Florida Administrative Code

(1) Twelve contact hours of continuing education shall be required for renewal during each biennium for persons holding one or more certificates issued pursuant to Part IV, Chapter 468, F.S. Credit will not be approved for repeating a course during a biennium. Repeating a course …

(1) Each continuing education program provider shall have a stated, long-term, coordinated plan for providing continuing education courses based on data related to specific characteristics of the learner population, including the needs of course attendees and methods of assessing…

(1) The continuing education requirements to reactivate an inactive certificate are: (a) If the certificate has been inactive for less than two years, 12 continuing education contact hours shall be accrued. (b) If the certificate has been inactive for more than two years, 3 conti…

(1) When the Department finds that an applicant, employer, certificateholder or other person has committed any of the acts set forth in Section 468.3101, F.S., or has failed to comply with Section 381.0034, F.S., it shall impose appropriate penalties as recommended within the ran…

(1) Except as otherwise specifically exempted under these rules, all persons who receive, possess, acquire, transfer, own, manufacture, or use lasers which emit or may emit laser radiation shall register within 30 days after acquisition of a laser product and comply with these ru…

Rulemaking Authority 501.122(2) FS. Law Implemented 501.122(1) FS. History-New 9-6-84, Amended 5-7-96, 12-12-96, Formerly 10D-89.102, Amended 10-8-00, 4-20-15, Repealed 3-28-17.

Rulemaking Authority 501.122(2) FS. Law Implemented 501.122(2)(a), (c) FS. History-New 9-6-84, Amended 12-12-96, Formerly 10D-89.103, Amended 10-8-00, Repealed 3-28-17.

Rulemaking Authority 501.122(2) FS. Law Implemented 501.122(2)(a), (d) FS. History-New 9-6-84, Amended 12-12-96, Formerly 10D-89.111, Repealed 3-28-17.

Rulemaking Authority 501.122(2) FS. Law Implemented 501.122(2) FS. History-New 9-6-84, Amended 5-7-96, 12-12-96, Formerly 10D-89.114, Repealed 3-28-17.

Rulemaking Authority 501.122(2) FS. Law Implemented 501.122(2)(a), (d) FS. History-New 9-6-84, Formerly 10D-89.116, Repealed 3-28-17.

Rulemaking Authority 501.122(2) FS. Law Implemented 501.122(2)(d) FS. History-New 9-6-84, Amended 5-7-96, 12-12-96, Formerly 10D-89.118, Repealed 3-28-17.

Rulemaking Authority 501.122(2) FS. Law Implemented 501.122(2)(d) FS. History-New 9-6-84, Amended 5-7-96, 12-12-96, Formerly 10D-89.121, Repealed 3-28-17.

Rulemaking Authority 501.122(2) FS. Law Implemented 501.122(2)(c), (d) FS. History-New 9-6-84, Formerly 10D-89.122, Repealed 3-28-17.

Rulemaking Authority 501.122(2) FS. Law Implemented 501.122(2)(d) FS. History-New 9-6-84, Amended 5-7-96, 12-12-96, Formerly 10D-89.123, Repealed 3-28-17.

Rulemaking Authority 501.122(2) FS. Law Implemented 501.122(2)(d) FS. History-New 9-6-84, Amended 5-7-96, Formerly 10D-89.124, Amended 4-20-15, Repealed 3-28-17.

Rulemaking Authority 501.122(2) FS. Law Implemented 501.122(2)(d) FS. History-New 9-6-84, Amended 5-7-96, Formerly 10D-89.127, Repealed 3-28-17.

Rulemaking Authority 501.122(2) FS. Law Implemented 501.122(2)(d) FS. History-New 9-6-84, Amended 5-7-96, 12-12-96, Formerly 10D-89.130, Repealed 3-28-17.

Rulemaking Authority 501.122(2) FS. Law Implemented 501.122(2)(a), (d) FS. History-New 9-6-84, Formerly 10D-89.131, Repealed 3-28-17.

Rulemaking Authority 501.122(2) FS. Law Implemented 501.122(2)(a), (b), (c), (d) FS. History-New 9-6-84, Formerly 10D-89.133, Amended 4-20-15, Repealed 3-28-17.

Rulemaking Authority 501.122(2) FS. Law Implemented 501.122(2) FS. History-New 9-6-84, Amended 5-7-96, 12-12-96, Formerly 10D-89.134, Repealed 3-28-17.

(1) Radiation exposure to the public from naturally occurring radioactive materials shall be maintained as low as reasonably achievable. For the purposes of this part, the normal background level of gamma radiation in buildings is 6 microroentgens (1.55 nC/kg) per hour and the no…

The department will perform the following tests both prior to phosphate mining and subsequent to reclamation: (1) Gamma radiation exposure measurements. (2) Soil characterization measurements consisting of (a) Radon emanation determinations. (b) Soil radium determinations. (3) Ai…

(1) The costs incurred by the department and the subsequent fees associated with the monitoring program shall be annually prorated on the basis of the total number of measurements to be made on land proposed to be mined and land proposed to be reclaimed, excluding bodies of water…

As used in these rules, these terms have the definitions set forth below. Additional definitions used only in a certain part are defined in that respective part. (1) "A1" means the maximum activity of special form radioactive material permitted in a Type A package. (2) "A2" means…

(1) The Department may, upon application therefor or upon its own initiative, grant such exemptions or exceptions from the requirements of these regulations as it determines are authorized by law and will not result in undue hazard to public health and safety or property or the e…

Each licensee and registrant shall maintain records showing the receipt, transfer and disposal of all sources of radiation. Additional record requirements are specified elsewhere in these regulations. Rulemaking Authority 404.051, 404.061, 404.081 FS. Law Implemented 404.022, 404…

Each licensee and registrant shall perform upon instructions from the Department, and shall permit the Department to perform, such reasonable tests as the Department deems appropriate and necessary, including tests of: (1) Sources of radiation; (2) Facilities wherein sources of r…

(1) A hand-held fluoroscopic screen shall not be used unless it has been listed in the Registry of Sealed Source and Devices or accepted for certification by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and Radiological Health. (2) A shoe-fitting fluoroscopic device …

(1) As used in these regulations, the unit of exposure is the coulomb per kilogram (C/kg). One roentgen is equal to 2.58 × 10-4 coulomb per kilogram of air. (2) As used in these regulations, the units of dose are: (a) Gray (Gy) is the SI unit of absorbed dose. One gray is equal t…

(1) No licensee shall perform wire-line service operations with a sealed source unless, prior to commencement of the operation, the licensee has a written agreement with the well operator, well owner, drilling contractor or land owner that: (a) In the event a sealed source is lod…

(1) No licensee shall perform wire-line service operations with a sealed source unless, prior to commencement of the operation, the licensee has a written agreement with the well operator, well owner, drilling contractor or land owner that: (a) In the event a sealed source is lod…

(1) The licensee or registrant shall maintain sufficient calibrated and operable radiation survey instruments at each field station and temporary jobsite to make physical radiation surveys as required by this part and by Part III. Instrumentation shall be capable of measuring 0.1…

(1) Requirements. Each licensee using sealed sources containing radioactive material shall have the sources tested for leakage. Records of leak test results shall be kept in units of microcuries and maintained for inspection by the Department for 3 years after the leak test is pe…

Each licensee or registrant shall conduct a quarterly physical inventory to account for all sources of radiation. Records of inventories shall be maintained for 2 years from the date of the inventory for inspection by the Department and shall include the quantities and kinds of s…

Each licensee using radioactive materials shall maintain utilization records, which shall be kept available for inspection by the Department for 2 years from the date of the recorded event, showing the following information for each source of radiation: (1) Make, model number and…

(1) A licensee can use a sealed source in well logging applications if: (a) The sealed source is doubly encapsulated; (b) The sealed source contains radioactive material whose chemical and physical forms are as insoluble and nondispersible as practical; and, (c) The sealed source…

The licensee can use a uranium sinker bar in well logging applications only if it is legibly impressed with the words "CAUTION - RADIOACTIVE - DEPLETED URANIUM" and "NOTIFY CIVIL AUTHORITIES (OR COMPANY NAME) IF FOUND." Rulemaking Authority 404.051, 404.061, 404.071, 404.081 FS. …

The licensee can use an ECS that is contained within a logging tool or other tool components only if the ECS contains 100 microcuries (3.7 MBq) or less of licensed material. (1) For well logging applications with a surface casing for protecting fresh water aquifers, use of the EC…

(1) Use of a tritium neutron generator target source containing quantities not exceeding 30 curies (1,110 MBq) and in a well with a surface casing to protect fresh water aquifers is not subject to the requirements specified in Rules 64E-5.1101, 64E-5.1107, 64E-5.1119(5), and 64E-…

(1) Each source, source holder or logging tool containing radioactive material shall bear a durable, legible and clearly visible marking or label, which has, as a minimum, the standard radiation caution symbol as described and illustrated in Rule 64E-5.322, F.A.C., without the co…

(1) Each licensee possessing radioactive material shall conduct, at intervals not to exceed 6 months, a program of inspection and maintenance of source holders, logging tools, source handling tools, storage containers, transport containers and injection tools to assure proper lab…

(1) No licensee or registrant shall permit any individual to act as a logging supervisor as defined in this part until such individual has: (a) Received, in a course taught by an individual who has been licensed by the Department, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an Agreem…

The licensee's or registrant's operating and emergency procedures shall include appropriate instructions in at least the following: (1) Handling and use of sources of radiation to be employed so that no individual is likely to be exposed to radiation doses in excess of the standa…

No licensee or registrant shall permit any individual to act as a logging supervisor or to assist in the use of sources of radiation unless such individual wears a film badge, optically stimulated luminescent device (OSLD), or a thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) that is processed…

During each logging or tracer application, the logging supervisor or other designated employee shall maintain direct surveillance of the operation to protect against unauthorized or unnecessary entry into a restricted area, as defined in Rule 64E-5.101, F.A.C. Rulemaking Authorit…

The licensee shall provide and require the use of tools that will assure remote handling of sealed sources except for low-activity calibration sources that result in a gamma exposure rate at contact of less than 100 milliroentgens (2.58 × 10-5 uC per kg) per hour. Rulemaking Auth…

(1) Protective gloves and other appropriate protective clothing and equipment shall be used by all personnel handling radioactive material. Precautions shall be taken to avoid ingestion or inhalation of radioactive material. (2) No licensee shall intentionally inject radioactive …