RADIATION PROTECTION AND CONTROL (IONISING RADIATION) REGULATIONS 2000

South Australian Consolidated Regulations

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RADIATION PROTECTION AND CONTROL (IONISING RADIATION) REGULATIONS 2000

under the Radiation Protection and Control Act 1982

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

PART 1--Preliminary

1. Short title
4. Interpretation
5. Definition of annual effective dose
6. Application of regulations to apparatus
7. Definition of radioactive ore--prescribed concentrations of uranium and thorium
8. Application of regulations to radioactive substances

PART 2--Radiation control

Division 1--General provisions

9. Duties of specified employer
10. Specified employer to give radiation worker certain information
11. Specified employer to prepare radiation safety manual etc
12. Duties of radiation worker
13. Display of radiation symbol

Division 2--Radiation protection standards and limits

14. Specified employer to prevent exposures above certain dose limits

Division 3--Radiation safety officers

15. Appointment of radiation safety officers
16. Duties of radiation safety officer
17. Specified employer to make certain things available to radiation safety officer

Division 4--Monitoring

18. Specified employer to issue personal monitoring device to radiation worker
19. Minister's power to direct specified employer to place monitoring equipment on premises where radiation worker employed
20. Minister's power to direct specified employer to place monitoring equipment on affected premises
21. Minister's power to approve monitoring devices

Division 5--Records, reports and investigations

22. Specified employer to keep personal radiation exposure record for each radiation worker
23. Alteration of personal radiation exposure records
24. Confidentiality of personal radiation exposure records
25. Specified employer to make certain enquiries before radiation worker commences duties
26. Specified employer to maintain records of certain measurements
27. Specified employer to investigate exposure of radiation workers to certain ionising radiation doses

Division 6--Radiation incidents, radiation accidents and radiation emergencies

28. Radiation worker to report radiation incident involving worker
29. Specified employer to investigate reported radiation incidents
30. Radiation worker to report radiation accident involving worker
31. Specified employer to investigate reported radiation accidents
32. Specified employer to report radiation emergencies etc to Minister
33. Specified employer to prepare contingency plans

Division 7--Medical examinations

34. Minister's power to direct radiation worker to undergo medical examination
35. Conduct of medical examination
36. Employer of designated employee to make arrangements for employee to undergo required medical examinations
37. Duties of medical practitioner carrying out medical examination
38. Specified employer to retain and keep confidential reports etc relating to medical examinations
39. Costs of medical examination to be borne by specified employer

PART 3--Irradiation of humans for diagnostic, therapeutic or research purposes

Division 1--Diagnostic and therapeutic purposes

40. Prohibition on unauthorised exposure to ionising radiation
41. Persons who may authorise exposure to ionising radiation
42. Authorisation
43. Duties of persons giving authorisation and carrying out treatment to make records

Division 2--Research purposes

44. Interpretation
45. Prohibition on certain research without Minister's approval

PART 4--Ionising radiation apparatus

Division 1--Sale or disposal of apparatus

46. Application of Division
47. Duty to give Minister notice before selling, installing or maintaining apparatus in course of business
48. Duty to give Minister notice of defective apparatus sold or installed
49. Duty to notify Minister of changes etc to information supplied about defective apparatus sold or installed
50. Minister's power to require further information
51. Duties of person receiving order for sale of apparatus
52. Duty to notify Minister of sale of portable or mobile apparatus
53. Duty to notify Minister of intention to install fixed apparatus
54. Duty to notify Minister of sale or replacement of certain components of apparatus
55. Duty to notify Minister of sale or disposal of apparatus
56. Certain apparatus to be made inoperable before sale or disposal

Division 2--Licence to operate apparatus

57. Licences to operate radiation apparatus (section 31 of Act)--prescribed classes of apparatus and persons
58. Licences to operate radiation apparatus (section 31 of Act)--prescribed qualifications
59. Licence holder to notify Minister of change of address for service

Division 3--Registration of apparatus

60. Registration of radiation apparatus (section 32 of Act)--prescribed classes of apparatus
61. Application for registration of apparatus
62. Registered owner of apparatus to notify change of address for service
63. Registered owner of apparatus to notify change of location of fixed apparatus

Division 4--Special requirements for apparatus

64. Labelling requirements
65. Signage requirements
66. Construction of cabinet X-ray unit
67. Owner of cabinet X-ray unit to carry out regular checks
68. X-ray analysis systems used for fluorescence analysis
69. X-ray tubes incorporated in X-ray analysis apparatus
70. Shutters fitted to X-ray analysis apparatus
71. Lights and signs fitted to X-ray analysis apparatus
72. Owner of open-beam X-ray analysis system to display signs
73. Registered owner of X-ray analysis apparatus to carry out regular radiation monitoring surveys
74. Registered owner of X-ray analysis apparatus to carry out regular checks
75. By-passing of safety device or interlock fitted to X-ray analysis apparatus
76. Registered owner of X-ray analysis system to prepare separate working rules in certain cases
77. Duties of registered owner of open-beam X-ray analysis system
78. Registered owner of X-ray analysis apparatus to record radiation surveys etc
79. Registered owner of X-ray analysis apparatus to make available radiation monitoring instrument for radiation surveys
80. Duties of user of X-ray analysis apparatus
81. Person carrying out site radiography using apparatus to be accompanied by person trained in emergency procedures
82. Person carrying out site radiography using apparatus etc to wear chirper and have radiation survey meter
83. Duties of owner of apparatus used for site radiography when using apparatus on premises owned by another
84. Apparatus used for site radiography to incorporate collimating device
85. Duty of person carrying out site radiography using apparatus with remote control unit
86. Duty of person intending to carry out site radiography using apparatus to mark out area around exposure
87. Owner of apparatus used for industrial radiography to regularly inspect apparatus
88. Prohibition on use of device etc in course of industrial radiography unless in good working order
89. Apparatus used for industrial radiography
90. Requirement to provide warning devices when carrying out site radiography using apparatus
91. Apparatus used for dental radiography with extra-oral X-ray tube
92. Prohibition on use of apparatus designed for dental radiography with intra-oral X-ray tube
93. Fixed apparatus used for medical or veterinary diagnostic radiography or by chiropractor
94. Portable or mobile apparatus used for medical or veterinary plain radiography
95. Capacitor discharge apparatus
96. Portable apparatus used for veterinary plain radiography
97. Orthopantomographic apparatus
98. Prohibition on use of orthopantomographic apparatus with person positioned in apparatus while tube current being preset
99. Apparatus used for mammography or soft tissue radiography
100. Apparatus used for medical or veterinary fluoroscopy
101. Fixed and mobile fluoroscopic apparatus
102. Apparatus used for treatment at accelerating voltages up to 0.5MV
103. Apparatus producing X-rays or electron beams (energy range 0.5-20 MeV) used for medical radiation therapy
104. Fixed apparatus used for medical, veterinary or chiropractic radiography
105. Installation of radiation therapy apparatus operating above 50kV
106. Minister's power to prohibit use of certain apparatus designed for medical, dental or chiropractic use pending consideration of application for registration of apparatus
107. Duty of person licensed to operate apparatus in relation to persons other than patients during medical etc radiographic procedure
108. Persons other than patient not to remain in room during fluoroscopic procedure or test procedure
109. Prohibition on use of direct exposure film for mammography
110. Manual processing of radiographic films
111. Persons other than patient not to remain in treatment room where apparatus operated or used for radiation therapy above certain voltages
112. Minister's power to require registered owner of diagnostic radiography apparatus to maintain quality assurance test program

PART 5--Radioactive substances

Division 1--Sale of radioactive substances

113. Duty to give Minister notice before carrying on certain business
114. Duty to notify Minister of defective registrable device sold or installed in course of business
115. Minister's power to require additional information
116. Person selling registrable device to give purchaser certain information
117. Duty to notify Minister of sale of mobile registrable device
118. Duty to notify Minister of intention to install fixed registrable device
119. Person selling sealed radioactive source required to be registered to supply ISO certificate
120. Duty to notify Minister of sale of registered sealed radioactive source
121. Duty to notify Minister of sales of radioactive substances
122. Prohibition on selling consumer product
123. Prohibition on selling unapproved ionisation chamber smoke detector

Division 2--Licence to use or handle radioactive substances

124. Prescribed classes of persons and substances (section 28(2) of Act)
125. Prescribed form (section 28(3) of Act)
126. Holder of licence under section 28 of Act to notify Minister of change of address for service

Division 3--Accounting for and storage and labelling of radioactive substances

127. Registered occupier of premises in which unsealed radioactive substance is kept or handled to maintain register of unsealed radioactive substances
128. Person in possession of sealed radioactive source to maintain register of sealed radioactive sources
129. Storage of sealed radioactive sources and unsealed radioactive substances
130. Owner of sealed radioactive source etc to mark doors and entrances to areas where source or unsealed radioactive substance kept
131. Owner of sealed radioactive source etc to mark sources and vessels containing unsealed radioactive substance

Division 4--Disposal of radioactive substances

132. Application of Division
133. Prohibition on disposal of radioactive substance without Minister's approval
134. Application for approval to dispose of unsealed radioactive substance
135. Application for approval to dispose of sealed radioactive source
136. Minister's power to require applicant to supply further information
137. Matters to be taken into account by Minister in deciding application for approval
138. Approval of application
139. Minister to notify applicant of decision on application
140. Minister's power to vary or impose conditions during currency of approval
141. Right to apply for reconsideration of decision refusing application or imposing or varying condition

Division 5--Registration of sealed radioactive sources

142. Prescribed classes of sealed radioactive sources
143. Application for registration of sealed radioactive source
144. Duty of registered owner of sealed radioactive source to notify Minister of change of address for service
145. Duty of registered owner of sealed radioactive source to notify Minister of modifications to source container

Division 6--Special requirements for sealed radioactive sources

146. Design and construction of capsules and source holders
147. Sealed radioactive source to be used in device etc
148. Sealed radioactive source to be in chemical and physical form minimising corrosion etc
149. Minister's power to require owner of sealed radioactive source to carry out tests
150. Owner of sealed radioactive source to keep register of location if moved for use
151. Source container used for radiation gauge etc
152. Radioactive substance used for bore hole logging
153. Owner of sealed radioactive source used for bore hole logging to provide radiation survey meter
154. Duty of operator of bore hole logging tool
155. Person carrying out site radiography using sealed radioactive source to be accompanied by person trained in emergency procedures
156. Person carrying out site radiography using sealed radioactive source to wear chirper and have radiation survey meter
157. Duties of owner of sealed radioactive source carrying out site radiography on premises owned by another person
158. Person carrying out site radiography using sealed radioactive source to use collimating device
159. Person carrying out site radiography using sealed radioactive source to mark out area around exposure site
160. Source container used for industrial radiography and equipment used for handling source
161. Owner of certain devices used for industrial radiography to carry out regular inspections
162. Prohibition of use of device etc in course of industrial radiography not in good working order
163. Sealed radioactive source used for external beam radiation therapy
164. Design and construction of sealed radioactive source used for external beam radiation therapy
165. Installation of sealed radioactive source used for external beam therapy
166. Duty of person administering human brachytherapy using sealed radioactive source
167. Duties of person carrying out veterinary radiation therapy involving insertion or attachment of sealed radioactive source
168. Duties of person carrying out veterinary radiation therapy involving implanting of sealed radioactive source in an animal
169. Duty of owner etc of animal undergoing certain veterinary radiation therapy

Division 7--Registration of premises

170. Registration of premises in which unsealed radioactive substances are kept or handled--prescribed classes of substances and prescribed classes of premises
171. Application for registration of premises under section 29 of Act
172. Registered occupier to notify change of address for service or structural alterations to registered premises

Division 8--Special requirements for premises

173. Interpretation
174. Laboratory in which unsealed radioactive substance is kept or handled
175. Requirement to provide fume cupboard or total enclosure in certain cases
176. Type B laboratory
177. Type A laboratory
178. Duties of registered occupier of premises in which unsealed radioactive substance is kept or handled

Division 9--Licence to mine or mill radioactive ores

179. Prescribed classes of operations
180. Prescribed form of application for licence

PART 6--Miscellaneous

Division 1--Use of ionising radiation in schools

181. Interpretation
182. Use of radioactive substance etc in secondary school to be in accordance with Code

Division 2--Miscellaneous

184. Application for licence to mine or mill radioactive ores (section 24 of Act)--prescribed form
185. Application forms for renewal of licences and registrations
186. Register of licences under section 24 of Act
187. Registers of licences under sections 28 and 31 of Act
188. Register of sealed radioactive sources and apparatus registered under sections 30 and 32 of Act
189. Register of premises registered under section 29 of Act
190. Procedure for obtaining Minister's approval to destroy certain documents
191. Release of information obtained in administration of Act--prescribed body
192. Use of codes of practice and standards in these regulations
193. Service of documents
194. Manner of giving directions or approvals required by these regulations
195. Fees
196. General penalty
SCHEDULE 1--Classification of radionuclides into groups
SCHEDULE 2--Radiation symbol
SCHEDULE 3--Classification of premises
SCHEDULE 4--Fees
SCHEDULE 5--Forms
SCHEDULE 7--Minimum half value layers for diagnostic apparatus
SCHEDULE 8--Error distances for automatic collimation to a spot film device
SCHEDULE 9--Error distances for automatic collimation to an image intensifier
Legislative history

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