La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § XV-327

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section XV-327 - Special Requirements for Specific Licenses of Broad Scope

A. Reserved.

B. An application for a specific license of broad scope will be approved if the following conditions are met.

1. The applicant satisfies the general requirements specified in LAC 33:XV.325.

2. The applicant has engaged in a reasonable number of activities involving the use of radioactive material.

3. The applicant has established administrative controls and provisions relating to organization and management, procedures, recordkeeping, material control, and accounting and management review that are necessary to assure safe operations, including:

a. the appointment of a radiation safety officer who is qualified by training and experience in radiation protection, and who is available for advice and assistance on radiation safety matters;

b. the establishment of a radiation safety committee composed of such persons as a radiation safety officer, a representative of management, and persons trained and experienced in the safe use of radioactive material; and

c. the establishment of appropriate administrative procedures to assure:

i. control of procurement and use of radioactive material;

ii. completion of safety evaluations of proposed uses of radioactive material that take into consideration such matters as the adequacy of facilities and equipment, training and experience of the user, and the operating or handling procedures; and

iii. review, approval, and recording by the radiation safety committee of safety evaluations of proposed uses prepared in accordance with LAC 33:XV.327.B.3.c.ii prior to use of the radioactive material.

C. Reserved.

D. Reserved.

E. Specific licenses of broad scope are subject to the following conditions.

1. Unless specific authorization is granted by the administrative authority, persons licensed pursuant to LAC 33:XV.327 shall not:

a. conduct tracer studies in the environment involving direct release of radioactive material;

b. receive, acquire, possess, use, or transfer devices containing 100,000 curies or more of radioactive material in sealed sources used for irradiation of materials;

c. conduct activities for which a specific license issued by the administrative authority under Chapters 7 and 13 is required; or

d. add or cause the addition of radioactive material to any food, beverage, cosmetic, drug, or other product designed for ingestion or inhalation by, or application to, a human being.

2. Each specific license of broad scope issued under this Chapter shall be subject to the condition that radioactive material possessed under the license may only be used by, or under the direct supervision of, individuals approved by the licensee's radiation safety committee.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § XV-327

Promulgated by the Department of Environmental Quality, Nuclear Energy Division, LR 13:569 (October 1987), amended by the Office of Air Quality and Radiation Protection, Radiation Protection Division, LR 18:34 (January 1992).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2001 et seq.

Note: This Section prescribes requirements for the issuance of specific licenses of broad scope for radioactive material ("broad licenses") and specifies certain regulations governing holders of such licenses. Authority to transfer possession or control by the manufacturer, processor, or producer of any equipment, device, commodity, or other product containing byproduct material whose subsequent possession, use, transfer, and disposal by all other persons are exempted from regulatory requirements may be obtained only from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C. 20555.