Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
Title 12. Health |
Agency 5. Department of Health |
Chapter 481. Virginia Radiation Protection Regulations |
Section 10. Definitions |
Section 20. Scope |
Section 30. Deliberate misconduct |
Section 40. Reserved |
Section 50. Reserved |
Section 60. Reserved |
Section 70. Reserved |
Section 80. Reserved |
Section 90. Exemptions from regulatory requirements |
Section 100. Records |
Section 110. Inspections and enforcement |
Section 120. [Reserved] |
Section 130. Impounding |
Section 140. Prohibited uses |
Section 150. Communications |
Section 160. Effective date |
Section 170. Removal of notices posted by agency prohibited |
Section 180. Tests |
Section 190. Additional regulatory requirements |
Section 200. [Repealed] |
Section 210. Types of hearings |
Section 220. Hearing as a matter of right |
Section 230. Appeal |
Section 240. Units of exposure and dose |
Section 250. Units of radioactivity |
Section 260. Purpose and scope |
Section 270. Exemptions |
Section 280. Shielding plan review |
Section 290. Registration of radiation machine facilities |
Section 300. Issuance of registration certificate |
Section 310. Renewal of registration and approval not implied |
Section 320. Expiration of registration certificate |
Section 330. Report of changes |
Section 340. Private inspector qualifications |
Section 350. Assembler or transfer obligation |
Section 360. Reciprocal recognition of out-of-state radiation machines |
Section 370. Certification of X-ray systems |
Section 380. Purpose and scope |
Section 390. Source material |
Section 400. Radioactive material other than source material |
Section 410. Types of licenses |
Section 420. General licenses -- source material |
Section 421. Requirements for license to initially transfer source material for use under the small quantities of source material general license |
Section 430. General licenses -- radioactive material other than source material |
Section 440. Filing application for specific licenses |
Section 450. General requirements for the issuance of specific licenses |
Section 451. Physical protection of Category 1 and Category 2 quantities of radioactive material |
Section 460. [Repealed] |
Section 470. Special requirements for specific licenses of broad scope |
Section 480. Special requirements for a specific license to manufacture, assemble, repair, or distribute commodities, products, or devices that contain ... |
Section 490. Issuance of specific licenses |
Section 500. Specific terms and conditions of licenses |
Section 510. Expiration and termination of licenses and decommissioning of sites and separate building or outdoor areas |
Section 520. Renewal of licenses |
Section 530. Amendment of licenses at request of licensee |
Section 540. Agency action on applications to renew or amend |
Section 550. Persons possessing a license for source, byproduct, or special nuclear material in quantities not sufficient to form a critical mass on effective date |
Section 560. Persons possessing NARM on effective date of these regulations |
Section 570. Transfer of material |
Section 571. Receipt, transfer and disposal records |
Section 580. Modification and revocation of licenses |
Section 590. Reciprocal recognition of licenses |
Section 600. Purpose |
Section 610. Scope |
Section 620. Implementation |
Section 630. Radiation protection programs |
Section 640. Occupational dose limits for adults |
Section 650. Compliance with requirements for summation of external and internal doses |
Section 660. Determination of external dose from airborne radioactive material |
Section 670. Determination of internal exposure |
Section 680. Determination of prior occupational dose |
Section 690. Planned special exposures |
Section 700. Occupational dose limits for minors |
Section 710. Dose to an embryo/fetus |
Section 720. Dose limits for individual members of the public |
Section 730. Compliance with dose limits for individual members of the public |
Section 740. Testing for leakage or contamination of sealed sources |
Section 750. General |
Section 760. Conditions requiring individual monitoring of external and internal occupational dose |
Section 770. Location of individual monitoring devices |
Section 780. Control of access to high radiation areas |
Section 790. Control of access to very high radiation areas |
Section 800. [Repealed] |
Section 810. Use of process or other engineering controls |
Section 820. Use of other controls |
Section 830. Use of individual respiratory protection equipment |
Section 840. Security and control of licensed or registered sources of radiation |
Section 850. Radiation symbol; caution signs |
Section 860. Posting requirements |
Section 870. Exceptions to posting requirements |
Section 880. Labeling containers and radiation machines |
Section 890. Exemptions to labeling requirements |
Section 900. Procedures for receiving and opening packages |
Section 910. General requirements |
Section 920. Method for obtaining approval of proposed disposal procedures |
Section 930. Disposal by release into sanitary sewerage |
Section 940. Treatment or disposal by incineration |
Section 950. Disposal of specific wastes |
Section 960. Transfer for disposal and manifests |
Section 970. Compliance with environmental and health protection regulations |
Section 971. Disposal of certain radioactive material |
Section 980. General provisions |
Section 990. Records of radiation protection programs |
Section 1000. Records of surveys |
Section 1010. Records of tests for leakage or contamination of sealed sources |
Section 1020. Records of prior occupational dose |
Section 1030. Records of planned special exposures |
Section 1040. Records of individual monitoring results |
Section 1050. Records of dose to individual members of the public |
Section 1060. Records of waste disposal |
Section 1070. Records of testing entry control devices for very high radiation areas |
Section 1080. Form of records |
Section 1090. Reports of stolen, lost, or missing licensed or registered sources of radiation |
Section 1100. Notification of incidents |
Section 1110. Reporting requirements |
Section 1120. Reports of planned special exposures |
Section 1130. Reports of individual monitoring |
Section 1140. Notifications and reports to individuals |
Section 1150. Reports of leaking or contaminated sealed sources |
Section 1151. Reports of transactions involving nationally tracked sources |
Section 1160. [Repealed] |
Section 1161. Radiological criteria for license termination |
Section 1170. Purpose |
Section 1180. Scope |
Section 1190. Exemptions |
Section 1200. Licensing and registration requirements for industrial radiography operations |
Section 1210. Performance requirements for industrial radiography equipment |
Section 1220. Limits on external radiation levels from storage containers and source changers |
Section 1230. Locking of sources of radiation, storage containers and source changers |
Section 1240. Radiation survey instruments |
Section 1250. Leak testing and replacement of sealed sources |
Section 1260. Quarterly inventory |
Section 1270. Inspection and maintenance of radiation machines, radiographic exposure devices, transport and storage containers, associated equipment, source ... |
Section 1280. Permanent radiographic installations |
Section 1290. Labeling, storage, and transportation |
Section 1300. Conducting industrial radiographic operations |
Section 1310. Radiation safety officer |
Section 1320. Training |
Section 1330. Operating and emergency procedures |
Section 1340. Supervision of radiographer's assistants |
Section 1350. Personnel monitoring |
Section 1360. Radiation surveys |
Section 1370. Surveillance |
Section 1380. Posting |
Section 1390. Records for industrial radiography |
Section 1400. Records of receipt and transfer of sources of radiation |
Section 1410. Records of radiation survey instruments |
Section 1420. Records of leak testing of sealed sources and devices containing DU |
Section 1430. Records of quarterly inventory |
Section 1440. Utilization logs |
Section 1450. Records of inspection and maintenance of radiation machines, radiographic exposure devices, transport and storage containers, associated equipment,... |
Section 1460. Records of alarm system and entrance control checks at permanent radiographic installations |
Section 1470. Records of training and certification |
Section 1480. Copies of operating and emergency procedures |
Section 1490. Records of personnel monitoring |
Section 1500. Records of radiation surveys |
Section 1510. Form of records |
Section 1520. Location of documents and records |
Section 1530. Notifications |
Section 1540. [Repealed] |
Section 1550. [Repealed] |
Section 1560. Reciprocity |
Section 1570. Specific requirements for radiographic personnel performing industrial radiography |
Section 1580. [Repealed] |
Section 1581. Purpose and scope |
Section 1590. [Repealed] |
Section 1591. General and administrative requirements |
Section 1600. [Repealed] |
Section 1601. General requirements for all diagnostic x-ray systems |
Section 1610. [Repealed] |
Section 1611. Fluoroscopic equipment |
Section 1620. [Repealed] |
Section 1621. Radiographic equipment |
Section 1630. [Repealed] |
Section 1631. Intraoral dental radiographic equipment |
Section 1640. [Repealed] |
Section 1641. Computed tomography equipment |
Section 1650. [Repealed] |
Section 1651. Mammography requirements |
Section 1653. Hand-held radiographic units |
Section 1655. Bone densitometry |
Section 1657. Quality assurance program |
Section 1660. Purpose and scope |
Section 1670. General requirements |
Section 1680. Licensing and exemptions |
Section 1690. Notifications |
Section 1700. Authority and responsibilities for the radiation protection programs and changes |
Section 1710. Supervision |
Section 1720. Written directives |
Section 1730. Procedures for administrations requiring a written directive |
Section 1740. Suppliers for sealed sources or devices for medical use |
Section 1750. Training for radiation safety officer |
Section 1760. Training for an authorized medical physicist |
Section 1770. Training for an authorized nuclear pharmacist |
Section 1780. Training for experienced radiation safety officer, teletherapy or medical physicist, authorized nuclear pharmacist, and authorized user |
Section 1790. Recentness of training |
Section 1800. Possession, use, and calibration of instruments used to measure the activity of unsealed radioactive material |
Section 1810. [Repealed] |
Section 1820. Determination of dosages of unsealed radioactive material for medical use |
Section 1830. Authorization for calibration, transmission, and reference sources |
Section 1840. Requirements for possession of sealed sources and brachytherapy sources |
Section 1850. Labeling of vials and syringes |
Section 1860. Surveys of ambient radiation exposure rate |
Section 1870. Release of individuals containing unsealed radioactive material or implants containing radioactive material |
Section 1880. Provision of mobile medical service |
Section 1890. Decay-in-storage |
Section 1900. Use of unsealed radioactive material for uptake, dilution, and excretion studies for which a written directive is not required |
Section 1910. Training for uptake, dilution, and excretion studies |
Section 1920. Use of unsealed radioactive material for imaging and localization studies for which a written directive is not required |
Section 1930. Permissible molybdenum-99, strontium-82, and strontium-85 concentrations. |
Section 1940. Training for imaging and localization studies |
Section 1950. Use of unsealed radioactive material for which a written directive is required |
Section 1960. Safety instruction |
Section 1970. Safety precautions |
Section 1980. Training for use of unsealed radioactive material for which a written directive is required |
Section 1990. Training for the oral administration of sodium iodide (I-131) requiring a written directive in quantities less than or equal to 33 mCi (1.22 GBq) |
Section 2000. Training for the oral administration of sodium iodide (I-131) requiring a written directive in quantities greater than 33 mCi (1.22 GBq) |
Section 2001. Training for the parenteral administration of unsealed radioactive material requiring a written directive |
Section 2010. Use of sources for manual brachytherapy |
Section 2011. Surveys after source implant and removal |
Section 2012. Brachytherapy sources accountability |
Section 2013. Safety instruction |
Section 2014. Safety precautions |
Section 2015. Calibration measurements of brachytherapy sources |
Section 2016. Decay of strontium-90 sources for ophthalmic treatments |
Section 2017. Therapy-related computer systems |
Section 2018. Training for use of manual brachytherapy sources |
Section 2019. Training for ophthalmic use of strontium-90 |
Section 2020. Use of sealed sources for diagnosis |
Section 2030. Training for use of sealed sources for diagnosis |
Section 2040. Training requirements and use of a sealed source in a remote afterloader unit, teletherapy unit, or gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit |
Section 2041. Surveys required |
Section 2042. Installation, maintenance, adjustment, and repair |
Section 2043. Safety procedures and instructions, and precautions for remote afterloader units, teletherapy units, and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units |
Section 2044. Dosimetry equipment |
Section 2045. Full calibration measurements |
Section 2046. Periodic spot-checks |
Section 2047. Additional technical requirements for mobile remote afterloader units |
Section 2048. Five-year inspection for teletherapy and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units |
Section 2049. Therapy-related computer systems |
Section 2050. [Repealed] |
Section 2060. Other medical uses of radioactive material or radiation from radioactive materials |
Section 2070. Records |
Section 2080. Reports |
Section 2090. Purpose and scope |
Section 2100. Equipment requirements |
Section 2110. Area requirements |
Section 2120. Operating requirements |
Section 2130. Personnel requirements |
Section 2140. Purpose and scope |
Section 2150. Registration requirements |
Section 2160. General requirements for the issuance of a registration for particle accelerators |
Section 2170. Human use of particle accelerators |
Section 2180. Limitations |
Section 2190. Shielding and safety design requirements |
Section 2200. Particle accelerator controls and interlock systems |
Section 2210. Warning devices |
Section 2220. Operating procedures |
Section 2230. Radiation monitoring requirements |
Section 2240. Ventilation systems |
Section 2250. Purpose and scope |
Section 2260. Posting of notices to workers |
Section 2270. Instructions to workers |
Section 2280. Notifications and reports to individuals |
Section 2290. Presence of representatives of licensees or registrants and workers during inspection |
Section 2300. Consultation with workers during inspections |
Section 2310. Requests by workers for inspections |
Section 2320. Inspections not warranted; informal review |
Section 2330. Purpose and scope |
Section 2340. License required |
Section 2350. Content of application |
Section 2360. General information |
Section 2370. Specific technical information |
Section 2380. Technical analyses |
Section 2390. Institutional information |
Section 2400. Financial information |
Section 2410. Requirements for issuance of a license |
Section 2420. Conditions of licenses |
Section 2430. Application for renewal or closure |
Section 2440. Contents of application for site closure and stabilization |
Section 2450. Post-closure observation and maintenance |
Section 2460. Transfer of license |
Section 2470. Termination of license |
Section 2480. General requirement |
Section 2490. Protection of the general population from releases of radioactivity |
Section 2500. Protection of individuals from inadvertent intrusion |
Section 2510. Protection of individuals during operations |
Section 2520. Stability of the disposal site after closure |
Section 2530. Disposal site suitability requirements for land disposal |
Section 2540. Disposal site design for land disposal |
Section 2550. Land disposal facility operation and disposal site closure |
Section 2560. Environmental monitoring |
Section 2570. Alternative requirements for design and operations |
Section 2571. Waste classification |
Section 2572. Waste characteristics |
Section 2573. Labeling |
Section 2580. Institutional requirements |
Section 2590. Alternative requirements for waste classification and characteristics |
Section 2600. Applicant qualifications and assurances |
Section 2610. Funding for disposal site closure and stabilization |
Section 2620. Financial assurances for institutional controls |
Section 2630. Maintenance of records, reports, and transfers |
Section 2640. Tests on land disposal facilities |
Section 2650. Agency inspections of land disposal facilities |
Section 2660. Purpose and scope |
Section 2670. Application for a specific license |
Section 2680. Specific licenses for irradiators |
Section 2690. Commencement of construction |
Section 2700. Applications for exemptions |
Section 2710. Request for written statements |
Section 2720. Performance criteria for sealed sources |
Section 2730. Access control |
Section 2740. Shielding |
Section 2750. Fire protection |
Section 2760. Radiation monitors |
Section 2770. Control of source movement |
Section 2780. Irradiator pools |
Section 2790. Source rack protection |
Section 2800. Power failures |
Section 2810. Design requirements |
Section 2820. Construction monitoring and acceptance testing |
Section 2830. Training |
Section 2840. Operating and emergency procedures |
Section 2850. Personnel monitoring |
Section 2860. Radiation surveys |
Section 2870. Detection of leaking sources |
Section 2880. Inspection and maintenance |
Section 2890. Pool water purity |
Section 2900. Attendance during operation |
Section 2910. Entering and leaving the radiation room |
Section 2920. Irradiation of explosive or flammable materials |
Section 2930. Records and retention periods |
Section 2940. Reports |
Section 2950. Purpose and scope |
Section 2960. Requirement for license |
Section 2970. Exemptions |
Section 2980. Transportation of licensed material |
Section 2990. General licenses for carriers |
Section 3000. General license: NRC-approved packages |
Section 3010. Previously approved packages |
Section 3020. General License: United States Department of Transportation specification container |
Section 3030. General License: use of foreign approved package |
Section 3040. General license: fissile material |
Section 3050. [Repealed] |
Section 3051. General license: plutonium-berylium special form material |
Section 3060. Assumptions as to unknown properties of fissile material |
Section 3070. Preliminary determinations |
Section 3080. Routine determinations |
Section 3090. Air transport of plutonium |
Section 3091. Opening instructions. |
Section 3100. Shipment records |
Section 3110. Reports |
Section 3120. Advance notification of transport of nuclear waste |
Section 3130. Quality assurance |
Section 3140. Purpose |
Section 3150. Scope |
Section 3151. Licensing |
Section 3160. Agreement with well owner |
Section 3170. Limits on levels of radiation |
Section 3180. Storage precautions |
Section 3190. Transport precautions |
Section 3200. Radiation survey instruments |
Section 3210. Leak testing of sealed sources |
Section 3220. Physical inventory |
Section 3230. Utilization records |
Section 3240. Design, performance, and certification criteria for sealed sources used in downhole operations |
Section 3241. Tritium neutron generator target sources |
Section 3250. Labeling |
Section 3260. Inspection and maintenance |
Section 3261. Radioactive markers |
Section 3262. Uranium sinker bars |
Section 3270. Training requirements |
Section 3280. Operating and emergency procedures |
Section 3290. Personnel monitoring |
Section 3300. Security |
Section 3310. Handling tools |
Section 3320. Subsurface tracer studies |
Section 3330. Particle accelerators |
Section 3340. Radiation surveys and contamination control |
Section 3350. Documents and records required at field stations |
Section 3360. Documents and records required at temporary jobsites |
Section 3370. Notification of incidents, abandonment, and lost sources |
Section 3380. Purpose and scope |
Section 3390. General administrative requirements for facilities using therapeutic radiation machines |
Section 3400. General technical requirements for facilities using therapeutic radiation machines |
Section 3410. Quality management program |
Section 3420. Therapeutic radiation machines of less than 500 kV |
Section 3430. Therapeutic radiation machines - photon therapy systems (500 kV and above) and electron therapy systems (500 kV and above) |
Section 3440. Calibration of survey instruments |
Section 3450. Shielding and safety design requirements |
Section 3451. Quality assurance for radiation therapy simulation systems |
Section 3452. Electronic brachytherapy |
Section 3453. Other use of electronically produced radiation to deliver therapeutic radiation dosage |
Section 3460. Purpose |
Section 3470. Scope |
Section 3480. Exemptions |
Section 3490. Standards for radiation protection for TENORM |
Section 3500. Protection of Workers During Operations |
Section 3510. Release for unrestricted use |
Section 3520. Disposal and transfer of waste for disposal |
Section 3530. General license |
Section 3540. Specific Licenses |
Section 3550. Filing application for specific licenses |
Section 3560. Requirements for the issuance of specific licenses |
Section 3570. Safety Criteria for Products |
Section 3580. Table of organ doses |
Section 3590. Issuance of Specific Licenses |
Section 3600. Conditions of specific licenses issued under 12VAC5-481-3560 |
Section 3610. Expiration and termination of specific licenses |
Section 3620. Renewal of specific licenses |
Section 3630. Amendment of specific licenses at request of licensee |
Section 3640. Agency action on applications to renew and amend specific licenses |
Section 3650. Modification and revocation of specific licenses |
Section 3660. Reciprocal recognition of specific licenses |
Section 3670. [Repealed] |
Section 3680. Assigned protection factors for respirators |
Section 3690. [Repealed] |
Section 3700. Quantities of licensed materials requiring labeling |
Section 3710. Requirements for transfers of low-level radioactive waste intended for disposal at licensed land disposal facilities and manifests |
Section 3720. Exempt concentrations schedule |
Section 3730. Exempt quantities |
Section 3740. Quantities of radioactive materials requiring consideration of the need for an emergency plan for responding to a release |
Section 3750. Quantities for use with decommissioning |
Section 3760. Limits for broad scopes |
Section 3770. Determination of A1 and A2 |
Section 3780. Nationally tracked source thresholds |
Appendix 9998. FORMS (12VAC5-481) |
Appendix 9999. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (12VAC5-481) |