of
					 12VAC5-481-760,
					 then summation is not required to demonstrate compliance with the dose limits.
					 The licensee may demonstrate compliance with the requirements for summation of
					 external and internal doses by meeting one of the conditions specified in
					 subsections B, C, and D of this section. The dose equivalents for the lens of
					 the eye, the skin, and the extremities are not included in the summation, but
					 are subject to separate limits.
B.
					 Intake by inhalation. If the only intake of radionuclides is by inhalation, the
					 total effective dose equivalent limit is not exceeded if the sum of the
					 deep-dose equivalent divided by the total effective dose equivalent limit and
					 one of the following does not exceed unity:
1. The sum of the fractions of the inhalation
					 ALI for each radionuclide,
2. The
					 total number of derived air concentration-hours (DAC-hours) for all
					 radionuclides divided by 2,000, or
3. The sum of the calculated committed
					 effective dose equivalents to all significantly irradiated organs or tissues
					 calculated from bioassay data using appropriate biological models and expressed
					 as a fraction of the annual limit. For the purposes of this requirement, an
					 organ or tissue is deemed to be significantly irradiated if, for that organ or
					 tissue, the product of the weighting factors and the committed dose equivalent
					 per unit intake is greater than 10% of the maximum weighted value of the
					 committed dose equivalent per unit intake of any organ or
					 tissue.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 3 - Occupational Dose Limits › Section 12VAC5-481-660 - Determination of external dose from airborne radioactive material

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A. Licensees shall,
					 when determining the dose from airborne radioactive material, include the
					 contribution to the deep-dose equivalent, lens dose equivalent, and
					 shallow-dose equivalent from external exposure to the radioactive cloud (see
					 Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 20).
B.
					 Airborne radioactive measurements and DAC values shall not be used as the
					 primary means to assess the deep dose equivalent when the airborne radioactive
					 materials includes radionuclides other than noble gases or if the cloud of
					 airborne radioactive material is not relatively uniform. The determination of
					 the deep dose equivalent to an individual shall be based upon measurements
					 using instruments or individual monitoring devices.
Statutory Authority: §
													32.1-229
						  of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 3 - Occupational Dose Limits › Section 12VAC5-481-670 - Determination of internal exposure

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A.
					 For purposes of assessing dose used to determine compliance with occupational
					 dose equivalent limits, the licensee shall, when required under
					 12VAC5-481-760,
					 take suitable and timely measurements of either:
1. Concentrations of radioactive materials in
					 air in work areas;
2. Quantities of
					 radionuclides in the body;
3.
					 Quantities of radionuclides excreted from the body; or
4. Combinations of these
					 measurements.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 3 - Occupational Dose Limits › Section 12VAC5-481-680 - Determination of prior occupational dose

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A. For each individual who may enter the
					 licensee's or registrant's restricted area and is likely to receive, in a year,
					 an occupational dose requiring monitoring pursuant to
					 12VAC5-481-760, the licensee or
					 registrant shall determine the occupational radiation dose received during the
					 current year.
B. Prior to
					 permitting an individual to participate in a planned special exposure, the
					 licensee or registrant shall determine:
1. The
					 internal and external doses from all previous planned special exposures;
					 and
2. All doses in excess of the
					 limits, including doses received during accidents and emergencies, received
					 during the lifetime of the individual.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 3 - Occupational Dose Limits › Section 12VAC5-481-690 - Planned special exposures

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A licensee may authorize an adult worker to receive doses
						in addition to and accounted for separately from the doses received under the
						limits specified in
						12VAC5-481-640
						provided that each of the following conditions is satisfied:
1. The licensee authorizes a planned special
					 exposure only in an exceptional situation when alternatives that might avoid
					 the dose estimated to result from the planned special exposure are unavailable
					 or impractical.
2. The licensee,
					 and employer if the employer is not the licensee, specifically authorizes the
					 planned special exposure in writing before the exposure occurs.
3. Before a planned special exposure, the
					 licensee ensures that each individual involved is:
a. Informed of the purpose of the planned
					 operation;
b. Informed of the
					 estimated doses and associated potential risks and specific radiation levels or
					 other conditions that might be involved in performing the task; and
c. Instructed in the measure to be taken to
					 keep the dose ALARA considering other risks that may be present.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 3 - Occupational Dose Limits › Section 12VAC5-481-700 - Occupational dose limits for minors

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The annual occupational dose limits for minors are 10%
						of the annual dose limits specified for adult workers in
						12VAC5-481-640.
Statutory Authority: §
													32.1-229
						  of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 3 - Occupational Dose Limits › Section 12VAC5-481-710 - Dose to an embryo/fetus

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A. The
					 licensee shall ensure that the dose equivalent to the embryo/fetus during the
					 entire pregnancy due to occupational exposure of a declared pregnant woman does
					 not exceed 500 millirem (5 mSv).
B.
					 The licensee shall make efforts to avoid substantial variation above a uniform
					 monthly exposure rate to a declared pregnant woman so as to satisfy the limits
					 in subsection A of this section.
C.
					 The dose equivalent to the embryo/fetus is the sum of:
1. The deep dose equivalent to the declared
					 pregnant woman; and
2. The dose
					 equivalent to the embryo/fetus resulting from radionuclides in the embryo/fetus
					 and radionuclides in the declared pregnant woman.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 4 - Radiation Dose Limits for Individual Members of the Public › Section 12VAC5-481-720 - Dose limits for individual members of the public

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A. Each licensee shall conduct operations so
					 that:
1. The total effective dose equivalent
					 to individual members of the public from the licensed operation does not exceed
					 100 millirem (1 mSv) in a year exclusive of the dose contribution from
					 background radiation, from any medical administration the individual has
					 received, from exposure to individuals administered radioactive material and
					 released under
					 12VAC5-481-1870,
					 from voluntary participation in medical research programs, and from the
					 licensee's disposal of radioactive material into sanitary sewerage in
					 accordance with
					 12VAC5-481-930;
					 and
2. The dose in any unrestricted
					 area from external sources exclusive of the dose contribution from individuals
					 administered radioactive material and released in accordance with
					 12VAC5-481-1870
					 does not exceed 2 millirem (0.02 millisievert) in any one
					 hour.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 4 - Radiation Dose Limits for Individual Members of the Public › Section 12VAC5-481-730 - Compliance with dose limits for individual members of the public

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A. The licensee
					 shall make or cause to be made, as appropriate, surveys of radiation levels in
					 unrestricted and controlled areas and radioactive materials in effluents
					 released to unrestricted and controlled areas to demonstrate compliance with
					 the dose limits for individual members of the public in
					 12VAC5-481-720.
B. A licensee shall show compliance with the
					 annual dose limits in
					 12VAC5-481-720
					 by:
1. Demonstrating by measurement or
					 calculation that the total effective dose equivalent to the individual likely
					 to receive the highest dose from the licensed operation does not exceed the
					 annual dose limit; or
2.
					 Demonstrating that:
a. The annual average
					 concentrations of radioactive material released in gaseous and liquid effluents
					 at the boundary of the unrestricted area do not exceed the values specified in
					 Table 2 of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 20; and
b. If an individual were continuously present
					 in an unrestricted area, the dose from external sources would not exceed 2
					 millirem (0.02 mSv) in an hour and 50 millirem (0.5 mSv) in a year.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 5 - Testing for Leakage or Contamination of Sealed Sources › Section 12VAC5-481-740 - Testing for leakage or contamination of sealed sources

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A. The licensee or
					 registrant in possession of any sealed source shall assure that:
1. Each sealed source, except as specified in
					 subsection B of this section, is tested for leakage or contamination and the
					 test results are received before the sealed source is put into use unless the
					 licensee or registrant has a certificate from the transferor indicating that
					 the sealed source was tested within six months before transfer to the licensee
					 or registrant;
2. Each sealed
					 source that is not designed to emit alpha particles is tested for leakage or
					 contamination at intervals not to exceed six months or at alternative intervals
					 approved by the agency, after evaluation of information specified by
					 12VAC5-481-480 J 4 and 5, the NRC
					 or another agreement state;
3. Each
					 sealed source that is designed to emit alpha particles is tested for leakage or
					 contamination at intervals not to exceed three months or at alternative
					 intervals approved by the agency, after evaluation of information specified by
					 12VAC5-481-480 J 4 and 5, the NRC
					 or another agreement state;
4. For
					 each sealed source that is required to be tested for leakage or contamination,
					 at any other time there is reason to suspect that the sealed source might have
					 been damaged or might be leaking, the licensee or registrant shall assure that
					 the sealed source is tested for leakage or contamination before further
					 use;
5. Tests for leakage for all
					 sealed sources, except brachytherapy sources manufactured to contain radium,
					 shall be capable of detecting the presence of 185 Bq (0.005 [MICRO]Ci) of
					 radioactive material on a test sample. Test samples shall be taken from the
					 sealed source or from the surfaces of the container in which the sealed source
					 is stored or mounted on which one might expect contamination to accumulate. For
					 a sealed source contained in a device, test samples are obtained when the
					 source is in the "off" position;
6.
					 The test for leakage for brachytherapy sources manufactured to contain radium
					 shall be capable of detecting an absolute leakage rate of 37 Bq (0.001
					 [MICRO]Ci) of radon-222 in a 24-hour period when the collection efficiency for
					 radon-222 and its daughters has been determined with respect to collection
					 method, volume and time;
7. Tests
					 for contamination from radium daughters shall be taken on the interior surface
					 of brachytherapy source storage containers and shall be capable of detecting
					 the presence of 185 Bq (0.005 [MICRO]Ci) of a radium daughter which has a
					 half-life greater than four days.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 6 - Surveys and Monitoring › Section 12VAC5-481-750 - General

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A. Licensees shall
					 make or cause to be made surveys of areas, including the subsurface, that:
1. Are necessary for the licensee to comply
					 with this chapter; and
2. Are
					 reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate:
a. The magnitude and extent of radiation
					 levels;
b. The concentrations or
					 quantities of radioactive material; and
c. The potential radiological hazards of the
					 radiation levels and residual radioactivity detected.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 6 - Surveys and Monitoring › Section 12VAC5-481-760 - Conditions requiring individual monitoring of external and internal occupational dose

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Each licensee shall monitor exposures from sources of
						radiation at levels sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the occupational
						dose limits of this part. At a minimum:
1. Each licensee shall monitor occupational
					 exposure to radiation from licensed and unlicensed radiation sources under the
					 control of the licensee and shall supply and require the use of individual
					 monitoring devices by:
a. Adults likely to
					 receive, in one year from sources external to the body, a dose in excess of 10%
					 of the limits in
					 12VAC5-481-640
					 A;
b. Minors likely to receive, in
					 one year from radiation sources external to the body, a deep dose equivalent in
					 excess of 100 millirem (1 mSv), a lens dose equivalent in excess of 150
					 millirem (1.5 mSv), or a shallow dose equivalent to the skin or to the
					 extremities in excess of 500 millirem (5 mSv);
c. Declared pregnant women likely to receive,
					 during the entire pregnancy, from radiation sources external to the body, a
					 deep dose equivalent in excess of 100 millirem (1 mSv); and
d. Individuals entering a high or very high
					 radiation area.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 6 - Surveys and Monitoring › Section 12VAC5-481-770 - Location of individual monitoring devices

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Each licensee or registrant shall ensure that individuals
						who are required to monitor occupational doses in accordance with
						12VAC5-481-760 wear individual
						monitoring devices as follows:
1. An
					 individual monitoring device used for monitoring the dose to the whole body
					 shall be worn at the unshielded location of the whole body likely to receive
					 the highest exposure. When a protective apron is worn, the location of the
					 individual monitoring device is typically at the neck (collar);
2. An individual monitoring device used for
					 monitoring the dose to an embryo/fetus of a declared pregnant woman, pursuant
					 to 12VAC5-481-710, shall be located
					 at the waist under any protective apron being worn by the woman;
3. An individual monitoring device used for
					 monitoring the eye dose equivalent, to demonstrate compliance with
					 12VAC5-481-640, shall be located
					 at the neck (collar), outside any protective apron being worn by the monitored
					 individual, or at an unshielded location closer to the eye;
4. An individual monitoring device used for
					 monitoring the dose to the extremities, to demonstrate compliance with
					 12VAC5-481-640, shall be worn on
					 the extremity likely to receive the highest exposure. Each individual
					 monitoring device shall be oriented to measure the highest dose to the
					 extremity being monitored.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-229 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 7 - Control of Exposure from External Sources in Restricted Areas › Section 12VAC5-481-780 - Control of access to high radiation areas

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A. The licensee shall ensure that each
					 entrance or access point to a high radiation area has one or more of the
					 following features:
1. A control device that,
					 upon entry into the area, causes the level of radiation to be reduced below
					 that level at which an individual might receive a deep dose equivalent of 100
					 millirem (1 mSv) in 1 hour at 30 centimeters from the radiation source or from
					 any surface that the radiation penetrates;
2. A control device that energizes a
					 conspicuous visible or audible alarm signal so that the individual entering the
					 high radiation area and the supervisor of the activity are made aware of entry;
					 or
3. Entryways that are locked,
					 except during periods when access to the areas is required, with positive
					 control over each individual entry.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 7 - Control of Exposure from External Sources in Restricted Areas › Section 12VAC5-481-790 - Control of access to very high radiation areas

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A. In addition to the requirements in
					 12VAC5-481-780, the licensee or
					 registrant shall institute measures to ensure that an individual is not able to
					 gain unauthorized or inadvertent access to areas in which radiation levels
					 could be encountered at 5 Gy (500 rad) or more in one hour at one meter from a
					 source of radiation or any surface through which the radiation penetrates. This
					 requirement does not apply to rooms or areas in which diagnostic X-ray systems
					 are the only source of radiation, or to nonself-shielded irradiators.
B. The licensee or registrant is not required
					 to control entrance or access to rooms or other areas containing sources of
					 radiation capable of producing a very high radiation area as described in
					 subsection A of this section if the registrant has met all the specific
					 requirements for access and control specified in other applicable parts of
					 these regulations, such as Part V (12VAC5-481-1170 et seq.) for
					 industrial radiography, Part VI (12VAC5-481-1580 et
					 seq.) for X-rays in the healing arts, Part IX (12VAC5-481-2140 et seq.) for
					 particle accelerators, and Part XII (12VAC5-481-2660 et seq.) for
					 irradiators.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-229 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 8 - Respiratory Protection and Controls to Restrict Internal Exposure in Restricted Areas › Section 12VAC5-481-810 - Use of process or other engineering controls

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The licensee shall use, to the extent practical, process
						or other engineering controls (e.g., containment, decontamination, or
						ventilation) to control the concentration of radioactive material in
						air.
Statutory Authority: §
													32.1-229
						  of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 8 - Respiratory Protection and Controls to Restrict Internal Exposure in Restricted Areas › Section 12VAC5-481-820 - Use of other controls

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A. When
					 it is not practical to apply process or other engineering controls to control
					 the concentrations of radioactive material in the air to values below those
					 that define an airborne radioactivity area, the licensee shall, consistent with
					 maintaining the total effective dose equivalent ALARA, increase monitoring and
					 limit intakes by one or more of the following means:
1. Control of access;
2. Limitation of exposure times;
3. Use of respiratory protection equipment;
					 or
4. Other controls.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 9 - Security and Control of Licensed or Registered Sources of Radiation › Section 12VAC5-481-840 - Security and control of licensed or registered sources of radiation

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A. The licensee
					 shall:
1. Secure radioactive material from
					 unauthorized removal or access when stored in controlled or unrestricted
					 areas.
2. Control and maintain
					 constant surveillance and use devices or administrative procedures to prevent
					 unauthorized use of radioactive material that is in a controlled or
					 unrestricted area and that is not in storage.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 10 - Precautionary Procedures › Section 12VAC5-481-850 - Radiation symbol; caution signs

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A. Unless otherwise authorized by the agency,
					 the symbol prescribed by this section shall use the colors magenta, purple, or
					 black on a yellow background. The symbol prescribed by this section is the
					 three-bladed design:
1. The cross-hatched
					 area is to be magenta, purple, or black, and
2. The background is to be yellow.
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Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 10 - Precautionary Procedures › Section 12VAC5-481-860 - Posting requirements

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A.
					 Licensees shall post each radiation area with a conspicuous sign or signs
					 bearing the radiation symbol as described in
					 12VAC5-481-850 and
					 the words "CAUTION, RADIATION AREA."
B. Licensees shall post each high radiation
					 area with a conspicuous sign or signs bearing the radiation symbol as described
					 in
					 12VAC5-481-850 and
					 the words "CAUTION, HIGH RADIATION AREA" or "DANGER, HIGH RADIATION
					 AREA."
C. Licensees shall post each
					 very high radiation area with a conspicuous sign or signs bearing the radiation
					 symbol as described in
					 12VAC5-481-850 and
					 the words "GRAVE DANGER, VERY HIGH RADIATION AREA."
D. Licensees shall post each airborne
					 radioactivity area with a conspicuous sign or signs bearing the radiation
					 symbol as described in
					 12VAC5-481-850 and
					 the words, "CAUTION, AIRBORNE RADIOACTIVITY AREA," or "DANGER, AIRBORNE
					 RADIOACTIVITY AREA."
E. The
					 licensee shall post each area or room in which there is used or stored an
					 amount of licensed material exceeding 10 times the quantity of such material
					 specified in
					 12VAC5-481-3700
					 with a conspicuous sign or signs bearing the radiation symbol as described in
					 12VAC5-481-850 and
					 the words "CAUTION, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS" or "DANGER, RADIOACTIVE
					 MATERIALS."
Statutory Authority: §
													32.1-229
						  of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 10 - Precautionary Procedures › Section 12VAC5-481-870 - Exceptions to posting requirements

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A. Licensees are not required to post caution
					 signs in areas or rooms containing radioactive materials for periods of less
					 than eight hours, if the following conditions are met:
1. The materials are constantly attended
					 during these periods by an individual who takes the precautions necessary to
					 prevent the exposure of individuals to radiation or radioactive materials in
					 excess of the limits established in this part; and
2. The area or room is subject to the
					 licensee's control.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 10 - Precautionary Procedures › Section 12VAC5-481-880 - Labeling containers and radiation machines

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A. Licensees shall ensure that each container
					 of licensed material bears a durable, clearly visible label bearing the
					 radiation symbol as described in
					 12VAC5-481-850 and
					 the words "CAUTION, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL" or "DANGER, RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL."
					 The label shall also provide sufficient information, such as the radionuclides
					 present, an estimate of the quantity of radioactivity, the date for which the
					 activity is estimated, radiation levels, kinds of materials, and mass
					 enrichment, to permit individuals handling or using the containers or working
					 in the vicinity of the containers to take precautions to avoid or minimize
					 exposures.
B. Each registrant shall
					 ensure that each radiation machine is labeled in a conspicuous manner that
					 cautions individuals that radiation is produced when it is energized.
C. Licensees shall, prior to removal or
					 disposal of empty uncontaminated containers to unrestricted areas, remove or
					 deface the radioactive material label or otherwise clearly indicate that the
					 container no longer contains radioactive materials.
Statutory Authority: §
													32.1-229
						  of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 10 - Precautionary Procedures › Section 12VAC5-481-890 - Exemptions to labeling requirements

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Licensees are not required to label:
1. Containers holding licensed material in
					 quantities less than the quantities listed in
					 12VAC5-481-3700;
2. Containers holding licensed material in
					 concentrations less than those specified in Appendix B to 10 CFR Part
					 20;
3. Containers attended by an
					 individual who takes the precautions necessary to prevent the exposure of
					 individuals in excess of the limits established by this part;
4. Containers when they are in transport and
					 packaged and labeled in accordance with regulations of the U.S. Department of
					 Transportation;
5. Containers that
					 are accessible only to individuals authorized to handle or use them, or to work
					 in the vicinity of the containers, if the contents are identified to these
					 individuals by readily available written record (e.g., containers in locations
					 such as water filled canals, storage vaults, or hot cells). The record shall be
					 retained as long as the containers are in use for the purpose indicated on the
					 record; or
6. Installed
					 manufacturing or process equipment, such as reactor components, piping, and
					 tanks.
Statutory Authority: §
													32.1-229
						  of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 10 - Precautionary Procedures › Section 12VAC5-481-900 - Procedures for receiving and opening packages

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A. Licensees who expect to receive a package
					 containing quantities of radioactive material in excess of a Type A quantity,
					 as defined in
					 12VAC5-481-10 and
					 12VAC5-481-3770,
					 shall make arrangements to receive:
1. The
					 package when the carrier offers it for delivery; or
2. Notification of the arrival of the package
					 at the carrier's terminal and to take possession of the package
					 expeditiously.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 11 - Waste Disposal › Section 12VAC5-481-910 - General requirements

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A.
					 Licensees shall dispose of licensed material only in the following ways:
1. By transfer to an authorized recipient as
					 provided in
					 12VAC5-481-570;
2. By decay in storage;
3. By release in effluents within the limits
					 of
					 12VAC5-481-720;
					 or
4. As authorized under
					 12VAC5-481-920,
					 12VAC5-481-930,
					 12VAC5-481-940,
					 12VAC5-481-950,
					 or
					 12VAC5-481-971.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 11 - Waste Disposal › Section 12VAC5-481-920 - Method for obtaining approval of proposed disposal procedures

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A licensee or registrant or applicant for a license or
						registration may apply to the agency for approval of proposed procedures, not
						otherwise authorized in these regulations, to dispose of licensed or registered
						material generated in the licensee's or registrant's operations. Each
						application shall include:
1. A
					 description of the waste containing licensed or registered material to be
					 disposed of, including the physical and chemical properties that have an impact
					 on risk evaluation, and the proposed manner and conditions of waste
					 disposal;
2. An analysis and
					 evaluation of pertinent information on the nature of the environment;
3. The nature and location of other
					 potentially affected facilities; and
4. Analyses and procedures to ensure that
					 doses are maintained ALARA and within the dose limits in Part IV (12VAC5-481-600 et seq.)
					 of this chapter.
Statutory Authority: §
													32.1-229
						  of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 11 - Waste Disposal › Section 12VAC5-481-930 - Disposal by release into sanitary sewerage

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A. Licensees may discharge licensed material
					 into sanitary sewerage if each of the following conditions is satisfied:
1. The licensed or other radioactive material
					 is readily soluble or is readily dispersible biological material in
					 water;
2. The quantity of licensed
					 or other radioactive material that the licensee releases into the sewer in one
					 month divided by the average monthly volume of water released into the sewer by
					 the licensee does not exceed the concentration listed in Table 3 of Appendix B
					 to 10 CFR Part 20;
3. If more than
					 one radionuclide is released, the following conditions shall also be satisfied:
a. The licensee shall determine the fraction
					 of the limit in Table 3 of Appendix B to 10 CFR Part 20 represented by
					 discharges into sanitary sewerage by dividing the actual monthly average
					 concentration of each radionuclide released by the licensee into the sewer by
					 the concentration of that radionuclide listed in Table 3 of Appendix B to 10
					 CFR Part 20; and
b. The sum of the
					 fractions for each radionuclide required by subdivision 3 a of this subsection
					 does not exceed unity; and
4. The total quantity of licensed and other
					 radioactive material that the licensee releases into the sanitary sewerage
					 system in one year does not exceed 5 curies (185 GBq) of hydrogen-3, 1 curie
					 (37 GBq) of carbon-14, and 1 curie (37 GBq) of all other radioactive materials
					 combined.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 11 - Waste Disposal › Section 12VAC5-481-940 - Treatment or disposal by incineration

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Licensees may treat or dispose of licensed material by
						incineration only if the material is in a form or concentration specified in
						12VAC5-481-950,
						or as specifically approved by the agency pursuant to
						12VAC5-481-920.
Statutory Authority: §
													32.1-229
						  of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 11 - Waste Disposal › Section 12VAC5-481-950 - Disposal of specific wastes

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A.
					 Licensees may dispose of the following licensed material as if it were not
					 radioactive:
1. 0.05 MCi (1.85 kBq) or less
					 of hydrogen-3 or carbon-14 per gram of medium used for liquid scintillation
					 counting; and
2. 0.05 MCi (1.85
					 kBq) or less of hydrogen-3 or carbon-14 per gram of animal tissue, averaged
					 over the weight of the entire animal.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 11 - Waste Disposal › Section 12VAC5-481-960 - Transfer for disposal and manifests

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A. The requirements of this section and
					 12VAC5-481-3710
					 are designed to accomplish the following:
1.
					 Control transfers of low level radioactive waste by any waste generator, waste
					 collector, or waste processor licensee that ships low level waste either
					 directly or indirectly through a waste collector or waste processor to a
					 licensed low level waste land disposal facility (as defined in
					 12VAC5-481-10
					 );
2. Establish a manifest tracking
					 system; and
3. Supplement existing
					 requirements concerning transfers and recordkeeping for those
					 wastes.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 11 - Waste Disposal › Section 12VAC5-481-970 - Compliance with environmental and health protection regulations

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Nothing in this part relieves the licensee from
						complying with other applicable federal, state, and local regulations governing
						any other toxic or hazardous properties of materials that may be disposed of
						under this part.
Statutory Authority: §
													32.1-229
						  of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 11 - Waste Disposal › Section 12VAC5-481-971 - Disposal of certain radioactive material

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A. Licensed material meeting the definition
					 in subdivisions 3 and 4 of the definition of "byproduct material" in
					 12VAC5-481-10 may be
					 disposed of in accordance with Part XI (12VAC5-481-2330
					 et seq.) of this chapter, even though it is not defined as low level
					 radioactive waste. Therefore, any licensed byproduct material being disposed of
					 at a facility or transferred for ultimate disposal at a facility licensed under
					 Part XI (12VAC5-481-2330
					 et seq.) of this chapter, 10 CFR Part 61, or equivalent agreement state
					 regulations shall meet the requirements of
					 12VAC5-481-960.
B. A licensee may dispose of byproduct
					 material, as defined in subsection A of this section, at a disposal facility
					 authorized to dispose of such material in accordance with any federal or state
					 solid or hazardous waste law, including the Solid Waste Disposal Act (
					 42 USC §
												6901 et seq.).
Statutory Authority: §
													32.1-229
						  of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 12 - Records › Section 12VAC5-481-980 - General provisions

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A.
					 Licensees shall (i) use the units curie, rad, rem, and roentgen, including
					 multiples and subdivisions, and may include the International System of Units
					 (SI) units (Becquerel, gray, sievert, and coulomb per kilogram) and (ii)
					 clearly indicate the units of all quantities on records required by this
					 part.
B. Notwithstanding the
					 requirements of subsection A of this section, when recording information on
					 shipment manifests as required in
					 12VAC5-481-960
					 B, information shall be recorded in SI units or in SI units and units as
					 specified in subsection A of this section.
C. The licensee shall make a clear
					 distinction among the quantities entered on the records required by this part
					 (e.g., total effective dose equivalent, shallow dose equivalent, lens dose
					 equivalent, deep dose equivalent, and committed dose equivalent).
Statutory Authority: §
													32.1-229
						  of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 12 - Records › Section 12VAC5-481-990 - Records of radiation protection programs

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A. Licensees shall maintain records of the
					 radiation protection program, including:
1.
					 The provisions of the program; and
2. Audits and other reviews of program
					 content and implementation.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 12 - Records › Section 12VAC5-481-1000 - Records of surveys

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A.
					 Licensees shall maintain records showing the results of surveys and
					 calibrations required by
					 12VAC5-481-750
					 and
					 12VAC5-481-900
					 B. Licensees shall retain these records for three years after the record is
					 made.
B. Licensees shall retain
					 each of the following records until the agency terminates each pertinent
					 license condition requiring the record:
1.
					 Records of the results of surveys to determine the dose from external sources
					 and used in the absence of or in combination with individual monitoring data in
					 the assessment of individual dose equivalents;
2. Records of the results of measurements and
					 calculations used to determine individual intakes of radioactive material and
					 used in the assessment of internal dose;
3. Records showing the results of air
					 sampling, surveys, and bioassays required pursuant to
					 12VAC5-481-830
					 A 3; and
4. Records of the results
					 of measurements and calculations used to evaluate the release of radioactive
					 effluents to the environment.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 12 - Records › Section 12VAC5-481-1010 - Records of tests for leakage or contamination of sealed sources

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Records of tests for leakage or contamination of sealed
						sources (required by
						12VAC5-481-740 ) shall be kept in
						units of becquerel or microcurie and maintained for five years after the
						records are made.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-229 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 12 - Records › Section 12VAC5-481-1020 - Records of prior occupational dose

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The licensee or registrant shall retain the records of
						prior occupational dose and exposure history as specified in
						12VAC5-481-680 on an occupational
						radiation exposure form provided by the agency or equivalent until the agency
						terminates each pertinent license or registration requiring this record. The
						licensee or registrant shall retain records used in preparing an occupational
						radiation exposure form provided by the agency or equivalent for three years
						after the record is made.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-229 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part IV - Standards For Protection Against Radiation › Article 12 - Records › Section 12VAC5-481-1030 - Records of planned special exposures

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A. For each use of the provisions of
					 12VAC5-481-690
					 for planned special exposures, licensees shall maintain records that describe
					 the following:
1. The exceptional
					 circumstances requiring the use of a planned special exposure;
2. The name of the management official who
					 authorized the planned special exposure and a copy of the signed
					 authorization;
3. What actions were
					 necessary;
4. Why the actions were
					 necessary;
5. How doses were
					 maintained ALARA; and
6. What
					 individual and collective doses results were expected and the doses actually
					 received in the planned special exposure.