Wisconsin Administrative Code

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…

DHS 157.68 Radioactive drugs for medical use. (1) PREPARATION. A licensee authorized to manufacture, prepare or transfer for commercial distribution or noncommercial transfer to medical use licensees in a consortium radioactive drugs shall ensure that any individual preparing the…

DHS 157.70 Other medical uses of radioactive material or radiation from radioactive material. A licensee may use radioactive material or a radiation source approved for medical use that is not specifically addressed in ss. DHS 157.63 to 157.67 if all of the following criteria are…

DHS 157.71 Records. (1) RECORDS OF AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS. (a) A licensee shall retain a record of actions taken by the licensee[s management under s. DHS 157.61 (1) (a) for 5 years. The record shall include a summary of the actions taken…

DHS 157.72 Reports. (1) REPORTS OF MEDICAL EVENTS. (a) A licensee shall report to the department any event, except for events that result from intervention by a patient or human research subject, in which the administration of radioactive material or resulting radiation, except f…

DHS 157.73 Radiation safety requirements. (1) PERFORMANCE CRITERIA FOR SEALED SOURCES. (a) A sealed source installed in an irradiator shall meet all of the following requirements: 1. Be evaluated and receive a certificate of registration under 10 CFR 32.210 or the equivalent agre…

DHS 157.74 Administrative requirements. (1) GENERAL. The registrant shall be responsible for directing the operation of the x-ray systems under their administrative control. The registrant or the registrant[s agent shall ensure the requirements of this section are met. An x-ray s…

DHS 157.75 General requirements for all diagnostic x-ray systems. Diagnostic x-ray systems shall meet all the following requirements: the chapter was last published. (1) WARNING LABEL. The control panel containing the main power switch shall bear the following warning statement, …

DHS 157.76 Fluoroscopic equipment. Only imageintensified or direct-digital receptor fluoroscopic equipment shall be used for fluoroscopy. Equipment for fluoroscopic imaging or for recording images from the fluoroscopic image receptor, except computed tomography x-ray systems manu…

DHS 157.77 General purpose radiographic systems. (1) BEAM LIMITATION. (a) Collimation. The useful beam shall be limited to the area of clinical interest. This require- the chapter was last published. DHS 157.77 WISCONSIN ADMINISTRATIVE CODE ment is met if a positive beam-limiting…

DHS 157.78 Intraoral dental radiographic systems. (1) GENERAL. In addition to the provisions of ss. DHS 157.74 and 157.75, the requirements in this section apply to x-ray equipment and associated facilities used for dental radiography. Requirements for extraoral dental radiograph…

DHS 157.79 Veterinary medicine x-ray systems. (1) GENERAL. The requirements of this section apply to all animal use x-ray systems used in veterinary practice and are in addition to other provisions in subchs. I and III. (2) EQUIPMENT. (a) The tube housing shall be electrically DH…

DHS 157.80 Computed tomography x-ray systems. (1) EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS. A computed tomography (CT) x-ray system shall meet all of the following requirements, as applicable: (a) Termination of exposure. 1. Means shall be provided to terminate the x-ray exposure automatically by …

DHS 157.81 Shielding plan review. (1) PLAN REVIEW AND APPROVAL. Prior to construction, the floor plans, shielding specifications and equipment arrangement of all new installa- the chapter was last published. 427 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES tions, or modifications of existing in…

DHS 157.82 General administrative requirements for facilities using therapeutic radiation machines for human use. (1) ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROLS. A registrant shall be responsible for directing the operation of the therapeutic radiation machines that have been registered with the de…

DHS 157.83 Administrative policies and procedures for radiation therapy machines. (1) WRITTEN POLICIES. A registrant shall have written policies and procedures to ensure that radiation will be administered as directed by an authorized user. The policies shall meet all of the foll…

DHS 157.84 Technical requirements for facilities using therapeutic radiation machines. (1) RADIATION PROTECTION SURVEYS. (a) A registrant shall ensure that radiation protection surveys of all new facilities and existing facilities not previously surveyed are performed with an ope…

DHS 157.85 Therapeutic radiation machines. (1) LEAKAGE RADIATION. (a) When a therapeutic radiation machine is operated at its maximum dose rate, the leakage air kerma rate may not exceed the value specified at the distance specified for that classification of therapeutic radiatio…