Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 157 - Radiation Protection › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section DHS 157.01 - Authority and purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) This chapter is promulgated under the
				  authority of ss. 254.31 to
				  254.45, Stats. to regulate the
				  receipt, use, transfer, possession, ownership or acquisition of any source of
				  radiation. The standards in this chapter generally conform to nationally
				  accepted standards for protection against the harmful effects of ionizing
				  radiation. The publications referenced in this chapter are available for
				  inspection at the department, the secretary of state's office, the legislative
				  reference bureau and at the respective federal agency or organization
				  website.
(2) Subchapter I
				  establishes the definitions used in this chapter, prohibitions and general
				  regulatory requirements.
(3)
				  Subchapter II establishes requirements for the licensing of radioactive
				  material, license fee schedules, registration requirements for certain types of
				  devices purchased under a general license and reciprocity
				  requirements.
(4) Subchapter III
				  establishes standards for protection against ionizing radiation resulting from
				  activities conducted under a license or registration issued by the department.
				  The requirements of subch. III are designed to control the receipt, possession,
				  use, transfer and disposal of sources of radiation by any licensee or
				  registrant so that 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 subch. III.
				  However, nothing in subch. III limits actions the department may take to
				  protect health and safety in an emergency.
(5) Subchapter IV establishes radiation
				  safety requirements for persons using sources of radiation in industrial
				  radiography.
(6) Subchapter V
				  establishes radiation safety requirements for using sources of radiation for
				  well logging including mineral-logging, radioactive markers and subsurface
				  tracer studies. The requirements of subch. V are in addition to the
				  requirements of subchs. I, II, III, VIII and X.
(7) Subchapter VI establishes requirements
				  for the medical use of radioactive material. The requirements provide for the
				  radiation safety of workers, the general public and human research
				  subjects.
(8) Subchapter VII
				  establishes radiation safety requirements for operating irradiators that use
				  sealed sources containing radioactive material to irradiate objects or
				  materials using gamma radiation.
(9) Subchapter VIII establishes requirements
				  for the use of diagnostic or therapeutic x-ray equipment, including
				  accelerators, by or under the supervision of an individual authorized and
				  licensed by state statutes to engage in the healing arts or veterinary
				  medicine; and to establish registration requirements for radiation
				  machines.
(10) Subchapter IX
				  establishes radiation safety requirements for the use of radiation generating
				  devices.
(11) Subchapter X
				  establishes requirements for persons licensed or registered under this chapter
				  to provide workers with notices, instructions and reports relating to
				  activities under a license or registration.
(12) Subchapter XI establishes options
				  available to facilities and individuals in connection with department
				  inspections to determine compliance with the provisions of this chapter and
				  radiological working conditions or other requirements specified in a
				  license.
(13) Subchapter XII
				  establishes classification and fiscal penalty criteria for violations of
				  license conditions, emergency orders or the requirements of this chapter; and
				  criteria for requesting and scheduling hearings to contest department
				  assessments of forfeiture, licensing actions or emergency orders.
(14) Subchapter XIII establishes requirements
				  for the packaging, preparation for shipment and transportation of radioactive
				  material.
(15) Subchapter XIV
				  establishes radioactivity requirements for community water systems.
(16) Subchapter XV establishes requirements
				  for the physical protection program for any licensee that possesses a category
				  1 or category 2 quantity of radioactive material listed in ch. DHS 157 Appendix
				  U.