Radiation Protection

DHS 157.01 Authority and purpose. (1) This chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss. 254.31 to 254.45, Stats. to regulate the receipt, use, transfer, possession, ownership or acquisition of any source of radiation. The standards in this chapter generally conform to nation…

DHS 157.02 Applicability. (1) Except as specified, this chapter applies to all persons who receive, possess, use, transfer, own or acquire any source of radiation, except that nothing in this chapter shall apply to any person subject to regulation by the U.S. nuclear regulatory c…

DHS 157.03 Definitions. In this chapter: (1) XA1Y means the maximum activity of special form radioactive material permitted in a Type A package. This value is either listed in Table VI and Table VIII in ch. DHS 157 Appendix O or may be derived under the procedures prescribed in c…

DHS 157.04 Exemptions from the regulatory requirements. (1) GENERAL. The department may, upon application or upon its own initiative, grant such exemptions or exceptions from the requirements of this chapter as it determines are authorized by law and will not result in undue haza…

DHS 157.05 Prohibitions. (1) DEVICES. The following devices may not be used in Wisconsin: (a) A hand-held fluoroscopic screen unless it has been listed in the Registry of Sealed Source and Devices. (b) A shoe-fitting fluoroscopic device. (2) DELIBERATE MISCONDUCT. No person may d…

DHS 157.06 General regulatory requirements. (1) RECORDS. A licensee or registrant shall maintain records showing the receipt, transfer and disposal of all sources of radiation until the department terminates the license or registration autho- 328 rizing possession of the device o…

DHS 157.09 Exemptions. (1) EXEMPTIONS OF SOURCE MATERIAL. (a) A person is exempt from subchs. III and X if the person receives, possesses, uses, owns or transfers any of the following types and forms of source material: 1. Any chemical mixture, compound, solution or alloy in whic…

DHS 157.10 License types and fees. (1) TYPES OF LICENSES. A license for radioactive materials may be one of the following: (a) General. A general license is effective without the filing of an application with the department or the issuance by the department of licensing documents…

DHS 157.11 General licenses. (1) GENERAL LICENSES — SOURCE MATERIAL. (a) General license for certain organizations to use and transfer limited amounts of source material. A general license is issued authorizing commercial and industrial firms, research, educational and medical in…

DHS 157.13 Specific licenses. (1) FILING APPLICATION FOR SPECIFIC LICENSES. (a) An application for a specific license shall be filed on a form prescribed by the department. Note: A specific license application form may be obtained by writing the Department, including a descriptio…

DHS 157.14 Reciprocity. (1) RECOGNITION OF LICENSES ISSUED BY THE NRC OR OTHER STATES. The department shall reciprocally recognize radioactive material licenses issued by the NRC or a state agency in another state under the conditions set forth in this section. (2) LICENSES OF BY…

DHS 157.15 Financial assurance and records for decommissioning. (1) FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENT FOR A SPECIFIC LICENSE. (a) Unsealed radioactive material, sealed sources or plated foils. A person applying for a specific license authorizing the possession and use of unsealed r…

DHS 157.20 Implementation. (1) Any existing license or registration condition more restrictive than this subchapter remains in force until there is an amendment or renewal of the license or registration. (2) If a condition attached to a license or registration exempts a licensee …

DHS 157.21 Radiation protection programs. (1) A licensee or registrant shall develop, document and implement a radiation protection program sufficient to ensure compliance with the provisions of this subchapter. A licensee or registrant shall designate a person in control over ea…

DHS 157.23 Radiation dose limits for individual members of the public. (1) DOSE LIMITS FOR INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. (a) A licensee or registrant shall conduct operations to meet all of the following: 1. The total effective dose equivalent to individual members of the pub…

DHS 157.24 Testing for leakage or contamination of sealed sources. (1) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. A licensee or registrant in possession of any sealed source shall ensure that all of the following requirements are met: (a) Each sealed source, other than hydrogen-3, with a half-life of…

DHS 157.25 Surveys and monitoring. (1) GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. (a) A licensee or registrant shall make or cause to be made all the following surveys: 1. Surveys of areas, including the subsurface, necessary for the licensee or registrant to comply with this subchapter. 2. Surveys o…

DHS 157.26 Control of exposure from external sources in restricted areas. (1) CONTROL OF ACCESS TO HIGH RADIATION AREAS. (a) A 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 d…

DHS 157.27 Respiratory protection and controls to restrict internal exposure in restricted areas. (1) USE OF PROCESS OR OTHER ENGINEERING CONTROLS. A licensee or registrant shall use, to the extent practical, process or other engineering controls, such as containment, decontamina…

DHS 157.28 Storage and control of licensed or registered sources of radiation. (1) SECURITY AND CONTROL OF LICENSED OR REGISTERED RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL. (a) Security of stored radioactive material. A licensee or registrant shall secure licensed or registered radioactive material t…

DHS 157.29 Precautionary procedures. (1) CAU(a) Standard radiation symbol. Unless otherwise authorized by the department, the standard radiation symbol shall use the colors magenta, purple or black on a yellow background and shall be the 3-bladed design depicted in Figure DHS 157…

DHS 157.30 Waste management. (1) GENERAL RE(a) A licensee or registrant disposing of licensed or registered material may use any of the following methods: 1. Transfer to an authorized recipient as provided in sub. (6) or in subch. II, or to the U.S. department of energy. 2. Decay…

DHS 157.31 Records. (1) GENERAL PROVISIONS. (a) A licensee or registrant shall use the SI units becquerel, gray, sievert and coulomb per kilogram followed by the special units curie, rad, rem and roentgen, or the special units curie, rad, rem and roentgen, including multiples and…

DHS 157.32 Reports. (1) REPORTS OF STOLEN, LOST OR MISSING LICENSED OR REGISTERED SOURCES OF RADIATION. (a) A licensee or registrant shall report to the department by telephone any of the following: 1. Immediately after its occurrence becomes known to a licensee or registrant, st…

DHS 157.33 Radiological criteria for license termination. (1) GENERAL. (a) The criteria in this section apply to the decommissioning of facilities licensed under this chapter, as well as other facilities under the department[s jurisdiction. (b) The criteria in this section do not…

DHS 157.35 Exemptions. Industrial uses of hand-held imaging intensification devices are exempt from the requirements of this subchapter if the dose rate 0.45 meters (18 inches) from the source of radiation to any individual does not exceed .02 mGy (2.0 mR) per hour. Industrial x-…

DHS 157.36 Performance requirements for industrial radiography equipment. (1) EQUIPMENT. Equipment used in industrial radiographic operations shall meet all the following minimum criteria: (a) Except as provided in sub. (2), each radiographic exposure device, source assembly or s…

DHS 157.37 Radiation safety requirements for storage containers and source changers. (1) MAXIMUM EXPOSURE RATE LIMITS. The maximum exposure rate limits for storage containers and source changers are 2 millisieverts (200 mrem) per hour at any exterior surface and 0.1 millisieverts…

DHS 157.38 Radiation survey instruments. (1) REQUIREMENT. A licensee shall keep sufficient calibrated and operable radiation survey instruments at each location where sources of radiation are present to make the radiation surveys required by this subchapter and subch. III. Instru…

DHS 157.39 Leak testing and replacement of sealed sources. (1) AUTHORIZATION. (a) The replacement of any sealed source fastened to or contained in a radiographic exposure device and leak testing of any sealed source shall be performed by persons authorized to do so by the departm…

DHS 157.40 Quarterly inventory. (1) REQUIREMENT. A licensee shall conduct a quarterly physical inventory to account for all sources of radiation and for devices, including devices containing depleted uranium, received and possessed under the license. (2) RECORDS. A licensee shall…

DHS 157.41 Inspection and maintenance of radiation machines, radiographic exposure devices, transport and storage containers, associated equipment, source changers and survey instruments. (1) INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS. (a) A licensee or registrant shall perform visual and operabili…

DHS 157.42 Permanent radiographic installations. (1) ENTRY REQUIREMENTS. Each entrance that is used for personnel access to the high radiation area in a permanent radiographic installation shall have either of the following: (a) An entrance control of the type described in s. DHS…

DHS 157.43 Labeling, transportation and storage. (1) LABELING REQUIREMENTS. A licensee may not use a source changer or a container to store radioactive material unless the source changer or the storage container has securely attached to it a durable, legible and clearly visible l…

DHS 157.44 Operational radiation safety requirements. (1) CONDUCTING INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHIC OPERATIONS. (a) Whenever radiography is performed at a location other than a permanent radiographic installation, the radiographer shall be accompanied by at least one other certified rad…

DHS 157.45 Recordkeeping requirements. (1) RECORDS FOR INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY. A licensee or registrant shall maintain a copy of the license or registration, documents incorporated by reference and amendments to each of these items until superseded by new documents approved by th…

DHS 157.46 Notifications. (1) WRITTEN REPORTS. In addition to the reporting requirements specified in 10 CFR 30.50 and in subch. III, a licensee or registrant shall provide a written report to the department within 30 days of the occurrence of any of the following incidents invol…

DHS 157.47 Reciprocity. (1) LICENSES. All reciprocal recognition of licenses by the department shall be granted under subch. II. (2) CERTIFICATION. (a) The department shall grant reciprocal recognition of an individual radiographer certification provided that all the following ap…

DHS 157.48 Specific requirements for radiographic personnel performing industrial radiography. (1) JOB SITE REQUIREMENTS. At a job site, a licensee or registrant shall supply all the following: (a) At least one operable, calibrated survey instrument for each exposure device or ra…

DHS 157.51 Prohibition. (1) WELL LOGGING. (a) A licensee may not perform well logging with a sealed source unless, prior to commencement of the operation, the licensee has a written agreement with the well operator, well owner or land owner that includes all the following provisi…

DHS 157.52 Equipment control. (1) LIMITS ON LEVELS OF RADIATION. Sources of radiation shall be used, stored and transported in accordance with the transportation requirements of subch. XIII and the dose limitation requirements of subch. III. (2) STORAGE PRECAUTIONS. (a) Each sour…

DHS 157.53 Requirements for personnel safety. (1) TRAINING REQUIREMENTS. (a) A licensee or registrant may not permit an individual to act as a well logging supervisor until the individual has done all of the following: 1. Completed training incorporating the subjects outlined in …

DHS 157.54 Precautionary procedures. (1) SECUDuring each well logging or tracer application, the well logging supervisor or other designated employee shall maintain RITY. 382 direct surveillance of the operation to protect against unauthorized or unnecessary entry into a restrict…

DHS 157.55 Radiation surveys and records. (1) RADIATION SURVEYS. (a) Radiation surveys or calculations shall be made and recorded for each area where radioactive materials are used and stored. (b) Radiation surveys shall be made and recorded for the radiation levels in occupied p…

DHS 157.56 Notification of incidents, abandonment and lost sources. (1) PROVISIONS. Notification of incidents, and sources of radiation lost in other than well logging operations, shall be made under appropriate provisions of subch. III. (2) INITIAL ACTIONS. Whenever a sealed sou…

DHS 157.61 Administrative requirements. (1) AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAM. (a) In addition to the radiation protection program requirements of s. DHS 157.21, a licensee[s management shall approve in writing any of the following: 1. A request …

DHS 157.62 Technical requirements. (1) POSSESSION, USE AND CALIBRATION OF INSTRUMENTS TO MEASURE THE ACTIVITY OF UNSEALED RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS. (a) For direct measurements performed under sub. (3), a licensee shall possess and use instrumentation to measure the activity of unsea…

DHS 157.63 Unsealed radioactive material — written directive not required. (1) USE OF UNSEALED RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL FOR UPTAKE, DILUTION AND EXCRETION STUDIES FOR WHICH A WRITTEN DIRECTIVE IS NOT REQUIRED. A licensee may use for uptake, dilution or excretion studies any unsealed …

DHS 157.64 Unsealed radioactive material — written directive required. (1) USE OF UNSEALED RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL FOR WHICH A WRITTEN DIRECTIVE IS REQUIRED. A licensee may use any unsealed radioactive material identified in s. DHS 157.64 (4) (b) 2. g., prepared for medical use, and…

DHS 157.67 Photon emitting remote afterloader, teletherapy and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units. (1) USE OF A SEALED SOURCE IN A REMOTE AFTERLOADER, TELETHERAPY OR GAMMA STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY UNIT. (a) A licensee shall use sealed sources in photon emitting remote afterlo…