Current through Register Vol. 54, No.43, October 26, 2024
Section 215.12 - Inspections and investigations(a)Maintenance of records. Licensees and registrants shall maintain records under this article and have these records available for inspection by the Department at permanent sites for facilities of use identified in a license or registration issued under this article.(b)Rights of the Department. The Department and its agents and employees will: (1) Have access to, and require the production of, books, papers, documents and other records and physical evidence pertinent to a matter under investigation.(2) Require a registrant or licensee to make reports and furnish information as the Department may prescribe.(3) Enter the premises of a licensee or registrant for the purpose of making an investigation or inspection of radiation sources and the premises and facilities where radiation sources are used or stored, necessary to ascertain the compliance or noncompliance with the act and this chapter and to protect health, safety and the environment.(4) Secure or lock-down a device if a radiation source is abandoned or poses a threat to public health, safety or the environment.(c)Inspections and investigations by the Department. The Department, its employees and agents may conduct inspections and investigations of the facilities and regulated activities of registrants of radiation-producing machines and licensees of radioactive material necessary to demonstrate compliance with the act or this article.(d)Additional inspections and investigations. The Department, its employees and agents may conduct additional follow-up inspections and investigations if violations of the act or regulations promulgated thereunder were noted at the time of the original inspection, or if a person presents information, or circumstances arise which give the Department reason to believe that the health and safety of a person is threatened or that the act or this article are being violated.The provisions of this §215.12 amended September 14, 2001, effective 9/15/2001, 31 Pa.B. 5239; amended July 16, 2004, effective 7/17/2004, 34 Pa.B. 3823; amended October 26, 2018, effective 1/24/2019, 48 Pa.B. 6791.