6 Colo. Code Regs. § 1007-1-2-A
Each individual who performs the duties of a Radiation Safety Officer for a facility using radiation machines shall meet the following education and experience requirements:
2A.1 For non-healing arts facilities (such as those governed by Part 8, "Radiation Safety Requirements for Radiation Generating Machines Not Used in the Healing Arts", and Part 9, "Radiation Safety Requirements for Particle Accelerators Not Used in the Healing Arts"):
2A.1.1 Has current Department approval as a Qualified Expert, or
2A.1.2 Has current Department approval as a registered medical physicist, or
2A.1.2 Has satisfactorily completed a baccalaureate or higher degree in natural or physical science, health physics, radiological sciences, nuclear medicine, nuclear engineering, or
2A.1.3 Has completed a structured educational program that included classroom training in the responsibilities of an RSO, including but not limited to:
2A.1.3.1 Establishing and overseeing operating and safety procedures that maintain radiation exposures as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA), and to review them regularly to ensure that the procedures are current and conform with these regulations;
2A.1.3.2 Ensuring that individual monitoring devices are properly used by occupationally exposed personnel, that records are kept of the monitoring results, and that timely notifications are made as required by Part 4;
2A.1.3.3 Investigating and reporting to the agency each known or suspected case of radiation exposure to an individual or radiation level detected in excess of limits established by these regulations and each theft or loss of source(s) of radiation, determining the cause, and taking steps to prevent its recurrence;
2A.1.3.4 Having a thorough knowledge of management policies and administrative procedures of the registrant and keeping management informed on a periodic basis of the performance of the registrant's radiation protection program, if applicable;
2A.1.3.5 Assuming control and having the authority to institute corrective actions including shutdown of operations when necessary in emergency situations or unsafe conditions;
2A.1.3.6 Maintaining records as required by these regulations; and
2A.1.3.7 Ensuring that personnel are adequately trained and complying with these regulations, the conditions of the certificate of registration, and the operating and safety procedures of the registrant; or
2A.2 For a healing arts facility not using fluoroscopy, computed tomography, or radiation therapy machines, unless otherwise provided or prohibited by these regulations:
2A.2.1 Has department approval as a registered medical physicist; or
2A.2.2 Is a physician, chiropractor, dentist, podiatrist or veterinarian with a current active license from the appropriate State of Colorado professional licensure board and is performing RSO duties within their scope of practice; For dental facilities using a Volumetric Dental Imaging System, a dentist with a current active license from the Colorado Board of Dental Examiners may perform the duties of a Radiation Safety Officer;
or
2A.2.3 Meets the applicable operator requirements of 2.6.1.3 through 2.6.1.13; and has completed a structured educational program that includes ionizing radiation safety; or
2A.3 For a healing arts facility using fluoroscopic or computed tomography machines, unless otherwise provided or prohibited by these regulations:
2A.3.1 Has department approval as a registered medical physicist; or
2A.3.2 Is a physician or veterinarian who has a current active license from the appropriate State of Colorado professional licensure board; or
2A.4 For a healing arts facility using radiation therapy machines, unless otherwise provided or prohibited by these regulations:
2A.4.1 Has department approval as a radiation therapy registered medical physicist, or
2A.4.2 Is a physician or veterinarian who has a current active license from the appropriate State of Colorado professional licensure board and is performing RSO duties within their scope of practice, or
2A.5 Has prior Department approval pursuant to another part of these regulations as an authorized RSO
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