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Chapter DHS 157 RADIATION PROTECTION Subchapter I — General Provisions DHS 157.01 Authority and Purpose Chapter DHS 157 RADIATION PROTECTION Subchapter I — General Provisions DHS 157.01 Authority and purpose. DHS 157.02 Applicability. DHS 157.03 Definitions. DHS 157.04 Exemptions from the regulatory requirements. DHS 157.05 Prohibitions. DHS 157.06 General regulatory requirements. Subchapter II — Licensing of Radioactive Material DHS 157.09 Exemptions. DHS 157.10 License types and fees. DHS 157.11 General licenses. DHS 157.12 Registration of generally licensed devices. DHS 157.13 Specific licenses. DHS 157.14 Reciprocity DHS 157.15 Financial assurance and records for decommissioning. Subchapter III — Standards for Protection from Radiation DHS 157.20 Implementation. DHS 157.21 Radiation protection programs. DHS 157.22 Occupational dose limits. DHS 157.23 Radiation dose limits for individual members of the public. DHS 157.24 Testing for leakage or contamination of sealed sources. DHS 157.25 Surveys and monitoring. DHS 157.26 Control of exposure from external sources in restricted areas. DHS 157.27 Respiratory protection and controls to restrict internal exposure in restricted areas. DHS 157.28 Storage and control of licensed or registered sources of radiation. DHS 157.29 Precautionary procedures. DHS 157.30 Waste management. DHS 157.31 Records. DHS 157.32 Reports. DHS 157.33 Radiological criteria for license termination. Subchapter IV — Radiation Safety Requirements for Industrial Radiographic Operations DHS 157.35 Exemptions. DHS 157.36 Performance requirements for industrial radiography equipment. DHS 157.37 Radiation safety requirements for storage containers and source changers. DHS 157.38 Radiation survey instruments. DHS 157.39 Leak testing and replacement of sealed sources. DHS 157.40 Quarterly inventory. DHS 157.41 Inspection and maintenance of radiation machines, radiographic exposure devices, transport and storage containers, associated equipment, source changers and survey instruments. DHS 157.42 Permanent radiographic installations. DHS 157.43 Labeling, transportation and storage. DHS 157.44 Operational radiation safety requirements. DHS 157.45 Recordkeeping requirements. DHS 157.46 Notifications. DHS 157.47 Reciprocity. DHS 157.48 Specific requirements for radiographic personnel performing industrial radiography. Subchapter V — Radiation Safety Requirements for Well Logging DHS 157.51 Prohibition. DHS 157.52 Equipment control. DHS 157.53 Requirements for personnel safety. DHS 157.54 Precautionary procedures. DHS 157.55 Radiation surveys and records. DHS 157.56 Notification of incidents, abandonment and lost sources. Subchapter VI — Medical Use of Radioactive Material DHS 157.59 General requirements. DHS 157.61 Administrative requirements. DHS 157.62 Technical requirements. DHS 157.63 Unsealed radioactive material — written directive not required. DHS 157.64 Unsealed radioactive material — written directive required. DHS 157.65 Manual brachytherapy. DHS 157.66 Sealed sources for diagnosis. DHS 157.67 Photon emitting remote afterloader, teletherapy and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units. DHS 157.68 Radioactive drugs for medical use. DHS 157.70 Other medical uses of radioactive material or radiation from radioactive material. DHS 157.71 Records. DHS 157.72 Reports. Subchapter VII — Radiation Safety Requirements for Irradiators DHS 157.73 Radiation safety requirements. Subchapter VIII — X-ray Device Requirements DHS 157.74 Administrative requirements. DHS 157.75 General requirements for all diagnostic x-ray systems. DHS 157.76 Fluoroscopic equipment. DHS 157.77 General purpose radiographic systems. DHS 157.78 Intraoral dental radiographic systems. DHS 157.79 Veterinary medicine x-ray systems. DHS 157.80 Computed tomography x-ray systems. DHS 157.81 Shielding plan review. DHS 157.82 General administrative requirements for facilities using therapeutic radiation machines for human use. DHS 157.83 Administrative policies and procedures for radiation therapy machines. DHS 157.84 Technical requirements for facilities using therapeutic radiation machines. DHS 157.85 Therapeutic radiation machines. DHS 157.86 Registration of radiation machine facilities. Subchapter IX — Cabinet and Analytical X-ray Systems DHS 157.87 Radiation safety requirements. Subchapter X — Notices, Instructions and Reports to Workers DHS 157.88 Posting, notification and reporting requirements. Subchapter XI — Inspection by the Department DHS 157.89 Inspection requirements. Subchapter XII — Enforcement DHS 157.90 Violation and penalty criteria. DHS 157.91 Notices, orders, reviews and appeals. Subchapter XIII — Transportation DHS 157.92 General regulatory provisions. DHS 157.93 General licenses. DHS 157.94 Operating controls and procedures. Subchapter XIV — Radioactivity in Community Water Systems DHS 157.95 Exemptions. DHS 157.96 Requirements. Subchapter XV — Physical Protection of Category 1 or Category 2 Quantities of Radioactive Material DHS 157.100 Personnel access authorization. DHS 157.101 Access authorization program. DHS 157.102 Background investigations. DHS 157.103 Criminal history records checks of individuals granted unescorted access. DHS 157.104 Relief from fingerprinting, identification, and criminal history records checks and other elements of background investigation. DHS 157.105 Protection of information. DHS 157.106 Access authorization program review. DHS 157.107 Security program. DHS 157.108 General security program requirements. DHS 157.109 LLEA coordination. DHS 157.110 Security zones. DHS 157.111 Monitoring, detection and assessment. DHS 157.112 Maintenance and testing. DHS 157.113 Mobile devices. DHS 157.114 Security program review. DHS 157.115 Reporting events. DHS 157.116 Transfer of category 1 and category 2 quantities of radioactive material. DHS 157.117 Transit. DHS 157.118 Preplanning and coordination of shipments. DHS 157.119 Advance notification of shipment. DHS 157.120 Physical protection during shipment. DHS 157.121 Reporting of events during shipping. DHS 157.122 Record requirements for the physical protection of Category 1 and 2 quantities of radioactive material. Note: Chapter HSS 157 as it existed on July 31, 2002 was repealed and a new chapter HFS 157 was created effective August 1, 2002, except subchapters II, VI and VII will go into effect 30 days after signature by the Governor of an agreement transferring regulatory authority to the state. Chapter HFS 157 was renumbered chapter DHS 157 under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., and corrections made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register January 2009 No. 637. Subchapter I — General Provisions DHS 157.01 Authority and purpose. (1) This chapter is promulgated under the authority of ss. 254.31 to 254.45, Stats. to regulate the receipt, use, transfer, possession, ownership or acquisition of any source of radiation. The standards in this chapter generally conform to nationally accepted standards for protection against the harmful effects of ionizing radiation. The publications referenced in this chapter are available for inspection at the department, the secretary of state's office, the legislative reference bureau and at the respective federal agency or organization website. (2) Subchapter I establishes the definitions used in this chapter, prohibitions and general regulatory requirements. (3) Subchapter II establishes requirements for the licensing of radioactive material, license fee schedules, registration requirements for certain types of devices purchased under a general license and reciprocity requirements. (4) Subchapter III establishes standards for protection against ionizing radiation resulting from activities conducted under a license or registration issued by the department. The requirements of subch. III are designed to control the receipt, possession, use, transfer and disposal of sources of radiation by any licensee or registrant so that the total dose to an individual, including doses resulting from all sources of radiation other than background radiation, does not exceed the standards for protection against radiation prescribed in subch. III. However, nothing in subch. III limits actions the department may take to protect health and safety in an emergency. (5) Subchapter IV establishes radiation safety requirements for persons using sources of radiation in industrial radiography. (6) Subchapter V establishes radiation safety requirements for using sources of radiation for well logging including mineral-logging, radioactive markers and subsurface tracer studies. The requirements of subch. V are in addition to the requirements of subchs. I, II, III, VIII and X. (7) Subchapter VI establishes requirements for the medical use of radioactive material. The requirements provide for the radiation safety of workers, the general public and human research subjects. (8) Subchapter VII establishes radiation safety requirements for operating irradiators that use sealed sources containing radioactive material to irradiate objects or materials using gamma radiation. (9) Subchapter VIII establishes requirements for the use of diagnostic or therapeutic x-ray equipment, including accelerators, by or under the supervision of an individual authorized and licensed by state statutes to engage in the healing arts or veterinary medicine; and to establish registration requirements for radiation machines. (10) Subchapter IX establishes radiation safety requirements for the use of cabinet and analytical x-ray systems. (11) Subchapter X establishes requirements for persons licensed or registered under this chapter to provide workers with notices, instructions and reports
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