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 [Repealed]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 [Repealed]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)