New Mexico Administrative Code

A. Requirements for notification and reports to individuals of exposure to radiation or radioactive material are specified in 20.3.10.1003 NMAC. B. When a licensee or registrant is required pursuant to the provisions of 20.3.4.453 NMAC or 20.3.4.454 NMAC to report to the departme…

The licensee shall file a report within 5 days with the department if the test for leakage or contamination required pursuant to 20.3.4.415 NMAC indicates a sealed source is leaking or contaminated. The report shall include the equipment involved, the test results and the correct…

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 the department in writing of intent to vacate. When deemed necess…

The assigned protection factors specified in this section apply only in a respiratory protection program that meets the requirements of this part. They are applicable only to airborne radiological hazards and may not be appropriate to circumstances when chemical or other respirat…

A. Introduction. For each radionuclide, table I of this section indicates the chemical form which is to be used for selecting the appropriate ALI or DAC value. The ALIs and DACs for inhalation are given for an aerosol with an activity median aerodynamic diameter (AMAD) of 1 micro…

A. Table 462.1. TABLE 462.1 Radionuclide Quantity (microcuries2) Hydrogen-3 1,000 Beryllium-7 1,000 Beryllium-10 1 Carbon-11 1,000 Carbon-14 100 Fluorine-18 1,000 Sodium-22 100 Sodium-24 100 Magnesium-28 100 Aluminum-26 10 Silicon-31 1,000 Silicon-32 1 Phosphorus-32 10 Phosphorus…

LLW means low-level radioactive waste as defined in the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act. A. Manifest. (1) A waste generator, collector or processor who transports, or offers for transportation LLW intended for ultimate disposal at a licensed low-level radioactive waste lan…

The terabecquerel values are the regulatory standard. The curie values specified are obtained by converting from the terabecquerel value. The curie values are provided for practical usefulness only and are rounded after conversion. TABLE 467.1 Radioactive Material Category 1 tera…

April 30, 2009, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

A. The requirements of this part establish standards for protection against ionizing radiation resulting from activities conducted pursuant to licenses or registrations issued by the department. B. The requirements of this part are designed to control the receipt, possession, use…

A. "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. B. "Activity" means the rate of disintegration or transformation or decay of radioactive material. The units of activ…

A. As used in these regulations, the unit of exposure is the coulomb per kilogram (C/kg) of air. One roentgen is equal to 2.58E-4 coulomb per kilogram of air. B. As used in these regulations, the units of dose are:(1) gray (Gy) is the SI unit of absorbed dose; one gray is equal t…

For purposes of these regulations, activity is expressed in the SI unit of becquerel (Bq) or in the special unit of curie (Ci), or their multiples, or disintegrations or transformations per unit of time. A. One becquerel (Bq) = 1 disintegration or transformation per second (dps o…

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An application for a specific license for the use of licensed material in industrial radiography will be approved if the applicant meets the following requirements: A. The applicant satisfies the general requirements specified in Part 3 of 20.3 NMAC for byproduct material, as app…

A. Radiographer's Assistant. Licensees and registrants may not permit any individual to act as a radiographer's assistant until the requirements of this subsection have been completed. Until completion of these requirements the individual is considered to be a radiographer traine…

A. An independent certifying organization shall: (1) Be an organization such as a society or association, whose members participate in, or have an interest in, the fields of industrial radiography; and (2) Make its membership available to the general public nationwide that is not…

A. The specific duties and authorities of the RSO include, but are not limited to: (1) Ensuring that radiation safety activities are being performed in accordance with approved procedures and regulatory requirements in the daily operation of the licensee's or registrant's program…

Whenever a radiographer's assistant uses radiographic exposure devices, associated equipment, sealed sources, radiation machines, or conducts radiation surveys required by Subsection B of 20.3.5.17 NMAC to determine that the sealed source has returned to the shielded position aft…

A. The licensee or registrant may not permit any individual to act as a radiographer or a radiographer's assistant unless, at all times during radiographic operations, each individual wears, on the trunk of the body, a direct reading dosimeter, an operating alarm ratemeter, and a…

A. Licensees and registrants shall keep sufficient calibrated and operable radiation survey instruments at each location to make the radiation surveys required by this Part and by 20.3.4.416 NMAC. Instrumentation required by this section must be capable of measuring a range from …

A. No radiographic operation shall be conducted unless calibrated and operable radiation survey instrumentation, as described in 20.3.5.16 NMAC is available and used at each site where radiographic exposures are made. B. Survey Requirements for Devices Containing Radioactive Mate…

A. Licensees and registrants shall supply the following items at each job site: (1) At least one operable, calibrated survey instrument; (2) A current whole body NVLAP certified dosimeter for each individual; (3) An operable, calibrated pocket dosimeter with a range of 0 to 200 m…

A. Each entrance that is used for personnel access to the high radiation area in a permanent radiographic installation must have either: (1) An entrance control of the type described in Part 4 of 20.3 NMAC that reduces the radiation level upon entry into the area, or (2) Both con…

The regulations in this Part apply to all licensees or registrants who use sources of radiation for industrial radiography. Except for those regulations of this Part clearly applicable only to sealed radioactive sources, both radiation machine and sealed radioactive sources are c…

A. The licensee may not use a source changer or a container to store licensed material unless the source changer or the storage container has securely attached to it a durable, legible, and clearly visible label bearing the standard trefoil radiation caution symbol conventional c…

Equipment used in industrial radiographic operations must meet the following minimum criteria: A. Each radiographic exposure device and all associated equipment must meet the requirements specified in American national standard N432-1980 "Radiological Safety for the Design and Co…

The maximum exposure rate limits for storage containers and source changers are 2 millisieverts (200 millirem) per hour at any exterior surface, and 0.1 millisieverts (10 millirem) per hour at 1 meter from any exterior surface with the sealed source in the shielded position.

A. The licensee or registrant shall perform visual and operability checks on survey meters, radiation machines, radiographic exposure devices, transport and storage containers, associated equipment and source changers before use on each day the equipment is to be used to ensure t…

A. The replacement of any sealed source fastened to or contained in a radiographic exposure device and leak testing, repair, tagging, opening, or any other modification of any sealed source shall be performed only by persons specifically authorized to do so by the Department. B. …

A. Systems for cabinet radiography designed to allow admittance of individuals shall: (1) Comply with all applicable requirements of this Part, and Sections 405 to 412 of 20.3.4 NMAC. If such a system is a certified cabinet x-ray system, it shall comply with all applicable requir…

A. Shielded Room Radiography. Shielded room radiography (as defined in Subsection AK of 20.3.5.7 NMAC) using radiation machines shall be exempt from other requirements of this Part; however: (1) no registrant shall permit any individual to operate a radiation machine for shielded…

A. In addition to the reporting requirements specified in Part 3 and under other sections of 20.3 NMAC, each licensee or registrant (as appropriate) shall provide a written report to the Department within 30 days of the occurrence of any of the following incidents involving radio…

A. Receipt and Transfer of Sealed Sources. (1) Each licensee shall maintain records showing the receipts and transfers of sealed sources, radiation machines, and devices using DU for shielding and retain each record for 3 years after it is made. (2) These records must include the…

A. Operating and emergency procedures must include, as a minimum, instructions in the following: (1) Appropriate handling and use of licensed sealed sources and radiographic exposure devices so that no person is likely to be exposed to radiation doses in excess of the limits esta…

Sections 74-1-8, 74-1-9, 74-3-5, and 74-3-9 NMSA 1978.

Each licensee or registrant shall also maintain copies of the following documents and records sufficient to demonstrate compliance at each applicable field station and each temporary jobsite: A. Appropriate license or certificate of registration or equivalent document; B. Operati…

Permanent.

May 19, 2002, unless a later date is cited at the end of a section.

To establish radiation safety requirements for both radiation machines and sealed radioactive sources used for industrial radiography.

As used in this Part, the following apply: A. "ALARA" (acronym for "as low as is reasonably achievable") means making every reasonable effort to maintain exposures to radiation as far below the dose limits specified in Part 4 of 20.3 NMAC as is practical consistent with the purpo…

A. Except for the requirements of Subsections B and C of 20.3.5.25 NMAC, certified x-ray systems designed to exclude individuals from the interior of the cabinet are exempt from the requirements of this Part. B. Industrial uses of lixiscopes are exempt from the requirements of th…

Industrial radiography performed with a sealed source that is not fastened to or contained in a radiographic exposure device, known as fish pole radiography, is prohibited unless specifically authorized in a license issued by the Department.

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