To update rule language as required by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the use and transportation of radioactive materials and the use of radiation from radioactive materials; to add exemptions for the ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Division of Environmental Health

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

64E-5.101Definitions

64E-5.102Exemptions

64E-5.1112Personnel Monitoring

64E-5.1418Personnel Monitoring

64E-5.1423Attendance During Operation

64E-5.1501Purpose and Scope

64E-5.1502Transportation of Radioactive Material

64E-5.1503Exemptions

64E-5.1504General Licenses for Carriers

64E-5.1505Routine Determinations

64E-5.1506Advance Notification of Shipment of Certain Quantities of Radioactive Waste

64E-5.1507Designation of Routes for Shipment of Radioactive Waste Requiring Advance Notification

64E-5.1508Inspection of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Shipments

64E-5.1509Permit Requirements

64E-5.1510Air Transport of Plutonium

64E-5.1511Notification in the Event of Suspected or Real Breach of Containment

64E-5.1512Inspections

64E-5.1513Communications

64E-5.201Licensing of Radioactive Material

64E-5.202Source Material - Exemptions

64E-5.203Radioactive Material Other Than Source Material - Exemptions

64E-5.204Types of Licenses

64E-5.205General Licenses - Source Material

64E-5.206General Licenses - Radioactive Material Other Than Source Material

64E-5.207Filing Application for Specific Licenses

64E-5.208General Requirements for the Issuance of Specific Licenses

64E-5.210Special Requirements for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material

64E-5.213Specific Terms and Conditions of License

64E-5.214Expiration and Termination of Licenses and Decommissioning of Sites and Separate Buildings or Outdoor Areas

64E-5.223Criteria for License Termination Under Restricted Conditions

64E-5.224Alternate Criteria for License Termination

64E-5.226Minimizing Contamination

64E-5.314General

64E-5.345Reports of Exposures, Radiation Levels, Concentrations of Radioactive Material Exceeding the Constraints or Limits, Medical Events and Dose to an Embryo/Fetus or a Nursing Child

64E-5.423Definitions

64E-5.424Requirements for Industrial Radiography Equipment Using Sealed Sources

64E-5.437Personnel Monitoring

64E-5.6011Definitions

64E-5.608Supervision

64E-5.636Safety Procedures and Instructions for Remote Afterloader Units, Teletherapy Units, and Gamma Stereotactic Radiosurgery Units

64E-5.6411Full Calibration Measurements on Remote Afterloader Units

64E-5.648Radiation Safety Officer

64E-5.649Training for Uptake, Dilution, or Excretion Studies

64E-5.650Training for Imaging and Localization Studies for Which a Written Directive Is Not Required

64E-5.652Training for Use of Manual Brachytherapy Sources

64E-5.653Training for Ophthalmic Use of Strontium 90

64E-5.654Training for Use of Sealed Sources for Diagnosis

64E-5.655Training for Use of Remote Afterloader Units, Teletherapy Units, and Gamma Stereotactic Radiosurgery Units

64E-5.656Training for and Authorized Medical Physicist

64E-5.659Training for an Authorized Nuclear Pharmacist

64E-5.660Training for Use of Unsealed Radioactive Material for Which A Written Directive is Required in Rule 63E-5.626, 64E-5.627 or 64E-5.630, F.A.C.

64E-5.661Training for the Oral Administration of Sodium Iodide I-131 Requiring A Written Directive in Quantities Less Than or Equal to 1.22 Gigabecquerels (33 Millicuries)

64E-5.662Training for the Oral Administration of Sodium Iodide I-131 Requiring A Written Directive in Quantities Greater Than 1.22 Gigabecquerels (33 Millicuries)

64E-5.663Training for the Parenteral Administration of Unsealed Radioactive Material Requiring a Written Directive

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To update rule language as required by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the use and transportation of radioactive materials and the use of radiation from radioactive materials; to add exemptions for the use of certain radioactive materials; to make corresponding changes to source material general licenses; to remove the requirement that individual monitoring dosimeters be processed by an accredited National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program processor provided they are capable of detecting high energy photons in the normal and accident dose ranges for industrial radiography, well logging, and large irradiators; to remove language requiring that reports of medical events and embryo/fetus overexposure include social security numbers; to update training requirements for the operational safe use of remote afterloader units, teletherapy units and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units; to clarify language regarding the radiopharmaceutical production and distribution of Positive Emission Tomography (PET) isotopes; and to require that manufacturers and distributors of sealed sources or devices containing sealed sources register with the department.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Training in the safe handling radioactive material devices; transportation of radioactive material; licensing requirements; registration of sealed sources; source material general licenses; and updating reports submitted to the department.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 404.051, 404.061, 404.071, 404.081, 404.131, 404.141, 404.20 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 404.022, 404.031, 404.051, 404.061, 404.071(1), (3), 404.081(1), 404.111, 404.121 404.141, 404.20, 404.22 FS.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE NOTICED IN THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLORIDA ADMINISTRATIVE REGISTER.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Brenda Andrews, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin C21, Tallahassee, FL 32399-1741; [phone]; [e-mail].

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.