Washington Administrative Code

A licensee shall retain a record of each radiation protection program change made in accordance with WAC 246-240-054(1) for five years. The record must include a copy of the old and new procedures; the effective date of the change; and the signature of the licensee management tha…

A licensee shall retain a copy of each written directive as required by WAC 246-240-060 for three years.[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.050. WSR 06-05-019, § 246-240-557, filed 2/6/06, effective 3/9/06.]

A licensee shall retain a copy of the procedures required by WAC 246-240-063(1) for the duration of the license.[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.050. WSR 06-05-019, § 246-240-560, filed 2/6/06, effective 3/9/06.]

A licensee shall maintain a record of instrument calibrations required by WAC 246-240-101 for three years. The records must include the model and serial number of the instrument, the date of the calibration, the results of the calibration, and the name of the individual who perfo…

A licensee shall maintain a record of radiation survey instrument calibrations required by WAC 246-240-104 for three years. The record must include the model and serial number of the instrument, the date of the calibration, the results of the calibration, and the name of the indi…

(1) A licensee shall maintain a record of dosage determinations required by WAC 246-240-107 for three years.(2) The record must contain:(a) The radiopharmaceutical;(b) The patient's or human research subject's name, or identification number if one has been assigned;(c) The prescr…

(1) A licensee shall retain records of leak tests required by WAC 246-240-113 for three years. The records must include the model number, and serial number if one has been assigned, of each source tested; the identity of each source by radionuclide and its estimated activity; the…

A licensee shall retain a record of each survey required by WAC 246-240-119 for three years. The record must include the date of the survey, the results of the survey, the instrument used to make the survey, and the name of the individual who performed the survey.[Statutory Autho…

(1) A licensee shall retain a record of the basis for authorizing the release of an individual in accordance with WAC 246-240-122, if the total effective dose equivalent is calculated by:(a) Using the retained activity rather than the activity administered;(b) Using an occupancy …

(1) A licensee shall retain a copy of each letter that permits the use of radioactive material at a client's address, as required by WAC 246-240-125. Each letter must clearly delineate the authority and responsibility of the licensee and the client and must be retained for three …

A licensee shall maintain records of the disposal of licensed materials, as required by WAC 246-240-128, for three years. The record must include the date of the disposal, the survey instrument used, the background radiation level, the radiation level measured at the surface of e…

A licensee shall maintain a record of the molybdenum-99, strontium-82, or strontium-85 concentration tests required by WAC 246-240-160(2) for three years.(1) The record must include, for each measured elution of technetium-99m, the ratio of the measures expressed as kilobecquerel…

A licensee shall maintain a record of safety instructions required by WAC 246-240-204, 246-240-263, and the operational and safety instructions required by WAC 246-240-360 for three years. The record must include a list of the topics covered, the date of the instruction, the name…

A licensee shall maintain a record of the surveys required by WAC 246-240-354 and 246-240-593 for three years. Each record must include the date and results of the survey, the survey instrument used, and the name of the individual who made the survey.[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.…

(1) A licensee shall maintain a record of brachytherapy source accountability required by WAC 246-240-260 for three years. (2) For temporary implants, the record must include:(a) The number and activity of sources removed from storage, the time and date they were removed from sto…

(1) A licensee shall maintain a record of the calibrations of brachytherapy sources required by WAC 246-240-269 for three years after the last use of the source. (2) The record must include:(a) The date of the calibration;(b) The manufacturer's name, model number, and serial numb…

(1) A licensee shall maintain a record of the activity of a strontium-90 source required by WAC 246-240-272 for the life of the source. (2) The record must include:(a) The date and initial activity of the source as determined under WAC 246-240-269; and(b) For each decay calculati…

A licensee shall retain a record of the installation, maintenance, adjustment, and repair of remote afterloader units, teletherapy units, and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units as required by WAC 246-240-357 for three years. For each installation, maintenance, adjustment and r…

A licensee shall retain a copy of the procedures required by WAC 246-240-360 (1)(d) and (4)(b) until the licensee no longer possesses the remote afterloader, teletherapy unit, or gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit.[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.050. WSR 06-05-019, § 246-240-60…

(1) A licensee shall retain a record of the calibration, intercomparison, and comparisons of its dosimetry equipment done in accordance with WAC 246-240-366 for the duration of the license. (2) For each calibration, intercomparison, or comparison, the record must include:(a) The …

(1) A licensee shall maintain a record of the teletherapy unit, remote afterloader unit, and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit full calibrations required by WAC 246-240-369, 246-240-372, and 246-240-375 for three years. (2) The record must include:(a) The date of the calibrati…

(1) A licensee shall retain a record of each periodic spot-check for teletherapy units required by WAC 246-240-378 for three years. (2) The record must include:(a) The date of the spot-check;(b) The manufacturer's name, model number, and serial number of the teletherapy unit, sou…

(1) A licensee shall retain a record of each spot-check for remote afterloader units required by WAC 246-240-381 for three years. (2) The record must include, as applicable:(a) The date of the spot-check;(b) The manufacturer's name, model number, and serial number for the remote …

(1) A licensee shall retain a record of each spot-check for gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units required by WAC 246-240-384 for three years.(2) The record must include:(a) The date of the spot-check;(b) The manufacturer's name, model number, and serial number for the gamma ster…

(1) A licensee shall retain a record of each check for mobile remote afterloader units required by WAC 246-240-387 for three years.(2) The record must include:(a) The date of the check;(b) The manufacturer's name, model number, and serial number of the remote afterloader unit;(c)…

(1) A licensee shall maintain a record of radiation surveys of treatment units made in accordance with WAC 246-240-390 for the duration of use of the unit. (2) The record must include:(a) The date of the measurements;(b) The manufacturer's name, model number and serial number of …

(1) A licensee shall maintain a record of the full-inspection servicing for teletherapy and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units required by WAC 246-240-393 for the duration of use of the unit. (2) The record must contain:(a) The inspector's radioactive materials license number;…

(1) A licensee shall report any event as a medical event, except for an event that results from patient intervention, in which:(a) The administration of radioactive material or radiation from radioactive material, except permanent implant brachytherapy, results in:(i) A dose that…

(1) A licensee shall report to the department at P.O. Box 47827, Olympia WA 98504-7827, (phone 360-236-3300), any dose to an embryo/fetus that is greater than 50 mSv (five rem) dose equivalent that is a result of an administration of radioactive material or radiation from radioac…

A licensee shall file a report within five days if a leak test required by WAC 246-240-113 reveals the presence of 185 becquerels (0.005 microcuries) or more of removable contamination. The report must be filed with the department, and sent to the department at P.O. Box 47827, Ol…

(1) The licensee shall notify by telephone the department and the distributor of the generator within seven calendar days after discovery that an eluate exceeded the permissible concentration listed in WAC 246-240-160(1) at the time of generator elution. The telephone report to t…

The regulations in this chapter establish radiation safety requirements for persons utilizing sources of radiation for industrial radiography. The requirements of this chapter are in addition to and not in substitution for other requirements of these regulations.[Statutory Author…

The regulations in this chapter apply to all licensees who use sources of radiation for industrial radiography: Provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall apply to the use of sources of radiation in the healing arts.[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.050 and 70.98.110. WS…

The definitions, abbreviations, and acronyms in this section and in WAC 246-220-010 apply throughout this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.(1) "Annual refresher safety training" means a review conducted or provided by the licensee for its employees on radia…

(1) Whenever radiography is performed at a location other than a permanent radiographic installation, the radiographer must be accompanied by at least one other qualified radiographer or an individual who has at a minimum met the requirements of WAC 246-243-130(2) (radiographer's…

Equipment used in industrial radiography operations must meet the following minimum criteria:(1)(a) Each radiographic exposure device, source assembly or sealed source, and all associated equipment must meet the requirements specified in American National Standards Institute, N43…

(1) 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 in convention…

(1) Each licensee shall maintain records showing the receipts and transfers of sealed sources and of devices using depleted uranium (DU) for shielding and retain each record for three years after it is made.(2) These records must include the date, shipper or destination, the name…

The radiation safety officer (RSO) shall ensure that radiation safety activities are being performed in accordance with approved procedures and regulatory requirements in the daily operation of the licensee's program.(1) The minimum qualifications, training, and experience for RS…

(1) Each licensee shall conduct the internal inspection of job performance required by WAC 246-235-084 at intervals not to exceed six months. Except as provided in subsection (1)(d) of this section, the radiation safety officer (RSO) or designee shall conduct an inspection progra…

(1) Each radiographic exposure device shall be provided with a lock or outerlocked container designed to prevent unauthorized or accidental production of radiation or removal or exposure of a sealed source and shall be locked when returned to the shielded position at all times. I…

(1) Locked radiographic exposure devices and storage containers shall be physically secured to prevent tampering or removal by unauthorized personnel.(2) At least one calibrated and operable radiation survey instrument shall be available at the storage area whenever a radiographi…

(1) The licensee shall maintain sufficient calibrated and operable radiation survey instruments at each location where radioactive material is present to make physical radiation surveys as required by this part and chapter 246-221 WAC. Instrumentation required by this section sha…

(1) 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, th…

Each licensee shall conduct a quarterly physical inventory to account for all sealed sources and for devices containing depleted uranium (DU) received or possessed. The records of the inventories shall be maintained for three years from the date of inventory for inspection by the…

(1) Each licensee shall maintain current logs, which shall be kept available for inspection by the department for three years from the date of the recorded event, at the address specified in the license showing for each sealed source and radiation exposure device the following in…

(1) The licensee shall perform visual and operability checks on survey meters, 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 that the equipment is in good work…

(1) No licensee shall permit any individual to act as a radiographer as defined in this chapter until such individual:(a) Has been instructed in the subjects outlined in WAC 246-243-230, in addition to a minimum of two months of on-the-job training, and is certified through a rad…

The licensee's operating and emergency procedures shall include instructions in at least the following:(1) The handling and use of sources of radiation to be employed such that no individual is likely to be exposed to radiation doses in excess of the limits established in chapter…

Each licensee shall maintain a copy of current operating and emergency procedures until the department terminates the license. Superseded material shall be retained for three years after the change is approved.[Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.050. WSR 00-08-013, § 246-243-141, fil…