Montana Administrative Code

37.14.511 GENERAL LICENSES: SOURCE MATERIAL A general license is hereby issued authorizing use and transfer of not more than 15 pounds of source material at any 1 time by persons in the following categories: Pharmacists using the source material solely for the compounding of medi…

37.14.512 GENERAL LICENSES: RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL OTHER THAN SOURCE MATERIAL A general license is hereby issued to transfer, receive, acquire, possess, and use radioactive material incorporated in the following devices or equipment which have been manufactured, tested and labeled …

37.14.513 GENERAL LICENSES: INTRASTATE TRANSPORTATION OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL A general license is hereby issued to any common or contract carrier to transport and store radioactive material in the regular course of their carriage for another or storage incident thereto, provided…

37.14.520 SPECIFIC LICENSES: FILING APPLICATION FOR SPECIFIC LICENSES Applications for specific licenses shall be filed on a form prescribed by the department. The department may at any time after the filing of the original application, and before the expiration of the license, r…

37.14.521 SPECIFIC LICENSES: GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIFIC LICENSES A license application will be approved if the department determines that: the applicant is qualified by reason of training and experience to use the material in question for the purpose reques…

37.14.522 SPECIFIC LICENSES: ISSUANCE OF Upon a determination that an application meets the requirements of the act and the rules of the department, the department will issue a specific license authorizing the proposed activity in such form and containing such conditions and limi…

37.14.526 SPECIFIC LICENSES: SPECIFIC TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF LICENSE Each license issued pursuant to this subchapter shall be subject to all the provisions of the act, now or hereafter in effect, and to all rules, regulations, and orders of the department. No license issued or g…

37.14.527 SPECIFIC LICENSES: EXPIRATION OF LICENSES Except as provided in ARM 37.14.528 (2) , each specific license shall expire at the end of the day, in the month and year stated therein. Authorizing statute(s): Sec. 75-3-202, MCA Implementing statute(s): Sec. 75-3-202, MCA His…

37.14.528 SPECIFIC LICENSES: RENEWAL OF LICENSE Applications for renewal of specific licenses shall be filed in accordance with ARM 37.14.520 . In any case in which a licensee, not less than 30 days prior to expiration of his existing license, has filed an application in proper f…

37.14.529 SPECIFIC LICENSES: AMENDMENT OF LICENSES AT REQUEST OF LICENSEE Applications for amendment of a license shall be filed in accordance with ARM 37.14.520 and shall specify the respects in which the licensee desires his license to be amended and the grounds for such amendm…

37.14.535 SPECIFIC LICENSES: DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATIONS TO RENEW AND AMEND In considering an application by a licensee to renew or amend his license, the department will apply the criteria set forth in ARM 37.14.521 , 37.14.540 , 37.14.541 or 37.14.542 , as applicable. Aut…

37.14.540 SPECIFIC LICENSES: SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN SPECIFIC LICENSES FOR RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL In addition to the requirements set forth in ARM 37.14.521 , a specific license for human use of radioactive material in institutions will be issued if: the applic…

37.14.541 SPECIFIC LICENSES: SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIFIC LICENSES OF BROAD SCOPE This rule prescribes requirements for the issuance of specific licenses of broad scope for radioactive material ("broad licenses") and certain rules governing holders of such licenses. Authorit…

37.14.542 SPECIFIC LICENSES: SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR A SPECIFIC LICENSE TO MANUFACTURE, ASSEMBLE, REPAIR, OR DISTRIBUTE COMMODITIES, PRODUCTS, OR DEVICES WHICH CONTAIN RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL In addition to the requirements set forth in ARM the applicant submits a description of th…

37.14.543 SPECIFIC LICENSES: PERSONS POSSESSING A LICENSE FOR SOURCE, BYPRODUCT, OR SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL IN QUANTITIES NOT SUFFICIENT TO FORM A CRITICAL MASS Any person who, on the effective date of this chapter, possesses a general or specific license for source, byproduct, …

37.14.546 EXISTING SPECIFIC LICENSES: NARM Any person who, on the effective date of this chapter, possesses NARM for which a specific license is required by the act or this subchapter shall be deemed to possess such a license issued under the act and this subchapter. Such license…

37.14.547 SPECIFIC LICENSES: TRANSFER OF MATERIAL No licensee shall transfer radioactive material except as authorized pursuant to this rule. Except as otherwise provided in his license and subject to the provisions of (3) and (4) of this rule, any licensee may transfer radioacti…

37.14.550 SPECIFIC LICENSES: MODIFICATION, REVOCATION, AND TERMINATION 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 act, or by reason of rules and orders…

37.14.551 RECIPROCITY Subject to this chapter, any person who holds a specific license from the US nuclear regulatory commission or any agreement state or licensing state, and issued by the agency having jurisdiction where the licensee maintains an office for directing the licens…

37.14.552 TRANSPORTATION: PREPARATION OF MATERIAL For the purposes of this rule, a licensee who transports his own licensed material as a private carrier is considered to have delivered such material to a carrier for transport. No licensee shall deliver any radioactive material t…

37.14.701 PURPOSE AND SCOPE This subchapter establishes standards for protection against radiation hazards. Except as otherwise specifically provided, this subchapter applies to all licensees or registrants. Nothing in this subchapter shall be interpreted as limiting the intentio…

37.14.705 PERMISSIBLE DOSES, LEVELS AND CONCENTRATIONS: RADIATION DOSE TO INDIVIDUALS IN RESTRICTED AREAS For determining the doses specified in this rule, a dose from X or gamma rays up to 10 MeV may be assumed to be equivalent to the exposure measured by a properly calibrated a…

37.14.706 PERMISSIBLE DOSES, LEVELS, AND CONCENTRATIONS: DETERMINATION OF ACCUMULATED DOSE This rule contains requirements which must be satisfied by licensees or registrants who propose, pursuant to ARM 37.14.705 (3) to permit individuals in a restricted area to receive exposure…

37.14.707 PERMISSIBLE DOSES, LEVELS, AND CONCENTRATIONS: EXPOSURE OF INDIVIDUALS TO CONCENTRATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL IN AIR IN RESTRICTED AREAS No licensee shall possess, use, or transfer radioactive material in such a manner as to permit any individual in a restricted area…

37.14.708 PERMISSIBLE DOSES, LEVELS, AND CONCENTRATIONS: EXPOSURE OF MINORS For determining the doses specified in this rule, a dose from X or gamma rays up to 10 MeV may be assumed to be equivalent to the exposure measured by a properly calibrated appropriate instrument in air a…

37.14.709 PERMISSIBLE DOSES, LEVELS, AND CONCENTRATIONS: EXTERNAL SOURCES IN UNRESTRICTED AREAS It is the intent of this rule to limit radiation levels so that it is unlikely that individuals in unrestricted areas would receive a dose to the whole body in excess of 0.5 rem in any…

37.14.710 PERMISSIBLE DOSES, LEVELS, AND CONCENTRATIONS: RADIOACTIVITY IN EFFLUENTS TO UNRESTRICTED AREAS A licensee shall not possess, use, or transfer licensed material so as to release to an unrestricted area radioactive material in concentrations which exceed the limits speci…

37.14.711 PERMISSIBLE DOSES, LEVELS, AND CONCENTRATIONS: ORDERS REQUIRING FURNISHING OF BIOASSAY SERVICES Where necessary or desirable in order to aid in determining the extent of an individual's exposure to concentrations of radioactive material, the department may incorporate l…

37.14.720 PRECAUTIONARY PROCEDURES: SURVEYS Each licensee or registrant shall make or cause to be made such surveys as may be necessary for him to establish compliance with this subchapter. Authorizing statute(s): Sec. 75-3-201 and 75-3-202, MCA Implementing statute(s): Sec. 75-3…

37.14.721 PRECAUTIONARY PROCEDURES: PERSONNEL MONITORING Each licensee or registrant shall supply appropriate personnel monitoring equipment to, and shall require the use of such equipment by: Each individual who enters a restricted area under such circumstances that he receives,…

37.14.725 PRECAUTIONARY PROCEDURES: CAUTION SIGNS, LABELS, AND SIGNALS Except as otherwise authorized by the department, symbols prescribed by this rule shall use the conventional radiation caution colors: magenta or purple on yellow background. The symbol prescribed by this rule…

37.14.726 PRECAUTIONARY PROCEDURES: EXCEPTIONS FROM POSTING AND LABELING REQUIREMENTS Notwithstanding the provisions of ARM 37.14.725 : A room or area is not required to be posted with a caution sign because of the presence of a sealed source, provided the radiation level 12 inch…

37.14.729 PRECAUTIONARY PROCEDURES: INSTRUCTION OF PERSONNEL Instructions required for individuals working in or frequenting any portion of a restricted area are specified in ARM 37.14.1706 . Authorizing statute(s): Sec. 75-3-201, MCA Implementing statute(s): Sec. 75-3-201, MCA H…

37.14.730 PRECAUTIONARY PROCEDURES: STORAGE AND CONTROL OF SOURCES OF RADIATION Sources of radiation shall be secured against unauthorized removal from the place of storage. Sources of radiation in an unrestricted area and not in storage shall be tended under the constant surveil…

37.14.731 PRECAUTIONARY PROCEDURES: PROCEDURES FOR PICKING UP, RECEIVING, AND OPENING PACKAGES Each licensee or registrant who expects to receive a package containing quantities of radioactive material in excess of the Type A quantities specified in the table following (4) of thi…

37.14.740 WASTE DISPOSAL: GENERAL REQUIREMENT No licensee shall dispose of any radioactive material except: by transfer to an authorized recipient as provided in ARM 37.14.547 , or as authorized pursuant to ARM 37.14.710 , 37.14.741 , 37.14.742 or 37.14.743 . Authorizing statute(…

37.14.741 WASTE DISPOSAL: METHOD OF OBTAINING APPROVAL OF PROPOSED DISPOSAL PROCEDURES Any person may apply to the department for approval of proposed procedures to dispose of radioactive material in a manner not otherwise authorized in this subchapter. Each application shall inc…

37.14.742 WASTE DISPOSAL: DISPOSAL BY RELEASE INTO SANITARY SEWERAGE SYSTEMS No licensee shall discharge radioactive material into a sanitary sewerage system unless: it is readily soluble or dispersible in water; and the quantity of any radioactive material released into the syst…

37.14.743 WASTE DISPOSAL: DISPOSAL BY BURIAL IN SOIL No licensee shall dispose of radioactive material by burial in soil unless: the total quantity of radioactive material buried at any 1 location and time does not exceed, at the time of burial, 1,000 times the amount specified i…

37.14.744 WASTE DISPOSAL: DISPOSAL BY INCINERATION No licensee shall incinerate radioactive material for the purpose of disposal or preparation for disposal except as specifically approved by the department pursuant to ARM 37.14.710 and 37.14.741 . Authorizing statute(s): Sec. 75…

37.14.750 RECORDS, REPORTS AND NOTIFICATION: SURVEYS, RADIATION MONITORING, DISPOSAL Each licensee or registrant shall maintain records showing the radiation exposures of all individuals for whom personnel monitoring is required under ARM 37.14.721 . Such records shall be kept on…

37.14.751 RECORDS, REPORTS, AND NOTIFICATION: REPORTS OF THEFT OR LOSS OF SOURCES OF RADIATION Each licensee or registrant shall report by telephone and telegraph to the department the theft or loss of any source of radiation immediately after such occurrence becomes known. Autho…

37.14.755 RECORDS, REPORTS, AND NOTIFICATION: NOTIFICATION OF INCIDENTS Each licensee or registrant shall immediately notify the department by telephone and telegraph of any incident involving any source of radiation possessed by him and which may have caused or threatens to caus…

37.14.756 RECORDS, REPORTS, AND NOTIFICATION: REPORTS OF OVEREXPOSURES AND EXCESSIVE LEVELS AND CONCENTRATIONS In addition to any notification required by ARM 37.14.755 , each licensee or registrant shall make a report in writing within 30 days to the department of: each exposure…

37.14.757 RECORDS, REPORTS, AND NOTIFICATION: VACATING PREMISES Each specific licensee shall, no less than 30 days before vacating or relinquishing possession or control of premises which may have been contaminated with radioactive material as a result of his activities, notify t…

37.14.758 RECORDS, REPORTS, AND NOTIFICATION: NOTIFICATIONS AND REPORTS TO INDIVIDUALS Requirements for notification and reports to individuals of exposure to radiation or radioactive material are specified in ARM 37.14.1707 When a licensee or registrant is required pursuant to A…

37.14.801 PURPOSE This subchapter establishes radiation safety requirements for persons utilizing sources of radiation for industrial radiography. The requirements of this subchapter are in addition to and not in substitution for other applicable requirements of this chapter. Aut…

37.14.802 SCOPE This subchapter applies to all licensees or registrants who use sources of radiation for industrial radiography. Except for those sections of this subchapter clearly applicable only to sealed radioactive sources, both radiation machines and sealed radioactive sour…

37.14.803 DEFINITIONS As used in this subchapter, the following definitions apply: "Enclosed radiography" means industrial radiography conducted in an enclosed cabinet or room and includes cabinet radiography and shielded room radiography. "Cabinet radiography" means industrial r…

37.14.810 EQUIPMENT CONTROL: LIMITS ON LEVELS OF RADIATION Radiographic exposure devices measuring less than 4 inches (10 centimeters) from the sealed source storage position to any exterior surface of the device shall have no radiation level in excess of 50 milliroentgens per ho…