Hawaii Administrative Code

(a) Ventilation systems shall be provided to ensure that personnel entering any area where airborne radioactivity may be produced shall not be exposed to airborne radioactive material in excess of those limits specified in subchapter 4. (b) A licensee shall not vent, release, or …

This subchapter establishes requirements for notices, instructions, and reports by licensees to individuals engaged in activities under a license and options available to such individuals in connection with department inspections of licensees to ascertain compliance with this cha…

(a) Each licensee shall post current copies of the following documents: (1) This subchapter and subchapter 4; (2) License and documents incorporated into the license by reference and amendments thereto; (3) The operating procedures applicable to activities under the license; and …

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-45-19

(a) All individuals likely to receive an occupational dose: (1) Shall be kept informed of the storage, transfer, or use of sources of radiation in such portions of the restricted area; (2) Shall be instructed in the health protection problems associated with exposure to radiation…

(a) Radiation exposure data for an individual and the results of any measurements, analyses, and calculations of radioactive material deposited or retained in the body of an individual shall be reported to the individual as specified in this section. The information reported shal…

(a) Each licensee shall afford to the department at all reasonable times opportunity to inspect materials, machines, activities, facilities, premises, and records pursuant to this chapter. (b) During an inspection, department inspectors may consult privately with workers as speci…

(a) Department inspectors may consult privately with workers concerning matters of occupational radiation protection and other matters related to applicable provisions of this chapter to the extent the inspectors deem necessary for the conduct of an effective and thorough inspect…

(a) Any worker or representative of workers believing that a violation of this chapter, or license conditions exists or has occurred in work under a license with regard to radiological working conditions in which the worker is engaged may request an inspection by giving the alleg…

(a) If the department determines, with respect to a complaint under section 11-45-194, that an inspection is not warranted because there are no reasonable grounds to believe that a violation exists or has occurred, the department shall notify the complainant in writing of such de…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-45-196

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Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-45-199

As used in this chapter: "Absorbed dose" means the energy imparted by ionizing radiation per unit mass of irradiated material. The units of absorbed dose are the gray (Gy) and the rad. "Accelerator-produced material" means any material made radioactive by a particle accelerator. …

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-45-20

This subchapter establishes requirements for health physics services and medical physics services and the use of these services for radiation facilities. The requirements of this subchapter apply to all persons who provide health physics services or medical physics services and t…

(a) All persons licensed for health physics services shall have at least one qualified health physicist certified by the American Board of Health Physics in the appropriate fields or specialties in which services are provided. (b) All persons licensed for medical physics services…

(a) All health physics services or medical physics services shall have records of services provided to licensed facilities with sources of radiation. (b) Records shall be maintained for inspection by the department for three years. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-45-202 [Eff 11/12/99] (A…

(a) In addition to specifications requiring the use of a qualified medical physicist pursuant to this chapter, medical physics services shall be utilized by licensees who provide the following services: (1) Mammography; (2) Diagnostic and therapeutic use of radioactive materials;…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-45-204

This subchapter establishes requirements for transportation of radioactive material and applies to any person who transports radioactive material or delivers radioactive material to a carrier for transport. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-45-205 [Eff 11/12/99] (Auth: HRS §§ 321-10, 321-1…

(a) Each licensee who transports radioactive material outside of the confines of the licensee's premises or other place of use, or who delivers radioactive material to a carrier for transport, shall: (1) Comply with the regulations of the U.S. Department of Transportation; and (2…

This subchapter establishes requirements for using sources of radiation for wireline service operations including mineral-logging, radioactive markers, and subsurface tracer studies. The requirements of this subchapter are in addition to, and not in substitution for, other applic…

Sources of radiation licensed by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission are exempt from the requirements of this subchapter to the extent they are regulated by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-45-208 [Eff 11/12/99] (Auth: HRS §§ 321-10, 321-11, 321-71) …

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

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-45-21

Sources of radiation shall be used, stored, and transported in such a manner that the transportation requirements of subchapter 12 and the dose limitation requirements of subchapter 4 are met. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-45-210 [Eff 11/12/99] (Auth: HRS §§ 321-10, 321-11, 321-71) (Im…

(a) Each source of radiation, except accelerators, shall be provided with a storage or transport container. The container shall be provided with a lock, or tamper seal for calibration sources, to prevent unauthorized removal of, or exposure to, the source of radiation. (b) Source…

Transport containers shall be physically secured to the transporting vehicle to prevent accidental loss, tampering, or unauthorized removal. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-45-212 [Eff 11/12/99] (Auth: HRS §§ 321-10, 321-11, 321-71) (Imp: HRS §§ 321-1, 321-11(21), 321-71)

(a) The licensee shall maintain sufficient calibrated and operable radiation survey instruments at each field station to make physical radiation surveys as required by this subchapter and subchapter 4. Instrumentation shall be capable of measuring 0.1 milliroentgen (25.8 nanocoul…

(a) Each licensee using sealed sources of radioactive material shall have the sources tested for leakage. Records of leak test results shall be kept in units of microcuries or becquerels and maintained for inspection by the department for three years. (b) Tests for leakage shall …

Each licensee shall conduct a quarterly physical inventory to account for all sources of radiation. Records of inventories shall be maintained for inspection by the department for three years and shall include the quantities and kinds of sources of radiation, the location where s…

Each licensee shall maintain current records, which shall be kept available for inspection by the department for three years, showing the following information for each source of radiation: (1) Make, model number, and a serial number, or a description of each source of radiation …

(a) Each sealed source, except those containing radioactive material in gaseous form, used in downhole operations and manufactured one year after the effective date of this chapter shall be certified by the manufacturer, or other testing organization acceptable to the department,…

(a) 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, without the conventional color requirement, and the following wordi…

(a) Each licensee shall conduct, at intervals not to exceed six 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 labeling and physical condition.…

(a) All persons purchasing or acquiring any radiation machine, which is not exempt pursuant to section 11-45-18 after the effective date of these rules, shall apply for a license with the department at least sixty days before purchasing, acquiring, or operating any radiation mach…

Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-45-220

(a) No licensee shall permit any individual to act as a logging supervisor as defined in this chapter until such individual has: (1) Received, in a course recognized by the department, instruction in the subjects outlined in Appendix A of this subchapter and demonstrated an under…

The licensee's operating and emergency procedures shall include 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 standards established in subchapte…

(a) No licensee shall permit any individual to act as a logging supervisor or to assist in the handling of sources of radiation unless each such individual wears either a film badge or a thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD). Each film badge or TLD shall be assigned to and worn by on…

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 this chapter. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-45-2…

The licensee shall provide and require the use of tools that shall assure remote handling of sealed sources other than low-activity calibration sources. Notes Haw. Code R. § 11-45-225 [Eff 11/12/99] (Auth: HRS §§ 321-10, 321-11, 321-71) (Imp: HRS §§ 321-1, 321-11(21), 321-71)…

(a) Protective gloves and other appropriate protective clothing and equipment shall be used by all personnel handling radioactive tracer material. Precautions shall be taken to avoid ingestion or inhalation of radioactive material. (b) No licensee shall cause the injection of rad…

No licensee shall permit above-ground testing of particle accelerators, designed for use in well-logging, which results in the production of radiation, except in areas or facilities so controlled or shielded that the requirements of subchapter 4, as applicable, are met. Notes Haw…

(a) Radiation surveys or calculations shall be made and recorded for each area where radioactive materials are used and stored. (b) Radiation surveys shall be made and recorded for the radiation levels in occupied positions and on the exterior of each vehicle used to transport ra…