Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Health Services › DHS 110-199 - Health › Chapter DHS 157 - Radiation Protection › Subchapter XV - Physical Protections of Category 1 and Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material › Section DHS 157.9704 - Relief from fingerprinting, identification, and criminal history records checks and other elements of background investigation

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Fingerprinting,
				  and the identification and criminal history records checks required by section
				  149 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and other elements of the
				  background investigation are not required for the following individuals before
				  granting unescorted access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of
				  radioactive materials:
(a) An employee of the
				  commission or of the executive branch of the U.S. government who has undergone
				  fingerprinting for a prior U.S. government criminal history records
				  check.
(b) A member of
				  Congress.
(c) An employee of a
				  member of Congress or congressional committee who has undergone fingerprinting
				  for a prior U.S. government criminal history records check.
(d) The Governor of a state or his or her
				  designated state employee representative.
(e) Federal, state, or local law enforcement
				  personnel.
(f) State radiation
				  control program directors and state homeland security advisors or their
				  designated state employee representatives.
(g) Agreement state employees conducting
				  security inspections on behalf of the NRC under an agreement executed under
				  section 274.i. of the Atomic Energy Act.
(h) Representatives of the International
				  Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) engaged in activities associated with the U.S. IAEA
				  Safeguards Agreement who have been certified by the NRC.
(i) Emergency response personnel who are
				  responding to an emergency.
(j)
				  Commercial vehicle drivers for road shipments of category 1 and category 2
				  quantities of radioactive material.
(k) Package handlers at transportation
				  facilities such as freight terminals and railroad yards.
(l) Any individual who has an active federal
				  security clearance, provided that he or she makes available to the licensee the
				  appropriate documentation. Written confirmation from the agency or employer or
				  both that granted the federal security clearance or reviewed the criminal
				  history records check shall be provided to a licensee. The licensee shall
				  retain documentation of an individual's federal security clearance and written
				  confirmation from the agency, employer, or both that granted the federal
				  security clearance or reviewed the criminal history records check for 3 years
				  from the date the individual no longer requires unescorted access to category 1
				  or category 2 quantities of radioactive material.
(m) Any individual employed by a service
				  provider licensee for which the service provider licensee has conducted the
				  background investigation for the individual and approved the individual for
				  unescorted access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive
				  material. The service provider license shall provide written verification to
				  the licensee. The licensee shall retain the documentation of the written
				  verification for 3 years from the date the individual no longer requires
				  unescorted access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive
				  material.