Oregon Administrative Code

333-106-0367 Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Records and Report Retention A facility with a CT scanner shall maintain records and reports on file and shall make the records and reports available for review by the Authority as follows: (1) Records documenting the qualifications…

333-106-0368 Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Qualified CT Medical Physicist In order to perform a CT survey or provide consultative services on a CT unit, a person must be approved by the Authority, under the provisions of OAR 333-101-0020, as a provider of radiation services …

333-106-0369 Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Report and Notification of a CT Medical Event (1) A CT facility shall notify the Authority within 48 hours of any CT medical event in which a patient who has undergone a CT study has incurred a deterministic radiation injury, such a…

333-106-0370 Computed Tomography X-ray Systems: Operator Requirements (1) Computed Tomography (CT) X-ray systems shall be operated by individuals who are authorized to operate CT in accordance with the statutes and rules of the Oregon Board of Medical Imaging. (2) A CBCT scanner …

333-106-0601 Veterinary X-ray Systems: Veterinary Medicine Radiographic Installations Additional Requirements (1) Equipment: (a) The protective tube housing shall be of the diagnostic type; (b) Collimating devices shall be provided and used for collimating the useful beam to the …

333-106-0700 Mammography Requirements: Mammography X-Ray Systems Definitions In addition to the definitions provided in division 100 and 106 of this chapter, the following definitions shall be applicable to the rules in this division. (1) "Air Kerma" means the sum of the initial …

333-106-0710 Mammography Requirements: Equipment Standards Only x-ray systems meeting the design and performance standards required under Mammography Quality Standards Act (MQSA) shall be used, unless otherwise specified in the following rules. (1) System design. The x-ray system…

333-106-0720 Mammography Requirements: Quality Assurance Program (1) The registrant shall have a written, on-going equipment quality assurance program specific to mammographic imaging, covering all components of the diagnostic X-ray imaging system. The quality assurance program s…

333-106-0730 Mammography Requirements: Additional Requirements (1) Masks. Masks shall be provided on the view boxes to block extraneous light from the viewer's eye when the illuminated surface of the view box is larger than the area of clinical interest. (2) Film processors utili…

333-106-0735 Mammography Requirements: Breast Density Notification (1) As used in this rule: (a) "Breast Density" refers to the relative amount of different tissues present in the breast. A dense breast has less fat than glandular and connective tissue. Mammogram films of breasts…

333-106-0750 Mammography Requirements: Mammography Personnel Qualifications (1) Operator qualifications. In order to use any mammography X-ray machine the operator of the mammography X-ray unit must have the following qualifications: (a) Have a current license issued by the Orego…

333-109-0001 Purpose and Scope (1) This division establishes procedures for the registration and the use of particle accelerators. (2) In addition to the requirements of this division, all registrants are subject to the requirements of divisions 100, 101, 120 and 111 of these rul…

333-109-0002 Registration Requirements No person may receive, possess, use, transfer, own, or acquire a particle accelerator unless they apply for, and are granted, a registration issued pursuant to division 333-101. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 453.605 – 453.807 Statutes/Other…

333-109-0003 General Requirements for the Issuance of a Registration for Particle Accelerators In addition to the requirements of division 101 of these rules, a registration application for use of a particle accelerator will be approved only if the Authority determines that: (1) …

333-109-0005 Equipment (1) A label bearing essentially the words CAUTION — RADIATION — THIS MACHINE PRODUCES RADIATION WHEN ENERGIZED must be placed near any switch which energizes any portion of the machine. All labels must be the conventional colors (magenta or purple on yellow…

333-109-0010 Administrative Responsibilities (1) A person at each facility must be designated to be responsible for maintaining radiation safety. This person, designated the radiation safety officer, must be responsible for the following: (a) Establishing and maintaining operatio…

333-109-0015 Operating Procedures (1) Particle accelerators, when not in operation must be secured to prevent unauthorized use. (2) Written operating procedures pertaining to radiation safety must be established for each accelerator facility by the radiation safety officer. (3) W…

333-109-0025 Shielding and Safety Design Requirements (1) A qualified expert, acceptable to the Authority, must be consulted in the design of a particle accelerator installation and called upon to perform a radiation survey when the accelerator is first capable of producing radia…

333-109-0030 Particle Accelerator Controls and Interlock Systems (1) Instrumentation, readouts and controls on the particle accelerator control console must be clearly identified and easily discernible. (2) Each entrance into a target room or other high radiation area must be pro…

333-109-0035 Warning Devices (1) Each location designated as a high radiation area, and each entrance to such location, must be equipped with easily observable warning lights that operate when, and only when, radiation is being produced. (2) Except in facilities designed for huma…

333-109-0040 Radiation Monitoring Requirements (1) There must be available at each particle accelerator facility appropriate portable monitoring equipment which is operable and has been appropriately calibrated for the radiations being produced at the facility. Such equipment mus…

333-109-0045 Ventilation Systems (1) Ventilation systems must be provided to ensure that personnel entering any area where airborne radioactivity may be produced will not be exposed to airborne radioactive materials in excess of those limits specified in 10 CFR Part 20 Table 1 of…

333-110-0001 Scope The rules in this division establish requirements for radioactive tailings and ponds containing radioactive material from industrial processes. The provisions of this division are in addition to, and not in substitution for, other applicable provisions of these…

333-110-0005 Definitions As used in this division, these terms have the definitions as set forth below: (1) “Radioactive” means: (a) Concentrations of radioactive material in excess of those concentrations listed in 10 CFR Part 30.70, Schedule A; or (b) Concentrations of naturall…

333-110-0010 Specific Requirements for Tailings and Ponds Unless specifically provided otherwise by the Authority, the following requirements for tailings and pond areas shall be fulfilled: (1) Access to such areas shall be controlled and posted as specified by the Authority. (2)…

333-110-0015 Sale or Transfer of the Site The Authority shall be given written notice 30 days in advance of any contemplated transfer of right, title or interest in the site by deed, lease or other conveyance. The written notice shall contain the name and address of the proposed …

333-110-0020 Abandonment of the Site Prior to abandonment of the site, the requirements of this rule shall be fulfilled: (1) Piles shall be stabilized against wind and water erosion and contoured in a manner which will prevent collection of water. (2) In addition to the above req…

333-110-0025 Waiver Upon application to the Authority, certain requirements of this Division may be waived or modified if it can be shown that the requirements are unnecessary or impractical in specific cases. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 453.605 - 453.745 Statutes/Other Implem…

333-111-0001 Purpose and Scope This division establishes requirements for notices, instructions and reports by licensees or registrants to individuals engaged in activities under a license or registration and options available to such individuals in connection with Authority insp…

333-111-0005 Posting of Notices to Workers (1) Each licensee or registrant shall post current copies of the following documents: (a) The rules in this division and division 120 of this chapter; (b) The license, certificate of validation, conditions or documents incorporated into …

333-111-0010 Instructions to Workers All individuals working in or frequenting any portion of a restricted area: (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 prote…

333-111-0015 Notifications and Reports to Individuals (1) 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 spe…

333-111-0020 Presence of Representatives of Licensees or Registrants and Workers During Inspection (1) Each licensee or registrant shall afford to the Authority at all reasonable times opportunity to inspect materials, machines, activities, facilities, premises and records pursua…

333-111-0025 Consultation with Workers During Inspection (1) Authority inspectors may consult privately with workers concerning matters of occupational radiation protection and other matters related to applicable provisions of these rules and licenses to the extent the inspectors…

333-111-0030 Requests by Workers for Inspections (1) Any worker or representative of workers believing that a violation of the Act, these rules or license conditions exists or has occurred in work under a license or registration with regard to radiological working conditions in w…

333-111-0035 Inspections Not Warranted; Informal Review (1) If the Authority determines, with respect to a complaint under OAR 333-111-0030, that an inspection is not warranted because there are no reasonable grounds to believe that a violation exists or has occurred, the Authori…

333-112-0001 Purpose and Scope (1) The purpose of this division is to assure adequate servicing and repair of microwave ovens and to prevent public and occupational exposure to microwave radiation from leaking microwave ovens which the Authority has determined to present a biolog…

333-112-0005 Definitions As used in this division, these terms have the definitions set forth below: (1) “Microwave oven” means an electronic product designed to heat or cook food through the application of electromagnetic energy at frequencies assigned by the Federal Communica-t…

333-112-0010 Licensing of Microwave Oven Repair Facilities (1) No person or facility shall provide service for microwave ovens except as authorized by a specific license issued by the Authority. A license application will be approved or an annual validation certificate issued whe…

333-112-0015 Service Responsibilities (1) The licensee shall test each microwave oven serviced for leakage in accordance with measurement and test procedures described in OAR 333-112-0020. The test shall be performed before, if the oven is operational, and after servicing of the …

333-112-0020 Measurement and Test Procedures (1) Leakage levels shall be determined by measurements of microwave power density made with an instrument system which: (a) Reaches 90 percent of its steady-state reading within three seconds when the system is subjected to a stepped i…

333-112-0025 Training of Service Personnel The licensee shall ensure that each technician who services microwave ovens in his or her employ is instructed in the test procedures, compliance criteria and all requirements of this division. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 453.605 - 45…

333-112-0030 Personnel Monitoring for Cataracts It is recommended that each individual who performs servicing of microwave ovens have his or her eyes examined for cataract formations. The testing for cataracts should be by a licensed ophthalmologist and should be performed at the…

333-112-0035 Records The licensee shall maintain records showing the results of leakage measurements on each microwave oven serviced. The records shall be maintained for inspection by the Authority and shall be so filed as to be readily available for review. The records shall con…

333-112-0040 Operation of Microwave Ovens (1) No person shall operate or direct the operation of a microwave oven that has been determined to leak microwave radiation in excess of the following limits: (a) For ovens manufactured after October 1, 1971, leakage in excess of five mi…

333-113-0001 Purpose and Scope (1) The rules in this division establish radiation safety requirements for persons using sources of radiation for well logging operations including mineral logging, radioactive markers and subsurface tracer studies. The requirements of this division…

333-113-0005 Definitions As used in this division, the following definitions apply: (1) "Energy compensation source (ECS)" means a small sealed source, with an activity not exceeding 3.7 MBq (100 microcuries), used within a well logging tool, or other tool components, to provide …

333-113-0007 Specific Licenses For Well Logging (1) A person, as defined in 333-100-0005 must file an application for a specific license authorizing the use of radioactive materials for well logging in accordance with 333-102-0190. (2) The Authority will approve an application fo…

333-113-0010 Agreement With Well Owner of Operator (1) No licensee must perform well logging operations with a sealed source(s) unless, prior to commencement of the operation, the licensee has a written agreement with the well operator, well owner, drilling contractor or landowne…

333-113-0101 Equipment Control: Limits on Levels of Radiation Sources of radiation must be used, stored and transported in such a manner that the requirements of division 120 of this chapter are met. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 453.635 Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 453.605 -…