6 Colo. Code Regs. § 1007-1-5.18

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024

Section 6 CCR 1007-1-5.18 - Operating and Emergency Procedures

5.18.1 Operating and emergency procedures must include, as a minimum, instructions in the following:

5.18.1.1 Appropriate handling and use of sources of radiation so that no person is likely to be exposed to radiation doses in excess of the limits established in Part 4 of these regulations;

5.18.1.2 Methods and occasions for conducting radiation surveys;

5.18.1.3 Methods for posting and controlling access to radiographic areas;

5.18.1.4 Methods and occasions for locking and securing sources of radiation;

5.18.1.5 Personnel monitoring and use of personnel monitoring equipment;

5.18.1.6 Transporting equipment to field locations, including packing of radiographic exposure devices and storage containers in the vehicles, placarding of vehicles when required, and control of the equipment during transportation as described in Part 17 of these regulations;

5.18.1.7 The inspection, maintenance, and operability checks of radiographic exposure devices, radiation machines, survey instruments, alarming ratemeters, transport containers, and storage containers;

5.18.1.8 Steps that must be taken immediately by radiography personnel in the event a pocket dosimeter is found to be off-scale or an alarming ratemeter alarms unexpectedly;

5.18.1.9 The procedure(s) for identifying and reporting defects and noncompliance, as required by 5.38;

5.18.1.10 The procedure for notifying proper persons in the event of an accident or incident;

5.18.1.11 Minimizing exposure of persons in the event of an accident or incident, including a source disconnect, a transport accident, or loss of a source of radiation;

5.18.1.12 Source recovery procedure if licensee will perform source recoveries; and

5.18.1.13 Maintenance of records.

5.18.2 The licensee or registrant shall maintain copies of current operating and emergency procedures in accordance with 5.33 and 5.37.

6 CCR 1007-1-5.18

Colorado Register, Vol 37, No. 14. July 25, 2014, effective 8/14/2014

38 CR 02, January 25, 2015, effective 2/14/2015

38 CR 05, March 10, 2015, effective 3/30/2015

38 CR 12, June 25, 2015, effective 7/15/2015

38 CR 14, July 25, 2015, effective 8/14/2015

39 CR 02, January 25, 2016, effective 2/14/2016

39 CR 16, August 25, 2016, effective 9/14/2016

39 CR 22, November 25, 2016, effective 12/15/2016

40 CR 11, June 10, 2017, effective 6/30/2017

40 CR 20, October 25, 2017, effective 11/14/2017

42 CR 24, December 25, 2019, effective 1/14/2020

43 CR 14, July 25, 2020, effective 8/14/2020

43 CR 18, September 25, 2020, effective 10/15/2020

44 CR 11, June 10, 2021, effective 7/15/2021

44 CR 14, July 25, 2021, effective 8/14/2021

45 CR 22, November 25, 2022, effective 12/15/2022