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Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › FOOD HANDLING › Chapter 246-217 - Food worker cards › Section 246-217-060 - Revocation of food worker card

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The food worker card may be revoked by the local health
				  officer, or by the secretary, upon evidence indicating repeated or continuing
				  violations of accepted procedures and practices in the preparation, service, or
				  storage of food offered for public consumption, or upon demonstration of the
				  presence of a communicable disease in the infectious state, or an infectious
				  condition of potential hazard to the public or to the persons' co-workers, or
				  for falsification of information required for issuance of the card. Any food
				  service worker who has had his/her card revoked shall be ineligible for
				  issuance of another card by any local health officer in the state until the
				  conditions for revocation are appropriately resolved.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 43.20.050. 99-13-019, § 246-217-060,
					 filed 6/7/99, effective 7/8/99; 91-02-051 (Order 124B), recodified as §
					 246-217-060, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Regulation.86.050, effective
					 3/11/60.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › FOOD HANDLING › Chapter 246-217 - Food worker cards › Section 246-217-070 - Right of appeal

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Any food service worker whose food worker card has been
				  revoked by a local health officer, or the secretary, may appeal to the local
				  board of health, or the department's office of professional standards
				  consistent with chapter 246-10 WAC in the event such revocation is by the
				  secretary, for review of the findings. The appeal must be in writing and must
				  be filed with the appropriate board or office within ten days of revocation of
				  the card. While the appeal is pending, the revocation of the card shall be
				  stayed until such time as the appropriate board or office has reviewed the
				  findings and entered its decision.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 43.20.050. 99-13-019, § 246-217-070,
					 filed 6/7/99, effective 7/8/99; 91-02-051 (Order 124B), recodified as §
					 246-217-070, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Regulation.86.060, effective
					 3/11/60.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-220 - Radiation protection - General provisions › Section 246-220-001 - Authority

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Rules set forth herein are adopted pursuant to the provisions
				  of chapter 70A.388 RCW.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-220-001, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Order 1095, §
					 402-12-010, filed 2/6/76; Order 1, § 402-12-010, filed 1/8/69; Rules
					 (part), filed 10/26/66.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-220 - Radiation protection - General provisions › Section 246-220-002 - Purpose

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It is the purpose of these regulations to state such
				  requirements as shall be applied to the use of all ionizing radiation,
				  radiation machines, and radioactive materials to ensure the maximum protection
				  of the public health and the maximum safety to all persons at, or in the
				  vicinity of, the place of use, storage, or disposal thereof. These regulations
				  are intended to be consistent with the best use of radiation machines and
				  radioactive materials.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 70.98.050. 94-01-073, § 246-220-002,
					 filed 12/9/93, effective 1/9/94. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-220-002, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.080. 87-01-031 (Order 2450), §
					 402-12-030, filed 12/11/86; Order 1095, § 402-12-030, filed 2/6/76; Order
					 1, § 402-12-030, filed 1/8/69; Rules (part), filed
					 10/26/66.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-220 - Radiation protection - General provisions › Section 246-220-003 - Scope

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Except as otherwise specifically provided, these rules apply
				  to all persons who receive, possess, use, transfer, own or acquire any source
				  of radiation, provided, however, that nothing in these rules shall apply to any
				  person to the extent such person is subject to regulation by the NRC.*
Note: *Attention is directed to the fact that regulation by
				  the department of source material, by-product material, and special nuclear
				  material in quantities not sufficient to form a critical mass is subject to the
				  provisions of the agreement between the state and the NRC and to 10 C.F.R. Part
				  150.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-220-003, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Order 1095, §
					 402-12-040, filed 2/6/76; Order 1, § 402-12-040, filed 1/8/69; Rules
					 (part), filed 10/26/66.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-220 - Radiation protection - General provisions › Section 246-220-007 - Statement of philosophy

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In accordance with the recommendations of the Environmental
				  Protection Agency, formerly the Federal Radiation Council, approved by the
				  president of the United States of America, persons engaged in activities under
				  licenses issued by the Washington state department of health pursuant to the
				  Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, shall, in addition to complying with the
				  requirements set forth in chapter 246-221 WAC, make every reasonable effort to
				  maintain radiation exposures, and releases of radioactive materials in
				  effluents to unrestricted areas, as low as is reasonably achievable. Such
				  persons should make particular efforts to keep the radiation exposure of an
				  embryo or fetus as low as is reasonably achievable during the entire gestation
				  period as recommended by the National Council on Radiation Protection and
				  Measurements. The term "as low as is reasonably achievable" has the same
				  meaning as defined in WAC
				  246-220-010(10).
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050. 00-08-013, § 246-220-007,
					 filed 3/24/00, effective 4/24/00; 94-01-073, § 246-220-007, filed 12/9/93,
					 effective 1/9/94. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050 and
					 70.98.080. 91-15-112 (Order 184),
					 § 246-220-007, filed 7/24/91, effective 8/24/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-220-007, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050. 81-01-011 (Order 1570), §
					 402-10-010, filed 12/8/80; Order 1095, § 402-10-010, filed
					 2/6/76.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-220 - Radiation protection - General provisions › Section 246-220-020 - Records

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(1) Each licensee
				or registrant shall maintain records relating to the receipt, use, storage,
				transfer, or disposal of radiation sources, and such other records as the
				department may require which will permit the determination of the extent of
				occupational and public exposure from such radiation sources. Copies of these
				records shall be submitted to the department on request. These requirements are
				subject to such exemptions as may be provided by department rules.
(2) In accordance with the Public Disclosure
				Act, the department shall make available to each licensee or registrant
				departmental records pertaining to that licensee or registrant, upon written
				request.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-220-020, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050. 81-01-011 (Order 1570), §
					 402-12-080, filed 12/8/80; Order 1095, § 402-12-080, filed 2/6/76; Order
					 1, § 402-12-080, filed 1/8/69; Rules (part), filed
					 10/26/66.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-220 - Radiation protection - General provisions › Section 246-220-030 - Inspections

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(1) Each licensee
				or registrant shall afford the department at all reasonable times opportunity
				to inspect sources of radiation and the premises and facilities wherein such
				sources of radiation are used or stored.
(2) Each licensee or registrant shall make
				available to the department for inspection, upon reasonable notice, records
				maintained pursuant to these rules.
(3) In accordance with the Public Disclosure
				Act, the department shall make available to each licensee or registrant a copy
				of every inspection report written which covers any inspection of the
				licensee's or registrant's source of radiation, records, premises, or
				facilities. Copies of these inspection records shall be submitted to the
				licensee or registrant by the department upon receipt of the written request of
				the licensee or registrant.
(4) Any
				person who resists, impedes, or in any manner interferes with any individual
				who performs inspections which are related to any activity or facility
				registration/ license issued by the department is subject to immediate license
				or registration certificate revocation as well as applicable civil and criminal
				penalties.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-220-030, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.080. 83-19-050 (Order 2026), §
					 402-12-090, filed 9/16/83. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050. 81-01-011 (Order 1570), §
					 402-12-090, filed 12/8/80; Order 1095, § 402-12-090, filed 2/6/76; Order
					 1, § 402-12-090, filed 1/8/69; Rules (part), filed
					 10/26/66.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-220 - Radiation protection - General provisions › Section 246-220-040 - Tests and surveys

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(1) Each
				licensee and registrant shall perform upon instructions from the department, or
				shall permit the department to perform, such reasonable tests and surveys as
				the department deems appropriate or necessary including, but not limited to,
				tests and surveys of:
(a) Sources of
				radiation;
(b) Facilities wherein
				sources of radiation are used or stored;
(c) Radiation detection and monitoring
				instruments; and
(d) Other
				equipment and devices used in connection with utilization or storage of
				licensed or registered sources of radiation.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-220 - Radiation protection - General provisions › Section 246-220-050 - Exemptions

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(1) The department
				may, upon application or upon its own initiative, grant such exemptions or
				exceptions from the requirements of these rules as it determines are authorized
				by law and will not result in undue hazard to public health and safety or
				property.
(2) Any U.S. Department
				of Energy contractor or subcontractor and any NRC contractor or subcontractor
				of the following categories operating within this state is exempt from these
				rules to the extent that such contractor or subcontractor under the applicable
				contract receives, possesses, uses, transfers or acquires sources of radiation:
(a) Prime contractors performing work for the
				Department of Energy at U.S. government-owned or controlled sites, including
				the transportation of sources of radiation to or from such sites and the
				performance of contract services during temporary interruptions of such
				transportation;
(b) Prime
				contractors of the Department of Energy performing research in, or development,
				manufacture, storage, testing or transportation of, atomic weapons or
				components thereof;
(c) Prime
				contractors of the Department of Energy using or operating nuclear reactors or
				other nuclear devices in a United States government-owned vehicle or vessel;
				and
(d) Any other prime contractor
				or subcontractor of the Department of Energy or the NRC when the state and the
				NRC jointly determine (i) that the exemption of the prime contractor or
				subcontractor is authorized by law, and (ii) that under the terms of the
				contract or subcontract, there is adequate assurance that the work thereunder
				can be accomplished without undue risk to the public health and
				safety.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-220 - Radiation protection - General provisions › Section 246-220-060 - Violations

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(1) An injunction
				or other court order may be obtained prohibiting any violation of any provision
				of the act or any regulation or order issued thereunder.
(2) Any person who violates any provision of
				the act or any regulation or order issued thereunder may be guilty of a gross
				misdemeanor and upon conviction, may be punished by fine or imprisonment or
				both, as provided by law.
(3) A
				person who knowingly provides to any licensee, applicant, contractor, or
				subcontractor, components, equipment, materials, or other goods or services,
				that relate to a licensee's or applicant's activities subject to these
				regulations, may be individually subject to department enforcement action for
				deliberate misconduct.
(a) For the purposes
				of this subsection, "person" means:
(i) A
				radioactive materials licensee;
(ii) An applicant for a radioactive materials
				license;
(iii) An employee of a
				radioactive materials licensee or applicant; or
(iv) Any contractor (including a supplier or
				consultant), subcontractor, or employee of a contractor or subcontractor of any
				radioactive materials licensee or applicant for a radioactive materials
				license.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-220 - Radiation protection - General provisions › Section 246-220-070 - Impounding

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Sources of radiation shall be subject to impoundment pursuant
				  to RCW    70A.388.180.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-220-070, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.080. 87-01-031 (Order 2450), §
					 402-12-140, filed 12/11/86; Order 1095, § 402-12-140, filed 2/6/76; Order
					 1, § 402-12-140, filed 1/8/69; Rules (part), filed
					 10/26/66.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-220 - Radiation protection - General provisions › Section 246-220-080 - Prohibited uses

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(1) Hand-held
				fluoroscopic screens shall not be used unless listed in the Registry of Sealed
				Sources and Devices or accepted for certifications by the United States Food
				and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health.
(2) Shoe-fitting fluoroscopic devices shall
				not be used.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 70.98.050. 94-01-073, § 246-220-080,
					 filed 12/9/93, effective 1/9/94. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-220-080, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Order 1095, §
					 402-12-150, filed 2/6/76.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-220 - Radiation protection - General provisions › Section 246-220-090 - Communications

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All communications and reports concerning these rules, and
				  applications filed thereunder, should be addressed to the Department of Health,
				  Office of Radiation Protection, P.O. Box 47827, Olympia, Washington
				  98504-7827.
The emergency telephone number is 206-682-5327 or 206
				  (NUCLEAR).
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050. 94-01-073, § 246-220-090,
					 filed 12/9/93, effective 1/9/94. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050 and
					 70.98.080. 91-15-112 (Order 184),
					 § 246-220-090, filed 7/24/91, effective 8/24/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-220-090, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.080. 83-19-050 (Order 2026), §
					 402-12-160, filed 9/16/83. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050. 81-01-011 (Order 1570), §
					 402-12-160, filed 12/8/80; Order 1095, § 402-12-160, filed
					 2/6/76.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-220 - Radiation protection - General provisions › Section 246-220-100 - Additional requirements

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The department may, by rule or order, impose upon any
				  licensee or registrant such requirements in addition to those established in
				  these rules as it deems appropriate or necessary to minimize danger to public
				  health and safety or property.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-220-100, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050. 81-01-011 (Order 1570), §
					 402-12-170, filed 12/8/80; Order 1095, § 402-12-170, filed
					 2/6/76.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-001 - Purpose and scope

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(1)
				This chapter establishes standards for protection against radiation hazards.
				Except as otherwise specifically provided, this chapter applies to all
				licensees or registrants. The requirements of this chapter are designed to
				control the receipt, possession, use, transfer, and disposal of sources of
				radiation by any licensee or registrant so the total dose to an individual,
				including doses resulting from all sources of radiation other than background
				radiation, does not exceed the standards for protection against radiation
				prescribed in this chapter.
(2) The
				limits in this chapter do not apply to doses due to background radiation, to
				exposure of patients to radiation for the purpose of medical diagnosis or
				therapy, to exposure from individuals administered radioactive material and
				released under chapter 246-240 WAC, or to voluntary participation in medical
				research programs.
(3) Nothing in
				this chapter shall be interpreted as limiting actions that may be necessary to
				protect health and safety in an emergency.
(4) The definitions contained in WAC
				246-220-010 also apply to this
				chapter. WAC
				246-220-007, Statement of
				philosophy, is directly applicable to this chapter.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 70.98.050. 06-05-019, § 246-221-001,
					 filed 2/6/06, effective 3/9/06; 98-13-037, § 246-221-001, filed 6/8/98,
					 effective 7/9/98; 94-01-073, § 246-221-001, filed 12/9/93, effective
					 1/9/94. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050 and
					 70.98.080. 91-15-112 (Order 184),
					 § 246-221-001, filed 7/24/91, effective 8/24/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-221-001, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91; Order 1095, §
					 402-24-010, filed 2/6/76; Order 1, § 402-24-010, filed 1/8/69; Rules
					 (part), filed 10/26/66.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-005 - Radiation protection programs

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(1) Each
				specific licensee shall develop, document, and implement a radiation protection
				program sufficient to ensure compliance with the provisions of this
				chapter.
(2) 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).
(3) The licensee shall
				review the radiation protection program content and implementation at least
				annually.
(4) To implement the
				ALARA requirements of subsection (2) of this section, and notwithstanding the
				requirements of WAC 246-221-060, a constraint on air emission of radioactive
				material to the environment, excluding radon-220, radon-222 and their
				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 0.1 mSv (10 mrem) per year from
				these emissions. This dose constraint does not apply to sealed sources or to
				accelerators less than 200MeV. If a licensee subject to this requirement
				exceeds this dose constraint, the licensee shall report the exceedance as
				provided in WAC 246-221-260 and promptly take appropriate corrective action to
				ensure against recurrence.
(5) Each
				licensee shall maintain records of the radiation protection program, including:
(a) The provisions of the program;
				and
(b) Audits, where required, and
				other reviews of program content and implementation.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-010 - Occupational dose limits for adults

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(1)
				The licensee or registrant shall control the occupational dose to individual
				adults, except for planned special exposures pursuant to WAC 246-221-030, to
				the following dose limits:
(a) An annual
				limit, which is the more limiting of:
(i) The
				total effective dose equivalent being equal to 0.05 Sv five rem); or
(ii) 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 0.50 Sv (50 rem).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-015 - Compliance with requirements for summation of external and internal doses

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(1) If the licensee is required to monitor
				under both WAC 246-221-090 and 246-221-100, the licensee shall demonstrate
				compliance with the dose limits by summing external and internal doses. If the
				licensee is required to monitor only under WAC 246-221-090 or only under WAC
				246-221-100, 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 under subsections (2), (3), and (4) 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.
(2)
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:
(a)
				The sum of the fractions of the inhalation ALI for each radionuclide;
				or
(b) The total number of derived
				air concentration-hours (DAC-hours) for all radionuclides divided by 2,000;
				or
(c) The sum of the calculated
				committed effective dose equivalents to all significantly irradiated organs or
				tissues (T) calculated from bioassay data using appropriate biological models
				and expressed as a fraction of the annual limit. For 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,
				wT, and the committed dose equivalent,
				HT,50, per unit intake is greater than 10 percent of the
				maximum weighted value of H50, that is,
				wTHT,50, per unit intake for any
				organ or tissue.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-020 - Determination of prior occupational dose

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(1) For each individual who is likely to
				receive, in a year, an occupational dose requiring monitoring pursuant to WAC
				246-221-090 and
				246-221-100, the licensee or
				registrant shall:
(a) Determine the
				occupational radiation dose received during the current year; and
(b) Attempt to obtain the records of lifetime
				cumulative occupational radiation dose.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-030 - Requirements for planned special exposures

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A licensee or registrant may authorize an adult worker to
				  receive doses in addition to and accounted for separately from the doses
				  received under the limits specified in WAC 246-221-010 provided that each of
				  the following conditions is satisfied:
(1) The licensee or registrant 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 or registrant, and employer if the employer is not the licensee or
				registrant, specifically authorizes the planned special exposure, in writing,
				before the exposure occurs.
(3)
				Before a planned special exposure, the licensee or registrant ensures that each
				individual involved is:
(a) Informed of the
				purpose of the planned operation; and
(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 measures to be taken to
				keep the dose ALARA considering other risks that may be present.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-040 - Determination of internal exposure of individuals to concentrations of radioactive materials in restricted areas

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(1) For purposes
				of assessing dose used to determine compliance with occupational dose
				equivalent limits, the licensee shall, when required under WAC 246-221-100,
				take suitable and timely measurements of:
(a)
				Concentrations of radioactive materials in air in work areas; or
(b) Quantities of radionuclides in the body;
				or
(c) Quantities of radionuclides
				excreted from the body; or
(d)
				Combinations of these measurements.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-050 - Occupational dose limits for minors

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No licensee or registrant shall possess, use, or transfer
				  sources of radiation in such a manner as to cause any occupationally exposed
				  individual who is under 18 years of age, to receive a dose in excess of 10
				  percent of the annual occupational dose limits specified in WAC
				  246-221-010(1).
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 70.98.050. 94-01-073, § 246-221-050,
					 filed 12/9/93, effective 1/9/94. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050 and
					 70.98.080. 91-15-112 (Order 184),
					 § 246-221-050, filed 7/24/91, effective 8/24/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-221-050, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 70.98.050. 81-01-011 (Order 1570), §
					 402-24-035, filed 12/8/80; Order 1095, § 402-24-035, filed
					 2/6/76.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-055 - Dose equivalent to an embryo/fetus

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(1)
				The licensee or registrant shall ensure that the dose equivalent to an
				embryo/fetus during the entire pregnancy, due to occupational exposure of a
				declared pregnant woman, does not exceed five mSv (0.5 rem).
(2) Once pregnancy has been declared, the
				licensee or registrant shall make every effort to avoid substantial variation
				above a uniform monthly exposure rate to a declared pregnant woman in order to
				satisfy the limit in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) If by the time the woman declares
				pregnancy to the licensee or registrant, the dose equivalent to the
				embryo/fetus has exceeded five mSv (0.5 rem), or is within 0.50 mSv (0.05 rem)
				of this dose, the licensee or registrant shall be deemed to be in compliance
				with subsection (1) of this section if the additional dose equivalent to the
				embryo/fetus does not exceed 0.50 mSv (0.05 rem) during the remainder of the
				pregnancy.
(4) The dose equivalent
				to an embryo/fetus shall be taken as the sum of:
(a) The deep dose equivalent to the declared
				pregnant woman; and
(b) The dose
				equivalent to the embryo/fetus from radionuclides in the embryo/fetus and
				radionuclides in the declared pregnant woman.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-060 - Dose limits for individual members of the public

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(1) Each licensee or registrant shall conduct
				operations so that:
(a) The total effective
				dose equivalent to individual members of the public from the licensed or
				registered operation does not exceed one mSv (0.1 rem) in a year, exclusive of
				the dose contributions from background radiation, from any medical
				administration the individual has received, from exposure to individuals
				administered radioactive material and released under chapter 246-240 WAC, from
				voluntary participation in medical research programs, and from the licensee's
				or registrant's disposal of radioactive material into sanitary sewerage in
				accordance with WAC 246-221-190; and
(b) The dose in any unrestricted area from
				external sources, exclusive of the dose contributions from patients
				administered radioactive material and released under chapter 246-240 WAC, does
				not exceed 0.02 mSv (0.002 rem) in any one hour.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-070 - Compliance with dose limits for individual members of the public

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(1) The licensee
				shall make or cause to be made surveys of radiation levels in unrestricted
				areas and radioactive materials in effluents released to unrestricted areas to
				demonstrate compliance with the dose limits for individual members of the
				public in WAC
				246-221-060.
(2) A licensee shall show compliance with the
				annual dose limit in WAC
				246-221-060 by:
(a) 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
(b)
				Demonstrating that:
(i) 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 II of WAC
				246-221-290; and
(ii) If an individual were continually
				present in an unrestricted area, the dose from external sources would not
				exceed 0.02 mSv (0.002 rem) in an hour and 0.50 mSv (0.05 rem) in a
				year.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-090 - Personnel monitoring for external dose

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Each licensee or registrant shall monitor occupational
				  exposure from sources of radiation at levels sufficient to demonstrate
				  compliance with the occupational dose limits of WAC 246-221-010, 246-221-030,
				  246-221-050 and 246-221-055.
(1) Each
				licensee or registrant shall monitor occupational exposure to radiation from
				licensed (or registered) and unlicensed (or unregistered) radiation sources
				under the control of the licensee or registrant and shall supply and shall
				require the use of individual monitoring devices by:
(a) Each adult likely to receive, in one year
				from sources external to the body, a dose in excess of 10 percent of the
				applicable limits specified in WAC 246-221-010(1).
(b) Each minor likely to receive, in one year
				from sources external to the body, a deep dose equivalent in excess of one mSv
				(0.1 rem), a lens dose equivalent in excess of 1.5 mSv (0.15 rem), or a shallow
				dose equivalent to the skin or to the extremities in excess of five mSv (0.5
				rem).
(c) Each declared pregnant
				woman likely to receive during the entire pregnancy, from radiation sources
				external to the body, a deep dose equivalent in excess of one mSv (0.1 rem).
				All of the occupational dose limits specified in WAC 246-221-010 continue to be
				applicable to the declared pregnant worker as long as the embryo/fetus dose
				limit is not exceeded.
(d) Each
				individual who enters a high or very high radiation area.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-100 - Personnel monitoring for internal dose

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(1)
				Each licensee shall monitor, to determine compliance with WAC 246-221-040, the
				occupational intake of radioactive material by and assess the committed
				effective dose equivalent to:
(a) Adults
				likely to receive, in one year, an intake in excess of 10 percent of the
				applicable ALI in Table I, Columns 1 and 2, of WAC 246-221-290;
(b) Minors likely to receive, in one year, a
				committed effective dose equivalent in excess of one mSv (0.1 rem);
				and
(c) Declared pregnant women
				likely to receive, during the entire pregnancy, a committed effective dose
				equivalent in excess of one mSv (0.1 rem).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-102 - Control of access to high radiation areas

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(1)
				The licensee or registrant shall ensure that each entrance or access point to a
				high radiation area has one or more of the following features:
(a) 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 one mSv (0.1 rem) in one
				hour at 30 centimeters from the source of radiation or from any surface that
				the radiation penetrates; or
(b) 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 the entry; or
(c) Entryways that are locked, except during
				periods when access to the areas is required, with positive control over each
				individual entry.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-104 - Control of access to very high radiation areas

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(1) In addition to the requirements in WAC
				246-221-102, the licensee or
				registrant shall institute additional 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 five 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.
(2)
				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 this section if the licensee or
				registrant has met all the specific requirements for access and control
				specified in other applicable chapters of these regulations, such as, chapter
				246-243 WAC for industrial radiography, chapter 246-225 WAC for X rays in the
				healing arts, and chapter 246-229 WAC for particle accelerators.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 70.98.050. 94-01-073, § 246-221-104,
					 filed 12/9/93, effective 1/9/94.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-106 - Control of access to very high radiation areas - Irradiators

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(1) This section
				applies to licensees or registrants with sources of radiation in
				nonself-shielded irradiators. This section does not apply to sources of
				radiation that are used in teletherapy, in industrial radiography, or in
				completely self-shielded irradiators in which the source of radiation is both
				stored and operated within the same shielding radiation barrier and, in the
				designed configuration of the irradiator, is always physically inaccessible to
				any individual and cannot create a radiation level of five Gy (500 rad) or more
				in one hour at one meter in an area that is accessible to any
				individual.
(2) Each area in which
				there may exist radiation levels in excess of five Gy (500 rad) in one hour at
				one meter from a source of radiation that is used to irradiate materials shall
				meet the following requirements:
(a) Each
				entrance or access point shall be equipped with entry control devices which:
(i) Function automatically to prevent any
				individual from inadvertently entering a very high radiation area;
				and
(ii) Permit deliberate entry
				into the area only after a control device is actuated that causes the radiation
				level within the area, from the source of radiation, to be reduced below that
				at which it would be possible for an individual to receive a deep dose
				equivalent in excess of one mSv (0.1 rem) in one hour; and
(iii) Prevent operation of the source of
				radiation if it would produce radiation levels in the area that could result in
				a deep dose equivalent to an individual in excess of one mSv (0.1 rem) in one
				hour.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-110 - Surveys

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(1) Each licensee or registrant shall make or
				cause to be made such surveys, as defined in WAC 246-220-010, as may be
				necessary for the licensee or registrant to establish compliance with these
				regulations and are reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate the
				magnitude and extent of radiation levels, concentrations or quantities of
				radioactive material, and potential radiation hazards. Records of such surveys
				shall be preserved as specified in WAC 246-221-230. Information on performing
				surveys may be found in the NRC's Regulatory Guide 8.23 "Radiation Safety
				Surveys at Medical Institutions."
(2) The licensee shall ensure that
				instruments and equipment used for quantitative radiation measurements, for
				example, dose rate and effluent monitoring, are calibrated annually at
				intervals not to exceed 13 months for the radiation measured.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050. 01-05-110, § 246-221-110,
					 filed 2/21/01, effective 3/24/01; 94-01-073, § 246-221-110, filed 12/9/93,
					 effective 1/9/94. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050 and
					 70.98.080. 91-15-112 (Order 184),
					 § 246-221-110, filed 7/24/91, effective 8/24/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-221-110, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.080. 87-01-031 (Order 2450), §
					 402-24-085, filed 12/11/86; 83-19-050 (Order 2026), § 402-24-085, filed
					 9/16/83. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050. 81-01-011 (Order 1570), §
					 402-24-085, filed 12/8/80; Order 1095, § 402-24-085, filed
					 2/6/76.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-113 - Use of process, engineering or other controls

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(1) The licensee shall use, to the extent
				practical, process or other engineering controls, such as, containment,
				decontamination, or ventilation, to control the concentrations of radioactive
				material in air.
(2) When it is not
				practical to apply process or other engineering controls to control the
				concentrations of radioactive material in 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:
(a) Control of access;
(b) Limitation of exposure times;
(c) Use of respiratory protection equipment;
				or
(d) Other controls.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-117 - Use of individual respiratory protection equipment

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If the licensee assigns or permits the use of respiratory
				  protection equipment to limit the intake of radioactive material:
(1) The licensee shall use only respiratory
				protection equipment that is:
(a) Tested and
				certified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH);
				or
(b) Approved by the department
				on the basis of the licensee's submittal of an application for authorized use
				of other respiratory protection equipment, including a demonstration by
				testing, or a demonstration on the basis of reliable test information, that the
				material and performance characteristics of the equipment are capable of
				providing the proposed degree of protection under anticipated conditions of
				use.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-120 - Caution signs, and labels

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(1)
				The radiation symbol shall be used on all signs, labels, or other written means
				of warning individuals concerning radiation hazards.
(a) The symbol prescribed by this section is
				the conventional three-blade design: Radiation symbol
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(b)
				The symbol prescribed by this section shall be:
(i) Magenta, purple, or black on a yellow
				background; or
(ii) Conspicuously
				etched or stamped without regard to a color requirement on sources, source
				holders or device components containing sources which are subjected to extreme
				environmental conditions which would cause the color to deteriorate.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-130 - Exceptions from posting and labeling requirements

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(1) A room or area is not required to be
				posted with a caution sign because of the presence of a sealed source, provided
				the radiation level 30 centimeters from the surface of the source container or
				housing does not exceed 0.05 mSv (five millirem) per hour.
(2) Rooms or other areas in hospitals that
				are occupied by patients are not required to be posted with caution signs
				because of the presence of patients containing radioactive material if the
				patient could be released from licensee control under chapter 246-240
				WAC.
(3) Caution signs are not
				required to be posted in areas or rooms containing radioactive material for
				periods of less than eight hours if:
(a) The
				material is constantly attended during those periods by an individual who takes
				precautions necessary to prevent the exposure of any individual to radiation or
				radioactive material in excess of the limits established in these rules;
				and
(b) The area or room is subject
				to the licensee's or registrant's control.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-140 - Instruction of personnel

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Instructions required for individuals working in or
				  frequenting any portion of a restricted area are specified in WAC
				  246-222-020,
				  246-222-030, and
				  246-222-040.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 70.98.050 and
					 70.98.080. 91-15-112 (Order 184),
					 § 246-221-140, filed 7/24/91, effective 8/24/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-221-140, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.080. 83-19-050 (Order 2026), §
					 402-24-110, filed 9/16/83; Order 1095, § 402-24-110, filed 2/6/76; Order
					 708, § 402-24-110, filed 8/24/72; Order 1, § 402-24-110, filed
					 7/2/71; Order 1, § 402-24-110, filed 1/8/69; Rules (part), filed
					 10/26/66.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-221 - Radiation protection standards › Section 246-221-150 - Security and control of radioactive material and radiation machines

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(1) Licensed
				radioactive materials and registered radiation machines shall be secured from,
				or controlled in such a manner so as to prevent, unauthorized access or removal
				from the place of storage.
(2) Each
				portable gauge licensee shall use a minimum of two independent physical
				controls that form tangible barriers to secure portable gauges from
				unauthorized removal, whenever portable gauges are not under the control and
				constant surveillance of the licensee.
(3) Licensed radioactive materials in an
				unrestricted area and not in storage shall be tended under the constant
				surveillance and immediate control of the licensee.
(4) Registered radiation machines in an
				unrestricted area and not in storage shall be under the control of the
				registrant.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 70.98.050. 07-17-028, § 246-221-150,
					 filed 8/7/07, effective 9/7/07; 94-01-073, § 246-221-150, filed 12/9/93,
					 effective 1/9/94. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-221-150, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.080. 83-19-050 (Order 2026), §
					 402-24-120, filed 9/16/83; Order 1095, § 402-24-120, filed 2/6/76; Order
					 1, § 402-24-120, filed 1/8/69; Rules (part), filed
					 10/26/66.