New Mexico Administrative Code

A. Licensees or registrants shall, when determining the dose from airborne radioactive material, include the contribution to the deep dose equivalent, lens dose equivalent and shallow dose equivalent from external exposure to the radioactive cloud (see 20.3.4.461 NMAC, table note…

A. For purposes of assessing dose used to determine compliance with occupational dose equivalent limits, the licensee or registrant shall, when required pursuant to 20.3.4.417 NMAC, take suitable and timely measurements of: (1) concentrations of radioactive materials in air in wo…

A. For each individual who may enter the licensee's or registrant's restricted area and is likely to receive, in a year, an occupational dose requiring monitoring pursuant to 20.3.4.417 NMAC, the licensee or registrant shall determine the occupational radiation dose received duri…

A licensee or registrant may authorize an adult worker to receive doses in addition to and accounted for separately from the doses received under the limits specified in 20.3.4.405 NMAC provided that each of the following conditions is satisfied: A. the licensee or registrant aut…

The annual occupational dose limits for minors are 10 percent of the annual occupational dose limits specified for adult workers in 20.3.4.405 NMAC.

A. The licensee or registrant shall ensure that the dose equivalent to the embryo/fetus during the entire pregnancy, due to the occupational exposure of a declared pregnant woman, does not exceed 0.5 rem (5 millisieverts) (see 20.3.4.446 NMAC for recordkeeping requirements). B. T…

A. Each licensee or registrant shall conduct operations so that: (1) the total effective dose equivalent to individual members of the public from the licensed or registered operation does not exceed 0.1 rem (1 millisievert) in a year, exclusive of the dose contributions from back…

A. The licensee or registrant shall make or cause to be made surveys of radiation levels in unrestricted and controlled areas and radioactive materials in effluents released to unrestricted and controlled areas to demonstrate compliance with the dose limits in 20.3.4.413 NMAC for…

A. The licensee in possession of any sealed source shall assure that: (1) each sealed source, except as specified in Subsection B of this section, is tested for leakage or contamination and the test results are received before the sealed source is put into use unless the licensee…

A. Each licensee or registrant shall make, or cause to be made, surveys of areas, including the subsurface, that: (1) may be necessary to demonstrate compliance with this part; and (2) are necessary under the circumstances to evaluate: (a) the magnitude and extent of radiation le…

Each licensee or registrant shall monitor exposures from sources of radiation at levels sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the occupational dose limits of this part. As a minimum the following requirements shall be met. A. Each licensee or registrant shall monitor occupati…

A. The licensee or registrant shall ensure that each entrance or access point to a high radiation area has one or more of the following features: (1) a control device that, upon entry into the area, causes the level of radiation to be reduced below that level at which an individu…

In addition to the requirements in 20.3.4.418 NMAC, the licensee or registrant shall institute measures to ensure that an individual is not able to gain unauthorized or inadvertent access to areas in which radiation levels could be encountered at 500 rads (5 grays) or more in 1 h…

In addition to the requirements in 20.3.4.419 NMAC, the licensee shall comply with the requirements specified in 20.3.15 NMAC for access control.

The licensee or registrant shall use, to the extent practicable, process or other engineering controls, such as, containment, decontamination or ventilation, to control the concentrations of radioactive material in air.

A. When it is not practical to apply process or other engineering controls to control the concentrations of radioactive material in the air to values below those that define an airborne radioactivity area, the licensee or registrant shall, consistent with maintaining the total ef…

The requirements of this section apply to licensees and registrants who assign or permit the use of respiratory protection equipment to limit the intake of radioactive material. A. The licensee or registrant shall use only respiratory protection equipment that is tested and certi…

The department may impose restrictions in addition to those in sections 20.3.4.422 NMAC, 20.3.4.423 NMAC and 20.3.4.460 NMAC, in order to: A. ensure that the respiratory protection program of the licensee or registrant is adequate to limit doses to individuals from intakes of air…

A. The licensee shall secure from unauthorized removal or access licensed materials that are stored in controlled or unrestricted areas. The licensee possessing category 1 and category 2 quantities of radioactive materials shall comply with 10 CFR 37. The licensee shall comply wi…

A. General provisions and scope. (1) The criteria in this part apply to the decommissioning of any facility licensed under this chapter as well as other facilities subject to the department's jurisdiction under the Act. For low-level waste disposal facilities licensed under 20.3.…

A. Standard Radiation Symbol. Unless otherwise authorized by the department, the symbol prescribed by this section shall use the colors magenta, purple or black on yellow background. The symbol prescribed is the three-bladed design as follows: (1) cross-hatched area is to be mage…

A. Posting of Radiation Areas. The licensee or registrant shall post each radiation area with a conspicuous sign or signs bearing the radiation symbol and the words "Caution, Radiation Area." B. Posting of High Radiation Areas. The licensee or registrant shall post each high radi…

A. A licensee or registrant is not required to post caution signs in areas or rooms containing sources of radiation for periods of less than 8 hours, if each of the following conditions is met: (1) the sources of radiation are constantly attended during these periods by an indivi…

A. The licensee or registrant shall ensure that each container of licensed or registered material bears a durable, clearly visible label bearing the radiation symbol and the words "Caution, Radioactive Material" or "Danger, Radioactive Material." The label shall also provide info…

A licensee is not required to label: A. containers holding licensed material in quantities less than the quantities listed in 20.3.4.462 NMAC; B. containers holding licensed material in concentrations less than those specified in table III of 20.3.4.461 NMAC; C. containers attend…

A. Each licensee who expects to receive a package containing quantities of radioactive material in excess of a type A quantity, as defined in Subsection A of 20.3.3.306 NMAC, incorporating 10 CFR 71.4 and Appendix A of 10 CFR 71, shall make arrangements to receive: (1) the packag…

A. A licensee shall dispose of licensed material only: (1) by transfer to an authorized recipient as provided in 20.3.4.438 NMAC or 20.3.3 NMAC, or to the DOE; (2) by decay in storage; (3) by release in effluents within the limits in 20.3.4.413 NMAC; or (4) as authorized pursuant…

A licensee or applicant for a license may apply to the department for approval of proposed procedures, not otherwise authorized in these regulations, to dispose of licensed material generated in the licensee's activities. Each application shall include: A. a description of the wa…

A. A licensee may discharge licensed material into sanitary sewerage if each of the following conditions is satisfied: (1) the material is readily soluble, or is readily dispersible biological material, in water; (2) the quantity of licensed or other radioactive material that the…

A licensee may treat or dispose of licensed material by incineration only in the form and concentration specified in 20.3.4.437 NMAC or as specifically approved by the department pursuant to 20.3.4.434 NMAC.

A. A licensee may dispose of the following licensed material as if it were not radioactive: (1) 0.05 microcurie (1.85 kilobecquerels), or less, of hydrogen-3 or carbon-14 per gram of medium used for liquid scintillation counting; and (2) 0.05 microcurie (1.85 kilobecquerels), or …

A. The requirements of this section and 20.3.4.466 NMAC are designed to: (1) control transfers of low-level radioactive waste by any waste generator, waste collector or waste processor licensee, as defined in 20.3.4.466 NMAC (appendix G), who ships low-level waste either directly…

Nothing in sections 20.3.4.433 NMAC, 20.3.4.434 NMAC, 20.3.4.435 NMAC, 20.3.4.436 NMAC, 20.3.4.437 NMAC or 20.3.4.438 NMAC relieves the licensee from complying with other applicable federal, state and local regulations governing any other toxic or hazardous properties of material…

A. Each licensee or registrant shall use the units: curie, rad, rem, including multiples and subdivisions, and shall clearly indicate the units of all quantities on records required by this part. B. In the records required by this part, the licensee or registrant may record quant…

A. Each licensee or registrant shall maintain records of the radiation protection program, including: (1) the provisions of the program; and (2) audits and other reviews of program content and implementation. B. The licensee or registrant shall retain the records required by Para…

A. Each licensee or registrant shall maintain records showing the results of surveys and calibrations required by 20.3.4.416 NMAC and Subsection B of 20.3.4.432 NMAC. The licensee or registrant shall retain these records for 3 years after the record is made. B. The licensee or re…

Records of tests for leakage or contamination of sealed sources required by 20.3.4.415 NMAC shall be kept in units of microcurie or becquerel, and maintained for inspection by the department for 5 years after the records are made.

A. The licensee or registrant shall retain the records of prior occupational dose and exposure history as specified in 20.3.4.409 NMAC on department form cumulative occupational dose history or equivalent until the department terminates each pertinent license or registration requ…

A. For each use of the provisions of 20.3.4.410 NMAC for planned special exposures, the licensee or registrant shall maintain records that describe: (1) the exceptional circumstances requiring the use of a planned special exposure; (2) the name of the management official who auth…

A. Record Keeping Requirement. Each licensee or registrant shall maintain records of doses received by all individuals for whom monitoring was required pursuant to 20.3.4.417 NMAC, and records of doses received during planned special exposures, accidents and emergency conditions.…

A. Each licensee or registrant shall maintain records sufficient to demonstrate compliance with the dose limit for individual members of the public (see 20.3.4.413 NMAC). B. The licensee or registrant shall retain the records required by Subsection A of this section until the dep…

A. Each licensee shall maintain records of the disposal of licensed materials made pursuant to 20.3.4.434 NMAC, 20.3.4.435 NMAC, 20.3.4.436 NMAC, 20.3.4.437 NMAC and 20.3.3 NMAC. B. Each registrant shall maintain records of the disposal of radiation machines. C. The licensee or r…

Each record required by this part shall be legible throughout the specified retention period. The record shall be the original or a reproduced copy or a microform, provided that the copy or microform is authenticated by authorized personnel and that the microform is capable of pr…

A. Telephone Reports. Each licensee shall report to the department by telephone as follows: (1) immediately after its occurrence becomes known to the licensee, stolen, lost or missing licensed radioactive material in an aggregate quantity equal to or greater than 1,000 times the …

A. Immediate Notification. Notwithstanding other requirements for notification, each licensee or registrant shall immediately report each event involving a source of radiation possessed by the licensee or registrant that may have caused or threatens to cause any of the following …

A. Reportable Events. In addition to the notification required by 20.3.4.452 NMAC, each licensee or registrant shall submit a written report within 30 days after learning of any of the following occurrences: (1) incidents for which notification is required by 20.3.4.452 NMAC; or …