Ohio Administrative Code

19.03 PDF: (A) Applicability:(1) Each licensee that possesses an aggregated category one or category two quantity of radioactive material shall establish, implement, and maintain a security program in accordance with the requirements of rules 3701:1-37-14 to 3701:1-37-22 of the A…

19.03 PDF: (A) Security plan:(1) Each licensee identified in paragraph (A) of rule 3701:1-37-14 of the Administrative Code shall develop a written security plan specific to its facilities and operations. The purpose of the security plan is to establish the licensee's overall secu…

19.03 PDF: (A) A licensee subject to rules 3701:1-37-14 to 3701:1-37-22 of the Administrative Code shall coordinate, to the extent practicable, with an LLEA for responding to threats to the licensee's facility, including any necessary armed response. The information provided to t…

19.03 PDF: (A) Licensees shall ensure that all aggregated category one and category two quantities of radioactive material are used or stored within licensee-established security zones. Security zones may be permanent or temporary.(B) Temporary security zones must be established …

19.03 PDF: (A) Monitoring and detection:(1) Licensees shall establish and maintain the capability to continuously monitor and detect without delay all unauthorized entries into its security zones. Licensees shall provide the means to maintain continuous monitoring and detection c…

19.03 PDF: (A) Each licensee subject to rules 3701:1-37-14 to 3701:1-37-22 of the Administrative Code shall implement a maintenance and testing program to ensure that intrusion alarms, associated communication systems, and other physical components of the systems used to secure o…

19.03 PDF: Each licensee that possesses mobile devices containing category one or category two quantities of radioactive material must:(A) Have two independent physical controls that form tangible barriers to secure the material from unauthorized removal when the device is not un…

19.03 PDF: (A) Each licensee shall be responsible for the continuing effectiveness of the security program. Each licensee shall ensure that the security program is reviewed to confirm compliance with the requirements of rules 3701:1-37-14 to 3701:1-37-22 of the Administrative Cod…

19.03 PDF: (A) The licensee shall immediately notify the LLEA after determining that an unauthorized entry resulted in an actual or attempted theft, sabotage, or diversion of a category one or category two quantity of radioactive material. As soon as possible after initiating a r…

19.03 PDF: A licensee transferring a category one or category two quantity of radioactive material to a licensee of the U.S. nuclear regulatory commission or an agreement state shall meet the license verification provisions listed below instead of those listed in rule 3701:1-40-1…

19.03 PDF: (A) For shipments of category one quantities of radioactive material, each shipping licensee shall comply with the requirements for physical protection contained in rules 3701:1-37-25 to 3701:1-37-28 of the Administrative Code.(B) For shipments of category two quantiti…

19.03 PDF: (A) Each licensee that plans to transport, or deliver to a carrier for transport, licensed material that is a category one quantity of radioactive material outside the confines of the licensee's facility or other place of use or storage shall:(1) Preplan and coordinate…

19.03 PDF: As specified in paragraphs (A) and (B) of this rule, each licensee shall provide advance notification to the director and the governor of a state, or the governor's designee, of the shipment of licensed material in a category one quantity, through or across the boundar…

19.03 PDF: (A) Shipments by road:(1) Each licensee who transports, or delivers to a carrier for transport, in a single shipment, a category one quantity of radioactive material shall:(a) Ensure that movement control centers are established that maintain position information from …

19.03 PDF: (A) The shipping licensee shall notify the appropriate LLEA and the director in accordance with rule 3701:1-37-05 of the Administrative Code within one hour of its determination that a shipment of category one quantities of radioactive material is lost or missing. The …

19.03 PDF: Each record required by this chapter must be legible throughout the retention period specified by each rule in which the requirement appears. The record may be the original or a reproduced copy or a microform, provided that the copy or microform is authenticated by aut…

19.03 PDF: Licensees shall maintain the records that are required by the rules in this chapter for the period specified by the appropriate rule. If a retention period is not otherwise specified, these records must be retained until the director terminates the facility's license. …

19.03 PDF: (A) Each licensee shall afford the director at all reasonable times the opportunity to inspect category one or category two quantities of radioactive material and the premises and facilities wherein the nuclear material is used, produced, or stored.(B) Each licensee sh…

19.03 PDF: (A) As used in this chapter and all other rules promulgated pursuant to Chapter 3748. of the Revised Code:(1) "A1" means the maximum activity of special form radioactive material permitted in a type A package. These values are listed in rule 3701:1-50-25 of the Adminis…

19.03 PDF: (A) As used in this rule, "facility" has the meaning defined in division (H) of section 3748.01 of the Revised Code and the following:(1) All buildings, equipment, structures, and other stationary items that are located on a single site or on contiguous or adjacent sit…

19.03 PDF: (A) As used in this rule, "facility" means the state, any political subdivision, person, public or private institution, or group, or any unit of one of those entities, but does not include the federal government agencies, and includes the following:(1) All buildings, e…

19.03 PDF: (A) Each handler will afford the director, at all reasonable times, opportunity to inspect radiation-generating equipment and equipment shielding, surroundings, records and other equipment and devices used in connection with handling radiation-generating equipment. Eac…

19.03 PDF: (A) As used in this rule:(1) "Repetitive violation" means a same or similar violation that reasonably could have been prevented by a facility's corrective action for the previous violation normally occurring either within the past two years of the inspection at issue o…

19.03 PDF: (A) The director may suspend or revoke a license or a certificate of registration, or issue adjudication orders for failure by the licensee or registrant to comply with Chapter 3748. of the Revised Code or a rule adopted thereunder. Except as otherwise provided in para…

19.03 PDF: (A) Chapter 3701:1-38 of the Administrative Code establishes standards for protection against ionizing radiation resulting from activities conducted under licenses and registrations issued by the director. It is the purpose of Chapter 3701:1-38 of the Administrative Co…

19.03 PDF: (A) The director, upon application of the licensee or registrant, or upon his or her own initiative, may grant a waiver or variance from the requirements of this chapter as he or she determines is authorized by law, provided that the licensee or registrant shows to the…

19.03 PDF: (A) Each licensee or registrant shall afford to the department at all reasonable times, the opportunity to inspect materials, machines, activities, facilities, premises, and records and any other matters relative to the handling of radioactive material or radiation-gen…

19.03 PDF: (A) Posting of notices to workers.(1) Each licensee or registrant shall post current copies of the following documents:(a) All applicable rules promulgated pursuant to Chapters 3748. and 4773. of the Revised Code;(b) The license or certificate of registration, includin…

19.03 PDF: (A) Quality factors for converting absorbed dose to dose equivalent are as follows:Type of radiationQuality factor (Q)Absorbed dose equal to a unit dose equivalentA/X-, gamma, or beta radiation and high-speed electrons .....11Alpha particles, multiple-charged particles…

19.03 PDF: (A) Except in the case of a planned special exposure pursuant to paragraph (F) of this rule, a licensee or registrant shall limit the occupational dose received by an individual adult, as follows:(1) An annual limit, which is the more limiting of:(a) The total effectiv…

19.03 PDF: (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 one millisievert (0.1 rem) in a year, exclusive of the dose contributi…

19.03 PDF: (A) Each licensee or registrant shall:(1) Make, or cause to be made, surveys of areas, including the subsurface, that are:(a) Necessary to comply with this chapter: and(b) Reasonable under the circumstances to evaluate:(i) Radiation levels;(ii) Concentrations or quanti…

19.03 PDF: (A) Control of access to high radiation areas shall be maintained by the licensee or registrant.(1) Control of access shall be maintained by ensuring that each entrance or access point to a high radiation area has one or more of the following features:(a) A control dev…

19.03 PDF: (A) To the extent practical, the licensee shall use process or other engineering controls, such as containment, decontamination or ventilation, to control the concentrations of radioactive material in air. When it is not practical to apply process or other engineering …

19.03 PDF: (A) The licensee shall secure licensed radioactive material from unauthorized removal or access.(B) The licensee shall maintain constant surveillance and shall use devices or administrative procedures to prevent unauthorized use of licensed radioactive material that is…

19.03 PDF: (A) Except as provided in paragraph (B) of this rule, caution signs and posting requirements for licensees and registrants are as follows:(1) The standard radiation symbol, unless otherwise authorized by the department or as provided in paragraph (A)(2) of this rule, s…

19.03 PDF: (A) A licensee shall dispose of licensed radioactive material in accordance with this rule. Licensed material shall be disposed of in one of the following manners:(1) By transfer to an authorized recipient as provided in this chapter, Chapter 3701:1-40 of the Administr…

19.03 PDF: (A) Each licensee or registrant shall use the SI units becquerel, gray, sievert and coulomb per kilogram, or the special units curie, rad, rem and roentgen, including multiples and subdivisions, and shall clearly indicate the units of all quantities on records required…

19.03 PDF: (A) The licensee or registrant shall report stolen, lost, or missing licensed or registered sources of radiation to the director in accordance with the following:(1) Telephone reports shall be made as follows:(a) To the bureau of environmental health and radiation prot…

19.03 PDF: (A) This rule applies to the decommissioning of facilities licensed under Chapter 3748. of the Revised Code. For low-level waste disposal facilities, this rule applies only to ancillary surface facilities that support radioactive waste disposal activities. This rule do…

19.03 PDF: (A) As used in this rule:(1) "Basic component" means:(a) A structure, system, or component, or part thereof that affects their safety function, that is directly procured by the licensee or registrant of facility or activity subject to the rules promulgated pursuant to …

19.03 PDF: (A) The licensee in possession of any sealed source not subject to the testing requirements of rule 3701:1-46-05, 3701:1-48-09, 3701:1-49-07, 3701:1-52-22, or 3701:1-58-27 of the Administrative Code, shall assure that:(1) Each sealed source, except as specified in para…

19.03 PDF: Each licensee who manufactures, transfers, receives, disassembles, or disposes of a nationally tracked source shall complete and submit a national source tracking transaction report as specified in paragraphs (A) to (E) of this rule for each type of transaction.(A) Eac…

19.03 PDF: Terms defined in rule 3701:1-38-01 of the Administrative Code shall have the same meaning when used in Chapter 3701:1-40 of the Administrative Code except terms redefined within a given rule for use within that rule only, and additionally, as used in Chapter 3701:1-40 …

19.03 PDF: (A) This chapter prescribes specific radiation protection requirements applicable to all persons in Ohio handling radioactive material for which licensure is required. The requirements of this chapter are in addition to, and not in substitution for, other requirements …

19.03 PDF: Unless otherwise exempt as provided in rule 3701:1-43-07 of the Administrative Code, or unless possession is solely for the purpose of transportation, no person shall handle or possess (including manufacture, produce, acquire, or own) or dispose of (including closure, …

19.03 PDF: (A) Except as otherwise provided, any communication or report required by this chapter shall be filed in accordance with Chapter 3748. of the Revised Code and rules promulgated thereunder. Documents pertaining to license application or any license matter, unless otherw…