Iowa Admin. Code r. 641-40.80

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 8, October 30, 2024

Rule 641-40.80 - General provisions

(1) Each licensee or registrant shall use the special units curie, rad, rem and roentgen, counts per minute (cpm), disintegrations per minute (dpm), or the SI units becquerel, gray, sievert and coulomb per kilogram, including multiples and subdivisions, and shall clearly indicate the units of all quantities on records required by this chapter.

(2) The licensee or registrant shall make a clear distinction among the quantities entered on the records required by this chapter, such as, total effective dose equivalent, total organ dose equivalent, shallow dose equivalent, lens dose equivalent, deep dose equivalent, or committed effective dose equivalent.

(3) In the records required by this chapter, the licensee may record quantities in SI units in parentheses following each of the units specified in 40.80(1). However, all quantities must be recorded as stated in 40.80(1).

(4) Notwithstanding the requirements of 40.80(1), when recording information on shipment manifests, as required in 641-40.75 (136C), information must be recorded in the International System of Units (SI) or in SI and units as specified in 40.80(1).

(5) Notwithstanding the requirements of 40.80(1), records of removable radioactive surface contamination on packages shall be recorded in disintegrations per minute (dpm).

Iowa Admin. Code r. 641-40.80