District of Columbia Administrative Code

6701 RADIATION STANDARDS 6701.1 After notice and public hearing, the Director of the Department of Health (the Director) shall prescribe standards for the protection against sources of radiation and other requirements as may be reasonable and necessary to carry out the intent and…

6702 TESTS AND RECORDS 6702.1 Upon instruction from the Director, each licensee and registrant under the radiation provisions of this title shall perform or permit the Director to perform any reasonable test as the Director deems appropriate or necessary, including, but not limit…

6703 RESERVED SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 3721 (May 5, 2006).

6704 INSPECTIONS 6704.1 The Director or the Director's authorized representatives shall have the power to enter at all reasonable times upon any private or public property for the following purposes: (a) To determine whether there is compliance with or violation of the radiation …

6705 EMERGENCIES, IMPOUNDMENTS AND STOP ORDERS 6705.1 Whenever the Director finds that an emergency exists requiring immediate action to protect the public health and safety, the Director, may, without notice or hearing, issue an order stating the existence of the emergency, and …

6706 INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF MATERIALS 6706.1 No licensee shall transport any radioactive material outside of the confines of the licensee's plant or other authorized location of use, or deliver any radioactive material to a carrier for transportation, unless the licensee co…

6707 RECIPROCITY 6707.1 Any person who possesses a specific license or equivalent licensing document issued by the NRC, or any agreement state, may conduct the activities authorized in the licensing document within the District for a period not in excess of twenty (20) days in an…

6708 VARIANCES 6708.1 The Director shall keep a properly indexed record of all variances and exceptions permitted from any rule or regulation or standard. The record shall be open to public inspection. 6708.2 The Director may, upon written application of any person affected by th…

6709 HEARINGS 6709.1 Each licensee or registrant, or applicant for licensing or registration, who is aggrieved by a proposed action of the Director that would result in the refusal to issue a license or registration, or that would modify, suspend, terminate, or revoke a license o…

6710 PENALTIES 6710.1 Any person who fails to comply with any provision of the radiation provisions of this title, or of the standards issued by the Director, or any person who refuses, interferes with, or prevents any inspection authorized by the radiation provisions of this tit…

6799 DEFINITIONS 6799.1 When used in chapters 67 through 69 of this title, and in forms prescribed under those chapters, where not otherwise distinctly expressed or manifestly incompatible with the intent of the District of Columbia Low-Level Radioactive Generator Policy Act of 1…

6800 GENERAL PROVISIONS 6800.1 No person shall receive, possess, use, transfer, own, or acquire radioactive material, except as authorized in a specific or general license issued pursuant to this chapter, or as otherwise provided in this chapter. 6800.2 All other sources of radia…

6801 GENERAL LICENSES: SOURCE MATERIALS 6801.1 A general license shall be granted for the use and transfer of not more than fifteen (15) pounds of source material at one (1) time by persons in the following categories: (a) Pharmacists using the source material solely for the comp…

6802 GENERAL LICENSES: OTHER RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS 6802.1 A general license shall be granted to transfer, receive, acquire, own, possess, and use radioactive material incorporated in a device or equipment that is listed under standards issued by the Director and that has been man…

6803 MEASURING, GAUGING, AND CONTROLLING DEVICES 6803.1 A general license shall be granted to own, receive, acquire, possess, and use radioactive material when the material is contained in devices designed and manufactured for the purpose of detecting, measuring, gauging, or cont…

6804 LUMINOUS SAFETY DEVICES FOR AIRCRAFT 6804.1 A general license shall be granted to own, receive, acquire, possess, and use tritium or promethium 147 contained in luminous safety devices for use in aircraft; Provided that the requirements of this section are met. 6804.2 Each d…

6805 CALIBRATION AND REFERENCE SOURCES 6805.1 The following persons shall be granted a general license to own, receive, acquire, possess, use, and transfer, in accordance with the provisions of §§6805.3 through 6805.5 of this section, americium 241 in the form of the calibration …

6806 MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC USES 6806.1 A general license shall be issued to any physician to receive, possess, transfer, or use for any of the following diagnostic uses, in accordance with the provisions of §§6806.2 through 6806.6 of this section, the following radioactive materials…

6807 ICE DETECTION DEVICES 6807.1 A general license shall be granted to own, receive, acquire, possess, use, and transfer strontium 90 contained in ice detection devices; Provided that the following requirements are met: (a) Each device shall contain not more than fifty (50) micr…

6808 RESERVED SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 3721 (May 5, 2006).

6809 RESERVED SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 3721 (May 5, 2006).

6810 EXEMPTIONS: SOURCE MATERIALS 6810.1 Any person who receives, possesses, uses, or transfers source material in any chemical mixture, compound, solution, or alloy in which the source material is by weight less than one twentieth of one percent (0.05%) of the mixture, compound,…

6811 EXEMPTIONS: RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS 6811.1 Except as provided in §6811.2, any person who receives, possesses, uses, transfers, owns, or acquires products or materials containing radioactive material in concentrations not in excess of those listed in standards issued by the Dir…

6812 EXEMPTIONS: CARRIERS AND CONTRACTORS 6812.1 Any Nuclear Regulatory Commission contractor or subcontractor of the following categories operating within the District shall be exempt from chapters 67 through 69 to the extent that the contractor or subcontractor under his or her…

6899 DEFINITIONS 6899.1 The meanings ascribed to the definitions appearing in §6799 of chapter 67 of this title shall apply to the terms in this chapter. SOURCE: As amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 3721 (May 5, 2006).

6900 APPLICATION FOR SPECIFIC LICENSES 6900.1 Applications for specific licenses shall be filed with the Director on a form prescribed by the Director, and containing information that the Director may require. 6900.2 At any time after the filing of the original application, and b…

6901 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF LICENSES 6901.1 A license application shall be approved if the Director determines that the requirements of this section have been satisfied. 6901.2 The applicant shall qualify by reason of training and experience to use the material in q…

6902 SPECIFIC TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LICENSES 6902.1 Each license issued pursuant to the radiation provisions of this title shall be subject to all rules, regulations, orders, and standards of the Department. 6902.2 Each person licensed by the Director pursuant to the radiation …

6903 RENEWAL AND AMENDMENT OF LICENSES 6903.1 Each application for renewal of a specific license shall be filed in accordance with §6900 of this chapter. 6903.2 In any case in which a licensee has filed an application not less than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of his …

6904 MODIFICATION, REVOCATION, AND TERMINATION OF LICENSES 6904.1 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 radiation provisions of this title, or by…

6905 TRANSFER OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS BY LICENSEES 6905.1 No licensee shall transfer radioactive material except as authorized pursuant to this section. 6905.2 With the advance approval of the receiver, any licensee may transfer radioactive material to the following: (a) The Dep…

6910 HUMAN USE OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS 6910.1 A specific license for human use of radioactive material in institutions shall be issued only if the requirements of §§6910.2 through 6910.6 are satisfied. 6910.2 The applicant shall appoint and submit to the Director the names of th…

6911 MANUFACTURE FOR MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC USES 6911.1 A specific license authorizing the distribution of radioactive material for use by physicians under the general license in §6806 of chapter 68 of this title shall be issued only if the requirements of this section are met. 6911.…

6912 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 6912.1 A specific license for multiple quantities or types of radioactive material for use in research and development shall be issued if the requirements of this section are met. 6912.2 The applicant’s staff shall have substantial experience in the …

6913 MEASURING, GAUGING, AND CONTROLLING DEVICES 6913.1 A specific license to distribute certain devices of the types enumerated in §6803 of chapter 68 of this title to persons generally licensed under that section shall be issued only if the requirements of this section are met.…

6914 INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY 6914.1 A specific license for use of sealed sources in industrial radiography (that is, the examination of the structure of materials by nondestructive methods utilizing sealed sources of radioactive material) shall be issued if the requirements of thi…

6915 PROCESSING FOR DISTRIBUTION 6915.1 A specific license for multiple quantities or types of radioactive material for use in processing for distribution to authorized persons shall be issued only if the requirements of this section are met. 6915.2 The applicant’s staff shall ha…

6916 USE OF EXEMPT CONCENTRATIONS IN PRODUCTS 6916.1 A specific license for the introduction of radioactive material into a product or material owned by or in the possession of the licensee or another to be transferred to persons exempt under §6811.1 shall be issued only if the r…

6920 REGISTRATION OF RADIATION MACHINES 6920.1 The owner or person having possession of any radiation machine, except those specifically exempted, shall register the machine with the Director. 6920.2 No person, in any advertisement, shall refer to the fact that a radiation machin…

6921 RADIATION MACHINES AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURES 6921.1 Registration shall be on forms furnished by the Director, and shall contain all information that the Director may require. 6921.2 The applicant shall designate an individual who will be responsible for radiation protectio…

6922 RADIATION MACHINES: RENEWAL AND MODIFICATION OF REGISTRATION 6922.1 The owner or person having possession of any registered radiation machine shall re-register the machine with the Director every two (2) years. 6922.2 The application for re-registration shall be submitted at…

6923 SUPPLIERS OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL X-RAY MACHINES 6923.1 No person shall make, sell, lease, repair, transfer, lend, or install medical or dental x-ray equipment in the District unless authorized to do so by a license issued by the Director. 6923.2 Application to become a licens…

6924 FEE SCHEDULE 6924.1 Each owner or operator of an x-ray tube shall pay the following biennial registration fees: (a) Dental X-Ray Tubes: (i) Two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for the first tube; and (ii) One hundred dollars ($100.00) for each additional tube. (b) Medical X-…