Chapter 7. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES - RADIATION CONTROL

This Article establishes requirements for notices, instructions, and reports by licensees or registrants to individuals working for a licensee or registrant. This Article explains the options available to these individuals in connection with Department inspections of licensees or…

A. Each licensee or registrant shall post current copies of the following documents: 1. The rules in this Chapter; 2. The license, certificate of registration, conditions, or documents incorporated into the license or registration by reference, and any amendments to the license o…

A. A licensee or registrant shall ensure that each individual who, in the course of employment, is likely to receive in a year an occupational dose in excess of 1 mSv (100 mrem), receives instruction in all of the following subjects: 1. Storage, transfer, or use of radiation and …

A. A licensee or registrant shall report radiation exposure data for an individual and the results of any measurements, analyses, and calculations of radioactive material deposited or retained in the body to the individual as specified in this Section. The information reported sh…

A. As a condition of licensure or registration, each licensee or registrant shall afford to the Department, at all reasonable times and without undue delay, an opportunity to inspect materials, machines, activities, facilities, premises, and records. B. During an inspection, the …

A. A licensee or registrant shall afford Department inspectors talking to a licensee or registrant representative the opportunity to consult privately with workers concerning matters of occupational radiation protection and other matters related to applicable provisions of Depart…

A. Any worker or representative of workers who believes that a violation of the Act, these rules, license, or registration conditions exists, or has occurred with regard to radiological working conditions in which the worker is engaged, may request an inspection of the facility b…

If the Department determines, with respect to a complaint under R9-7-1007, that an inspection is not warranted or there are no reasonable grounds to believe that a violation exists or has occurred, the Department shall notify the complainant in writing of the determination. The c…

A. Except as otherwise specifically provided, this Chapter applies to all persons who receive, possess, use, transfer, own, or acquire any source of radiation. B. This Chapter does not apply to any person that is subject to regulation by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. C. Stat…

Except as specifically authorized by the Department in writing, no interpretations of the meaning of the rules in this Chapter by any officer or employee of the Department other than a written interpretation by the Arizona Assistant Attorney General counsel assigned to the Depart…

Terms defined in A.R.S. § 30-651 have the same meanings when used in this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires. Additional subject-specific definitions are used in other Articles. “A1” means the maximum activity of special form radioactive material permitted in a type A…

A. Common and contract carriers, freight forwarders, and warehousemen who are subject to 49 CFR 107.109, 107.111, 107.113, 171.2, 171.3, 172.200, 173.1, 173.3, 173.4, 173.401, 175.3, 175.10, 176.3, 176.5, 176.11, 176.24, 176.27, and 177.801, revised October 1, 2007, of the U.S. D…

A. A person shall not use the following fluoroscopic devices: 1. Hand-held fluoroscopic screens, 2. Shoe-fitting fluoroscopic devices. B. Except as specifically authorized by law, a person shall not use sources of ionizing radiation for the purpose of screening an individual or i…

A. As used in these rules, the quality factors for converting absorbed dose to dose equivalent are shown in Table I. TABLE I . QUALITY FACTORS AND ABSORBED DOSE EQUIVALENCIES TYPE OF RADIATION Quality Factor (Q) Absorbed Dose Equal to a Unit Dose Equivalenta X, gamma, or beta rad…

For purposes of these rules, activity is expressed in the SI unit of becquerel (Bq) or in the special unit of curie (Ci), or their multiples, or disintegrations or transformations per unit of time. The definitions for these units are located in R9-7-102. Historical Note New Secti…

A. A licensee, registrant, applicant for a license or certificate of registration, or employee of a licensee, registrant, or applicant; or any contractor (including a supplier or consultant), subcontractor, or employee of a contractor or subcontractor of any licensee or certifica…

Historical Note Section R9-7-1101 reserved when this Chapter was recodified (Supp. 18-1).

“Access point” means any door or cover that is designed to be removed or opened for maintenance or service purposes, opened using tools, and used to provide access to the interior of a cabinet x-ray unit. “Annual refresher safety training” means a review provided by the registran…

Historical Note Section R9-7-1103 reserved when this Chapter was recodified (Supp. 18-1).

A. The Department shall review an application for registration of a radiation machine for use in industrial radiography and approve the registration if an applicant meets all of the following requirements: 1. The applicant satisfies the general requirements in Article 2 and any s…

Historical Note Section R9-7-1105 reserved when this Chapter was recodified (Supp. 18-1).

A registrant shall ensure that each x-ray machine has a lock or other security system designed to prevent unauthorized use or accidental production of radiation and is secured against unauthorized use at all times, except when under the direct surveillance of a radiographer or ra…

Historical Note Section R9-7-1107 reserved when this Chapter was recodified (Supp. 18-1).

A. A registrant shall maintain at least two calibrated and operable radiation survey instruments at each location where sources of radiation are present to make radiation surveys required by this Article and Article 4 of this Chapter. Instrumentation required by this Section shal…

Historical Note Section R9-7-1109 reserved when this Chapter was recodified (Supp. 18-1).

A. A registrant shall conduct a quarterly physical inventory to account for all x-ray machines received and possessed under the registration. B. A registrant shall maintain a record of the quarterly inventory required under subsection (A) for three years after it is made. C. The …

Historical Note Section R9-7-1111 reserved when this Chapter was recodified (Supp. 18-1).

A. A registrant shall maintain for each x-ray machine a utilization log that provides all of the following information: 1. A description, including the make, model, and serial number of each x-ray machine; 2. The identity and signature of the radiographer using the machine; and 3…

Historical Note Section R9-7-1113 reserved when this Chapter was recodified (Supp. 18-1).

A. A registrant shall perform visual and operability checks on survey instruments and radiation machines before use on each day the equipment is to be used to ensure that the equipment is in good working condition and required labeling is present. Survey instrument operability ch…

Historical Note Section R9-7-1115 reserved when this Chapter was recodified (Supp. 18-1).

During each radiographic operation a radiographer, or the radiographer’s assistant as permitted by R9-7-1118, shall maintain continuous direct visual surveillance of the operation to protect against unauthorized entry into a high radiation area, except at permanent radiographic i…

Historical Note Section R9-7-1117 reserved when this Chapter was recodified (Supp. 18-1).

A. If industrial radiography is performed at a location other than a permanent radiographic installation, a registrant shall ensure that the radiographer is accompanied by at least one other radiographer or radiographer’s assistant, qualified under R9-7-1146. The additional radio…

Historical Note Section R9-7-1119 reserved when this Chapter was recodified (Supp. 18-1).

A. A registrant shall have a radiation safety officer (RSO) who is responsible for implementing procedures and regulatory requirements in the daily operation of the radiation safety program. B. A registrant shall ensure that the RSO has satisfied the following minimum requirement…

Historical Note Section R9-7-1121 reserved when this Chapter was recodified (Supp. 18-1).

Historical Note New Section R9-7-1122 recodified from R12-1-1122 at 24 A.A.R. 813, effective March 22, 2018 (Supp. 18-1). Section R9-7-1122 expired under A.R.S. § 41-1056(J) at 24 A.A.R. 3240, effective September 28, 2018 (Supp. 18-4).

Historical Note Section R9-7-1123 reserved when this Chapter was recodified (Supp. 18-1).

Historical Note Section R9-7-1124 reserved when this Chapter was recodified (Supp. 18-1).

Historical Note Section R9-7-1125 reserved when this Chapter was recodified (Supp. 18-1).

A registrant shall post any area in which industrial radiography is being performed as required by R9-7-429. Exceptions listed in R9-7-430 do not apply to industrial radiographic operations. Historical Note New Section R9-7-1126 recodified from R12-1-1126 at 24 A.A.R. 813, effect…

Historical Note Section R9-7-1127 reserved when this Chapter was recodified (Supp. 18-1).

A. A registrant shall have operating and emergency procedures that include, at minimum, instructions in the following, as applicable: 1. Use of radiation machines, so that persons are not exposed to radiation that exceeds the limits in Article 4 of this Chapter; 2. Methods and oc…

Historical Note Section R9-7-1129 reserved when this Chapter was recodified (Supp. 18-1).

A. An individual shall not act as a radiographer or a radiographer’s assistant unless, at all times during radiographic operations, the individual wears, on the trunk of the body, a direct reading dosimeter, an operating alarm rate meter, and either a film badge, a TLD, or an opt…

Historical Note Section R9-7-1131 reserved when this Chapter was recodified (Supp. 18-1).

If a radiographer’s assistant uses a radiation machine or conducts a radiation survey required by R9-7-1134(B), the registrant shall ensure that the assistant is under the personal supervision of a radiographer. For purposes of this Section “personal supervision” means: 1. The ra…

Historical Note Section R9-7-1133 reserved when this Chapter was recodified (Supp. 18-1).

A. A registrant shall conduct surveys with a calibrated and operable radiation survey instrument that meets the requirements of R9-7-1108. B. A registrant shall conduct a survey of a radiographic machine any time the machine is placed in storage to ensure that the machine will no…