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Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYPart XV - Radiation ProtectionChapter 4 - Standards for Protection against Radiation
Subchapter G - Precautionary Procedures
Section XV-452 - Exceptions to Posting Requirements

La. Admin. Code tit. 33 § XV-452

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Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section XV-452 - Exceptions to Posting Requirements
A. A licensee or registrant is not required to post caution signs in areas or rooms containing sources of radiation for periods of less than eight hours, if each of the following conditions is met:
1. the sources of radiation are constantly attended during these periods by an individual who takes the precautions necessary to prevent the exposure of individuals to sources of radiation in excess of the limits established in this Chapter; and
2. the area or room is subject to the licensee's or registrant's control.
B. Rooms or other areas in hospitals that are occupied by patients are not required to be posted with caution signs in accordance with LAC 33:XV.451, provided that the patient could be released from licensee control in accordance with LAC 33:XV.725 and 745.
C. Rooms or other areas in hospitals that are occupied by patients are not required to be posted with caution signs, provided that:
1. a patient being treated with a permanent implant could be released from confinement in accordance with LAC 33:XV.725; or
2. a patient being treated with a therapeutic radiopharmaceutical could be released from confinement in accordance with LAC 33:XV.725.
D. A room or area is not required to be posted with a caution sign because of the presence of a sealed source, provided that the radiation level at 30 centimeters from the surface of the sealed source container or housing does not exceed 0.05 mSv (0.005 rem) per hour.
E. A room or area is not required to be posted with a caution sign because of the presence of radiation machines used solely for diagnosis in the healing arts.

La. Admin. Code tit. 33, § XV-452

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 19:1421 (November 1993), LR 22:972 (October 1996), LR 24:2096 (November 1998).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 30:2001 et seq.