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Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › EXEMPTIONS › Section 246-232-014 - Exemption of C-14 urea diagnostic capsules for human use

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(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and
				  (3) of this section, a person is exempt from the requirements for a license and
				  from this chapter and chapters 246-233 and 246-235 WAC if the person receives,
				  possesses, uses, transfers, owns, or acquires, and does not apply radioactive
				  material to, or incorporate radioactive material into, capsules containing 37
				  kilobecquerels one microcurie) of carbon-14 urea (allowing for nominal
				  variation that may occur during the manufacturing process) each, for "in-vivo"
				  diagnostic use for humans.
(2) A
				  person who desires to use the capsules for research involving human subjects
				  must apply for and receive a specific license under chapters 246-240 and
				  246-235 WAC.
(3) A person who
				  desires to manufacture, prepare, process, produce, package, repackage, or
				  transfer for commercial distribution these capsules must do so in accordance
				  with a specific license issued by the NRC, Washington, D.C. 20555.
(4) Nothing in this section relieves persons
				  from complying with applicable United States Food and Drug Administration,
				  federal, and state requirements governing receipt, administration, and use of
				  drugs.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.050. 06-05-019, § 246-232-014,
						filed 2/6/06, effective 3/9/06; 01-02-068, § 246-232-014, filed 12/29/00,
						effective 1/29/01.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › EXEMPTIONS › Section 246-232-015 - Certain industrial devices

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(1) Except for persons who manufacture,
				  process, produce, or initially transfer for sale or distribution industrial
				  devices containing radioactive material designed and manufactured for the
				  purpose of detecting, measuring, gauging or controlling thickness, density,
				  level, interface location, radiation, leakage, or qualitative or quantitative
				  chemical composition, or for producing an ionized atmosphere, any person is
				  exempt from the requirements for a license and from the regulations in chapters
				  246-222, 246-221, 246-232, 246-233, 246-235, 246-243, 246-240, and 246-244 WAC
				  to the extent that such person receives, possesses, uses, transfers, owns, or
				  acquires radioactive material, in these certain detecting, measuring, gauging,
				  or controlling devices and certain devices for producing an ionized atmosphere,
				  and manufactured, processed, produced, or initially transferred in accordance
				  with a specific license issued under
				  10 C.F.R.
				  32.30 which authorizes the initial transfer
				  of the device for use under this section. This exemption does not cover sources
				  not incorporated into a device, such as calibration and reference
				  sources.
(2) Any person who desires
				  to manufacture, process, produce, or initially transfer for sale or
				  distribution industrial devices containing radioactive material for use under
				  subsection (1) of this section, should apply for a license under
				  10 C.F.R.
				  32.30 and for a certificate of registration
				  in accordance with WAC
				  246-235-108.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › EXEMPTIONS › Section 246-232-020 - Types of licenses

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Licenses for radioactive material are of two types:
					 General and specific.
(1) A general
				  license is provided by regulation and grants authority to a person for certain
				  activities involving radioactive material, and is effective without filing an
				  application with the department or issuance of licensing documents to a
				  particular person. However, registration or the filing of a certificate with
				  the department may also be required by the particular general license. The
				  general licensee is subject to all other applicable rules and any limitations
				  of the general license.
(2) The
				  department issues a specific license to a named person, after review and
				  approval of an application . The licensee is subject to all applicable rules,
				  including chapter 246-235 WAC, Radioactive materials - Specific licenses, and
				  any limitations specified in the specific license.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.050. 04-04-055, § 246-232-020,
						filed 1/30/04, effective 3/1/04. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.050 and
						70.98.080. 91-15-112 (Order 184),
						§ 246-232-020, filed 7/24/91, effective 8/24/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
						as § 246-232-020, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.080. 79-12-073 (Order 1459), §
						402-19-220, filed 11/30/79, effective 1/1/80. Formerly WAC
						402-20-020.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › EXEMPTIONS › Section 246-232-030 - Prelicensing inspection

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The department may verify information contained in
					 applications and secure additional information deemed necessary to make a
					 reasonable determination as to whether to issue a license and whether any
					 special conditions should be attached thereto by visiting the facility or
					 location where radioactive materials would be possessed or used, and by
					 discussing details of the proposed possession or use of the radioactive
					 materials with the applicant or representatives designated by the applicant.
					 Such visits may be made by the department or its duly authorized
					 representatives.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
						as § 246-232-030, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.080. 79-12-073 (Order 1459), §
						402-19-240, filed 11/30/79, effective 1/1/80. Formerly WAC
						402-20-200.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › LICENSES › Section 246-232-050 - Terms and conditions of licenses

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(1) Each license issued pursuant to the rules
				  in chapters 246-220 through 246-254 WAC is subject to all the provisions of
				  chapter 70A.388 RCW, and to all applicable rules and orders of the
				  department.
(2)
(a) No license issued or granted under
				  chapters 246-220 through 246-254 WAC nor any right under a license may be
				  transferred, assigned, or in any manner disposed of, either voluntarily or
				  involuntarily, directly or indirectly, through transfer of control of any
				  license to any person, unless the department finds, after securing full
				  information, that the transfer is in accordance with the provisions of chapter
				  70A.388 RCW, and gives its consent in writing.
(b) An application for transfer of license
				  must include:
(i) The identity, technical and
				  financial qualifications of the proposed transferee; and
(ii) Financial assurance for decommissioning
				  information required by WAC
				  246-235-075.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › LICENSES › Section 246-232-060 - Termination of licenses and decommissioning of sites and separate buildings or outdoor areas

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(1) Each
				  specific licensee shall immediately notify the department in writing when the
				  licensee decides to permanently discontinue all activities involving materials
				  authorized under the license and request termination of the license. This
				  notification and request for termination of the license must include the
				  reports and information specified in subsection (3)(c) and (d) of this section.
				  The licensee is subject to the provisions of subsections (3) and (4) of this
				  section, as applicable.
(2) No less
				  than 30 days before the expiration date specified in a specific license, the
				  licensee shall either:
(a) Submit an
				  application for license renewal under WAC
				  246-235-050;
				  or
(b) Notify the department in
				  writing if the licensee decides not to renew the license.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › LICENSES › Section 246-232-070 - Modification and revocation of licenses

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(1) The terms and conditions of all licenses
				  shall be subject to amendment, revision, or modification, or the license may be
				  suspended or revoked by reason of amendments to the act, or by reason of rules,
				  regulations, and orders issued by the department.
(2) Any license may be revoked, suspended, or
				  modified, in whole or in part, for any material false statement in the
				  application or any statement of fact required under provisions of the act, or
				  because of conditions revealed by such application or statement of fact or any
				  report, record, or inspection or other means which would warrant the department
				  to refuse to grant a license on an original application, or for violation of,
				  or failure to observe any of the terms and conditions of the act, or of the
				  license, or of any rule, regulation, or order of the department.
(3) Except in cases of willful disregard for
				  the regulations or applicable license conditions or those in which the public
				  health, interest, or safety requires otherwise, no license shall be modified,
				  suspended, or revoked unless, prior to the institution of proceedings
				  therefore, facts or conduct which may warrant such action shall have been
				  called to the attention of the licensee in writing and the licensee shall have
				  been accorded an opportunity to demonstrate or achieve compliance with all
				  lawful requirements.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
						as § 246-232-070, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.080. 87-01-031 (Order 2450), §
						402-19-350, filed 12/11/86; 83-19-050 (Order 2026), § 402-19-350, filed
						9/16/83; 79-12-073 (Order 1459), § 402-19-350, filed 11/30/79, effective
						1/1/80. Formerly WAC 402-20-180.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › LICENSES › Section 246-232-080 - Transfer of material

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(1) No licensee
				  shall transfer radioactive material except as authorized pursuant to this
				  section.
(2) Except as otherwise
				  provided in the license and subject to the provisions of this section, a
				  licensee may transfer radioactive material:
(a) To the department. A licensee may
				  transfer material to the department only after receiving prior approval from
				  the department;
(b) To the United
				  States Department of Energy;
(c) To
				  a person exempt from the rules in this part to the extent permitted under such
				  exemption;
(d) To a person
				  authorized to receive such material under terms of a general license or its
				  equivalent, or a specific license or equivalent licensing document, issued by
				  the department, the NRC or an agreement state, or to a person otherwise
				  authorized to receive such material by the federal government or an agency
				  thereof, the department, or an agreement state; or
(e) As otherwise authorized by the department
				  in writing.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › LICENSES › Section 246-232-090 - Transportation

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No person shall deliver radioactive material to a carrier
					 for transport or transport radioactive material except as authorized in a
					 general or specific license issued by the department or as exempted in chapter
					 246-231 WAC. General licenses for transportation of radioactive material and
					 other transportation requirements are found in chapter 246-231
					 WAC.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.98.050. 99-15-105, § 246-232-090,
						filed 7/21/99, effective 8/21/99. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.050 and
						70.98.080. 91-15-112 (Order 184),
						§ 246-232-090, filed 7/24/91, effective 8/24/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
						as § 246-232-090, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.080. 83-19-050 (Order 2026), §
						402-19-500, filed 9/16/83. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.98.050. 81-01-011 (Order 1570), §
						402-19-500, filed 12/8/80. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.080. 79-12-073 (Order 1459), §
						402-19-500, filed 11/30/79, effective 1/1/80. Formerly WAC
						402-20-220.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › SCHEDULES › Section 246-232-140 - Schedule D

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ACCEPTABLE SURFACE CONTAMINATION LEVELS
NUCLIDES A
AVERAGE B C F
MAXIMUM B D F
REMOVABLE B E F WIPE LIMITS
U-nat, U-235, U-238, and associated decay
								products
5,000 dpm/100 cm2
15,000 dpm/100
								cm2
1,000 dpm [ALPHA]/100 cm2
Transuranics, Ra-226, Ra-228, Th-230, Th-228,
								Pa-231, Ac-227, I-125, I-129
100 dpm/100 cm2
300 dpm/100 cm2
20 dpm/100 cm2
Th-nat, Th-232, Sr-90, Ra-223, Ra-224, U-232,
								I-126, I-131, I-133
1000 dpm/100 cm2
3000 dpm/100 cm2
200 dpm/100 cm2
Beta-gamma emitters (nuclides with decay modes
								other than alpha emission or spontaneous fission) except SR-90 and others noted
								above
5000 dpm/100 cm2
15,000 dpm/100
								cm2
1000 dpm [BETA][GAMMA]/100
								cm2
A
Where surface contamination by both alpha- and
								beta-gamma-emitting nuclides exists, the limits established for alpha-and
								beta-gamma- emitting nuclides should apply independently.
B
As used in this table, dpm (disintegrations per
								minute) means the rate of emission by radioactive material as determined by
								correcting the counts per minute observed by an appropriate detector for
								background, efficiency, and geometric factors associated with the
								instrumentation.
C
Measurements of average contaminant should not be
								averaged over more than one square meter. For objects of less surface area, the
								average should be derived for each such object.
D
The maximum contamination level applies to an area
								of not more than 100 cm2.
E
The amount of removable radioactive material per
								100 cm2 of surface area should be determined by
								wiping that area with dry filter or soft absorbent paper, applying moderate
								pressure, and assessing the amount of radioactive material on the wipe with an
								appropriate instrument of known efficiency. When removable contamination on
								objects of less surface area is determined, the pertinent levels should be
								reduced proportionally and the entire surface should be wiped.
F
The average and maximum radiation levels associated
								with surface contamination resulting from beta-gamma emitters should not exceed
								0.2 mrad/hr at one cm and 1.0 mrad/hr at one cm, respectively, measured through
								not more than seven milligrams per square centimeter of totbsorber.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.050 and
						70.98.080. 09-06-003, §
						246-232-140, filed 2/18/09, effective 3/21/09. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
						as § 246-232-140, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.080. 87-01-031 (Order 2450), §
						402-19-590, filed 12/11/86; 83-19-050 (Order 2026), § 402-19-590, filed
						9/16/83.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-232 - Radioactive material - Licensing applicability › SCHEDULES › Section 246-232-990 - Fees

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Fees are required from all applicants, licensees, or
					 registrants. Chapter 246-254 WAC specifies fees for users of radiation subject
					 to regulation under chapters 246-220 through 246-255 WAC.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.98.050 and
						70.98.080. 91-15-112 (Order 184),
						§ 246-232-990, filed 7/24/91, effective 8/24/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
						as § 246-232-990, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.080. 83-19-050 (Order 2026), §
						402-19-370, filed 9/16/83; 79-12-073 (Order 1459), § 402-19-370, filed
						11/30/79, effective 1/1/80.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-233 - Radioactive materials-General licenses › Section 246-233-001 - Purpose and scope

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(1)
				This chapter establishes general licenses for the possession and use of
				radioactive material and a general license for ownership of radioactive
				material.
(2)Chapter 246-232 WAC
				also contains provisions applicable to the general licenses established in this
				part.
(3) The definitions contained
				in WAC 246-220-010 also apply to this
				chapter.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050. 04-04-055, § 246-233-001,
					 filed 1/30/04, effective 3/1/04. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050 and
					 70.98.080. 91-15-112 (Order 184),
					 § 246-233-001, filed 7/24/91, effective 8/24/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
					 as § 246-233-001, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.080. 79-12-073 (Order 1459), §
					 402-21-010, filed 11/30/79, effective 1/1/80. Formerly chapter 402-20
					 WAC.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-233 - Radioactive materials-General licenses › Section 246-233-005 - Ownership of radioactive material

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A general license is hereby issued to own radioactive
				  material without regard to quantity. Notwithstanding any other provisions of
				  this chapter, a general licensee under this section is not authorized to
				  manufacture, produce, transfer, receive, possess, use, import or export
				  radioactive material, except as authorized by a specific
				  license.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050. 04-04-055, § 246-233-005,
					 filed 1/30/04, effective 3/1/04.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-233 - Radioactive materials-General licenses › Section 246-233-010 - General licenses-Source material

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(1) A general license is hereby issued
				authorizing commercial and industrial firms; research, educational, and medical
				institutions; and federal, state, and local government agencies to receive,
				possess, use, and transfer uranium and thorium, in their natural isotopic
				concentrations, and in the form of depleted uranium, for research, development,
				educational, commercial, or operational purposes in the following forms and
				quantities:
(a) No more than 1.5 kg (3.3 lbs.)
				of uranium and thorium in dispersible forms, for example, gaseous, liquid, or
				powder at any one time. Any material processed by the general licensee that
				alters the chemical or physical form of the material containing source material
				must be accounted for as a dispersible form. A person authorized to possess,
				use, and transfer source material under this section may not receive more than
				a total of 7 kg (15.4 lbs.) of uranium and thorium in any one calendar year.
				Persons possessing source material in excess of these limits as of August 27,
				2013, may continue to possess up to 7 kg (15.4 lbs.) of uranium and thorium at
				any one time for one year beyond this date, or until the department takes final
				action on a pending application submitted on or before August 27, 2014, for a
				specific license for such material; and receive up to 70 kg (154 lbs.) of
				uranium or thorium in any one calendar year until December 31, 2014, or until
				the department takes final action on a pending application submitted on or
				before August 27, 2014, for a specific license for such material; and
(b) No more than a total of 7 kg (15.4 lbs.)
				of uranium and thorium at any one time. A person authorized to possess, use,
				and transfer source material under this section may not receive more than a
				total of 70 kg (154 lbs.) of uranium and thorium in any one calendar year. A
				person may not alter the chemical or physical form of the source material
				possessed under this section unless it is accounted for under the limits of (a)
				of this subsection; or
(c) No more
				than 7 kg (15.4 lbs.) of uranium, removed during the treatment of drinking
				water, at any one time. A person may not remove more than 70 kg (154 lbs.) of
				uranium from drinking water during a calendar year under this section;
				or
(d) No more than 7 kg (15.4
				lbs.) of uranium and thorium at laboratories for the purpose of determining the
				concentration of uranium and thorium contained within the material being
				analyzed at any one time. A person authorized to possess, use, and transfer
				source material under this section may not receive more than a total of 70 kg
				(154 lbs.) of source material in any one calendar year.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-233 - Radioactive materials-General licenses › Section 246-233-012 - General license for certain items and self-luminous products containing radium-226

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(1) A
				general license shall be issued to any person to acquire, receive, possess,
				use, or transfer, in accordance with the provisions of subsections (2), (3),
				and (4) of this section, radium-226 contained in:
(a) Antiquities originally intended for use
				by the general public. For the purposes of this subsection, antiquities mean
				products originally intended for use by the general public and distributed in
				the late 19th and early 20th centuries, such as radium emanator jars,
				revigators, radium water jars, radon generators, refrigerator cards, radium
				bath salts, and healing pads.
(b)
				Intact timepieces containing greater than 0.037 megabecquerel (1 microcurie),
				nonintact timepieces, and timepiece hands and dials no longer installed in
				timepieces.
(c) Luminous items
				installed in air, marine, or land vehicles.
(d) All other luminous products, provided
				that no more than one hundred items are used or stored at the same location at
				any one time.
(e) Small radium
				sources containing no more than 0.037 megabecquerel (1 microcurie) of
				radium-226. For the purposes of this subsection, "small radium sources" means
				discrete survey instrument check sources, sources contained in radiation
				measuring instruments, sources used in educational demonstrations (such as
				cloud chambers and spinthariscopes), electron tubes, lightning rods, ionization
				sources, static eliminators, or as designated by the department.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-233 - Radioactive materials-General licenses › Section 246-233-015 - Certain devices and equipment (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050 and
					 70.98.080. 09-06-003, §
					 246-233-015, filed 2/18/09, effective 3/21/09. Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.98.050. 04-04-055, § 246-233-015,
					 filed 1/30/04, effective 3/1/04.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-233 - Radioactive materials-General licenses › Section 246-233-025 - General license - Luminous safety devices for aircraft

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(1) A general
				license is hereby issued to own, receive, acquire, possess and use Hydrogen-3
				(tritium) or Promethium-147 contained in luminous safety devices for use in
				aircraft, provided:
(a) Each device contains
				not more than 370 gigabecquer-els (10 curies) of Hydrogen-3 (tritium) or 11.1
				gigabecquer-els (300 millicuries) of Promethium-147; and
(b) Each device has been manufactured,
				assembled or imported in accordance with a specific license issued by the NRC,
				or each device has been manufactured or assembled in accordance with the
				specifications contained in a specific license issued by the department or any
				agreement state to the manufacturer or assembler of such device pursuant to
				licensing requirements equivalent to those in Section 32.53 of 10 C.F.R. Part
				32 of the regulations of the NRC.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-233 - Radioactive materials-General licenses › Section 246-233-030 - General license - Ice detection devices

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(1) A general license is hereby issued to
				own, receive, acquire, possess, use and transfer Strontium-90 contained in ice
				detection devices, provided each device contains not more than 185
				megabecquerels (50 microcuries) of Stron-tium-90 and each device has been
				manufactured or imported in accordance with a specific license issued by the
				NRC or each device has been manufactured in accordance with the specifications
				contained in a specific license issued by the department or any agreement state
				to the manufacturer of such device pursuant to licensing requirements
				equivalent to those in Section 32.61 of  10 C.F.R. Part 32  of the regulations of
				the NRC.
(2) Persons who own,
				receive, acquire, possess, use or transfer Strontium-90 contained in ice
				detection devices pursuant to the general license in (a) of this subsection:
(a) Shall, upon occurrence of visually
				observable damage, such as a bend or crack or discoloration from overheating to
				the device, discontinue use of the device until it has been inspected, tested
				for leakage and repaired by a person holding a specific license issued by the
				NRC or an agreement state to manufacture or service such devices; or shall
				dispose of the device pursuant to the provisions of these
				regulations;
(b) Shall assure that
				all labels affixed to the device at the time of receipt, and which bear a
				statement which prohibits removal of the labels, are maintained thereon;
				and
(c) Are exempt from the
				requirements of chapters 246-221 and 246-222 WAC except that such persons shall
				comply with the provisions of WAC
				246-221-170,
				246-221-240, and
				246-221-250.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-233 - Radioactive materials-General licenses › Section 246-233-035 - General license - Calibration and reference sources

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(1) A general license is hereby issued to
				those persons listed below to own, receive, acquire, possess, use and transfer,
				in accordance with the provisions of subsections (4) and (5) of this section,
				Americium-241 in the form of calibration or reference sources:
(a) Any person who holds a specific license
				issued by the department which authorizes that person to receive, possess, use
				and transfer radioactive material; or
(b) Any person who holds a specific license
				issued by the NRC which authorizes that person to receive, possess, use and
				transfer special nuclear material.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-233 - Radioactive materials-General licenses › Section 246-233-040 - General license for use of radioactive material for certain in-vitro clinical or laboratory testing

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(1) A general license is hereby issued to any
				physician, veterinarian, clinical laboratory or hospital to receive, acquire,
				possess, transfer or use, for any of the following stated tests, in accordance
				with the provisions of subsections (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6) of this section
				the following radioactive material in prepackaged units:
(a) Iodine-125, in units not exceeding 370
				kilobecquerels (10 microcuries) each for use in
in-vitro
clinical or laboratory tests not involving internal or external administration
				of radioactive material, or the radiation therefrom, to human beings or
				animals.
(b) Iodine-131, in units
				not exceeding 370 kilobecquer-els (10 microcuries) each for use in
in-vitro
clinical or laboratory tests not involving internal
				or external administration of radioactive material, or the radiation therefrom,
				to human beings or animals.
(c)
				Carbon-14, in units not exceeding 370 kilobecquerels (10 microcuries) each for
				use in
in-vitro
clinical or laboratory tests not involving
				internal or external administration of radioactive material, or the radiation
				therefrom, to human beings or animals.
(d) Hydrogen-3 (tritium), in units not
				exceeding 1.85 megabecquerels (50 microcuries) each for use in
in-vitro
clinical or laboratory tests not involving internal
				or external administration of radioactive material, or the radiation therefrom,
				to human beings or animals.
(e)
				Iron-59, in units not exceeding 740 kilobecquerels (20 microcuries) each for
				use in
in-vitro
clinical or laboratory tests not involving
				internal or external administration of radioactive material, or the radiation
				therefrom, to human beings or animals.
(f) Cobalt-57, in units not exceeding 370
				kilobecquerels (10 microcuries) each for use in
in-vitro
clinical or laboratory tests not involving internal or external administration
				of radioactive material, or the radiation therefrom, to human beings or
				animals.
(g) Selenium-75, in units
				not to exceed 370 kilobecquer-els (10 microcuries) each for use in
in-vitro
clinical or laboratory tests not involving internal
				or external administration of radioactive material, or the radiation therefrom,
				to human beings or animals.
(h)
				Mock Iodine-125 reference or calibration sources, in units not exceeding 1.85
				kilobecquerels (0.05 microcurie) of Iodine-129 and 185 becquerels (0.005
				microcurie) of Ameri-cium-241 each for use in
in-vitro
clinical or laboratory tests not involving internal or external administration
				of radioactive material, or the radiation therefrom, to human beings or
				animals.
*Note: The new drug provisions of the Federal Food, Drug and
				  Cosmetic Act also govern the availability and use of any specific diagnostic
				  drugs in interstate commerce.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-001 - Purpose and scope

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(1) This
				  chapter establishes requirements for the issuance of specific
				  licenses.
(2) The provisions and
				  requirements of this chapter are in addition to, and not in substitution for,
				  other requirements of these regulations. In particular the provisions of
				  chapter 246-232 WAC apply to applications and licenses subject to this
				  chapter.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.050 and
						70.98.080. 91-15-112 (Order 184),
						§ 246-235-001, filed 7/24/91, effective 8/24/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
						as § 246-235-001, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.080. 79-12-073 (Order 1459), §
						402-22-010, filed 11/30/79, effective 1/1/80. Formerly chapter 402-20
						WAC.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-010 - Filing application for specific licenses

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(1) An applicant applying for a specific
				  license shall submit an application on a department approved form.
(2) The department may at any time after the
				  filing of the original application, and before the expiration of the license,
				  require further statements in order to enable the department to determine
				  whether the application should be granted or denied or whether a license should
				  be modified or revoked.
(3) Each
				  application must be signed by the applicant or licensee or a person duly
				  authorized to act for and on the applicant's behalf.
(4) An applicant may apply on one application
				  for multiple licenses authorizing other activities under chapters 246-220
				  through 246-254 WAC and under chapter 70A.388 RCW, provided that the
				  application specifies the activities for which licenses are
				  requested.
(5) In the application,
				  the applicant may incorporate by reference information contained in previous
				  applications, statements, or reports filed with the department provided such
				  references are clear and specific.
(6)
(a)
				  Except as provided in (b), (c), and (d) of this subsection, an application for
				  a specific license to use radioactive materials in the form of a sealed source
				  or in a device that contains the sealed source must:
(i) Identify the source or device by
				  manufacturer and model number as registered with the department under WAC
				  246-235-108,
				  the NRC under
				  10 C.F.R.
				  32.210, an agreement state, or for a source
				  or a device containing radium-226 or accelerator-produced radioactive material
				  with a state under provisions comparable to
				  10 C.F.R.
				  32.210; or
(ii) Contain the information identified in
				  WAC
				  246-235-108(3).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-030 - Issuance of specific licenses

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(1) Upon a determination that an application
				  meets the requirements of the act and the regulations of the department the
				  department will issue a specific license authorizing the proposed activity in
				  such form and containing such conditions and limitations as it deems
				  appropriate or necessary.
(2) The
				  department may incorporate in any license at the time of issuance, or
				  thereafter by appropriate rule, regulation, or order, such additional
				  requirements and conditions with respect to the licensee's receipt, possession,
				  use, storage, and transfer of radioactive material subject to this part as it
				  deems appropriate or necessary in order to:
(a) Minimize danger to public health and
				  safety or property;
(b) Require
				  such reports and the keeping of such records, and to provide for such
				  inspections of activities under the license as may be appropriate or necessary;
				  and
(c) Prevent loss or theft of
				  material subject to this part.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-040 - Expiration of licenses

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Except as provided in WAC
					 246-235-050(2),
					 each specific license expires at the end of the day, in the month and year
					 stated therein.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.050 and
						70.98.080. 91-15-112 (Order 184),
						§ 246-235-040, filed 7/24/91, effective 8/24/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
						as § 246-235-040, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.080. 79-12-073 (Order 1459), §
						402-22-050, filed 11/30/79, effective 1/1/80. Formerly WAC
						402-20-100.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-050 - Renewal of license

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(1)
				  Applications for renewal of specific licenses shall be filed in accordance with
				  WAC 246-235-010.
(2) In any case in which a licensee, not less
				  than thirty days prior to expiration of the existing license, has filed an
				  application in proper form for renewal or for a new license authorizing the
				  same activities, such existing license shall not expire until the application
				  has been finally determined by the department.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						70.98.050 and
						70.98.080. 91-15-112 (Order 184),
						§ 246-235-050, filed 7/24/91, effective 8/24/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
						as § 246-235-050, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.080. 79-12-073 (Order 1459), §
						402-22-055, filed 11/30/79, effective 1/1/80. Formerly WAC
						402-20-110.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-055 - Precedence of license condition over regulation

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(1) A license condition may be used to
				  specifically modify any regulation pertaining to the possession, use, storage,
				  transfer, or disposal of radioactive material. Any license condition used to
				  modify an existing regulation must set forth the title, chapter, section, and,
				  where applicable, any subsection and paragraph numbers for the regulation being
				  modified, and fully define the nature and extent of the modification.
(2) In the event a regulation is changed, an
				  existing license condition that is more restrictive than the new regulation
				  remains in force until there is an amendment or renewal of the license that
				  removes or modifies the license condition.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.050. 94-01-073, § 246-235-055,
						filed 12/9/93, effective 1/9/94.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-060 - Amendment of licenses at request of licensee

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Applications for amendment of a license must be filed in
					 accordance with WAC
					 246-235-010 and must specify the
					 respects in which the licensee desires the license to be amended and the
					 grounds for such amendment.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.050 and
						70.98.080. 91-15-112 (Order 184),
						§ 246-235-060, filed 7/24/91, effective 8/24/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
						as § 246-235-060, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.080. 83-19-050 (Order 2026), §
						402-22-060, filed 9/16/83; 79-12-073 (Order 1459), § 402-22-060, filed
						11/30/79, effective 1/1/80. Formerly WAC
						402-20-120.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-070 - Agency action on applications to renew or amend

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In considering an application by a licensee to renew or
					 amend the license, the department will apply the criteria set forth in this
					 chapter, as applicable.
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						43.70.040. 91-02-049 (Order 121), recodified
						as § 246-235-070, filed 12/27/90, effective 1/31/91. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						   70.98.080. 87-01-031 (Order 2450), §
						402-22-065, filed 12/11/86; 79-12-073 (Order 1459), § 402-22-065, filed
						11/30/79, effective 1/1/80. Formerly WAC
						402-20-130.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-075 - Financial assurance and recordkeeping for decommissioning

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(1) Each applicant
				  for one of the following licenses shall submit a decommissioning funding plan
				  as described in this section:
(a) A specific
				  license authorizing receipt of radioactive waste for the purpose of volume
				  reduction, repackaging or interim storage.
(b) Receipt of contaminated articles, scrap
				  material, equipment, or clothing to be decontaminated at the licensee's
				  facility.
(c) A specific license
				  authorizing the possession and use of radioactive material of half-life greater
				  than 120 days and in quantities for unsealed material exceeding
				  103 times and for sealed forms exceeding
				  1010 times the applicable quantities set forth in
				  WAC
				  246-221-300
				  Appendix B (for a combination of nuclides the unity rule applies. A
				  decommissioning funding plan will be required if R is greater than 1, where R
				  is defined as the sum of the ratios of the quantity for sealed and unsealed
				  forms of each nuclide compared to the applicable value derived from WAC
				  246-221-300).
(d) A specific license
				  authorizing possession and use of source material in readily dispersible form
				  and in quantities greater than 370 megabecquerels (10
				  millicuries).
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-077 - Special requirements for emergency planning

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(1) Each application to possess radioactive
				  materials in unsealed form, on foils or plated sources, or sealed in glass in
				  excess of the quantities in WAC
				  246-235-150,
				  "Schedule C-Quantities of radioactive materials requiring consideration of the
				  need for an emergency plan for responding to a release," must contain either:
(a) An evaluation showing that the maximum
				  dose to a person off-site due to a release of radioactive materials would not
				  exceed one rem effective dose equivalent or five rems to the thyroid;
				  or
(b) An emergency plan for
				  responding to a release of radioactive material.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-080 - Special requirements for possession and use of medical calibration and reference sources

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(1) Leak tests.
(a) Any licensee or registrant who possesses
				  sealed sources as calibration or reference sources must test for leakage or
				  contamination each sealed source containing radioactive material, other than
				  Hydrogen-3, with a half-life greater than 30 days in any form other than gas at
				  least every six months. In the absence of a certificate from a transferor
				  indicating that a test has been made within six months prior to the transfer,
				  the sealed sources must not be used until tested. However, leak tests are not
				  required when: The source contains 3.7 megabecquerels (100 microcuries) or less
				  of beta or gamma emitting material or 370 kilobecquerels (10 microcuries) or
				  less of alpha emitting material or the sealed source is stored and is not being
				  used: Provided, a physical inventory of the source and wipe surveys of the
				  storage area or storage container are conducted as required by these rules or
				  license condition.
(b) The leak
				  test must be capable of detecting the presence of 185 becquerels (0.005
				  microcurie) of radioactive material on the test sample. The test sample must be
				  taken from the sealed source or from the surfaces of the device in which the
				  sealed source is mounted or stored on which contamination might be expected to
				  accumulate. Records of leak test results must be kept in units of microcuries
				  and maintained for inspection by the department.
(c) If the leak test reveals the presence of
				  185 becquerels (0.005 microcurie) or more of removable contamination, the
				  licensee or registrant must immediately withdraw the sealed source from use and
				  must cause it to be decontaminated and repaired or to be disposed of in
				  accordance with chapters 246-235 and 246-221 WAC. The licensee must file a
				  report within five days of the test with the department describing the
				  equipment involved, the test results, and the corrective action
				  taken.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-082 - Special requirements for issuance of a specific license to initially transfer source material

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In addition to the requirements set forth in WAC
					 246-235-020, an application for a
					 specific license to initially transfer source material for use under
					 10 C.F.R.
					 40.22 or WAC
					 246-233-010 or equivalent
					 regulations of an agreement state will be approved if:
(1) The applicant satisfies the general
				  requirements specified in WAC
				  246-235-020; and
(2) The applicant submits adequate
				  information about, and the department approves, the methods to be used for
				  quality control, labeling, and providing safety instructions to
				  recipients.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-235 - Radioactive materials - Specific licenses › FEES › Section 246-235-083 - Conditions of licenses to initially transfer source material for use under general license-Quality control, labeling, safety instructions, and reports and records

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(1) Each person
				  licensed under WAC
				  246-235-082 shall label the
				  immediate container of each quantity of source material with the type and
				  quantity of source material and the words "radioactive material."
(2) Each person licensed under WAC
				  246-235-082 shall ensure that the
				  quantities and concentrations of source material are as labeled and indicated
				  in any transfer records.
(3) Each
				  person licensed under WAC
				  246-235-082 shall provide the
				  information specified in this section to each person to whom source material is
				  transferred for use under WAC
				  246-233-010,
				  10 C.F.R.
				  40.22, or equivalent provisions in agreement
				  state regulations. This information must be transferred before the source
				  material is transferred for the first time in each calendar year to the
				  particular recipient. The required information includes:
(a) A copy of
				  10 C.F.R.
				  40.22 and
				  10 C.F.R.
				  40.51, or WAC
				  246-232-080 and
				  246-233-010, or equivalent
				  agreement state regulations.
(b)
				  Appropriate radiation safety precautions and instructions relating to handling,
				  use, storage, and disposal of the material.