§ 175.10 Radiation Safety Officer.
RCNY § 175.10
(a)In addition to those requirements indicated in this section for specific categories, all radiation safety officers must: (1) demonstrate knowledge of potential radiation hazards and emergency precautions; and (2) have completed educational courses related to ionizing radiation safety or a radiation safety officer course; and (3) demonstrate experience in the use and familiarity of the type of equipment used.
(b)Specific duties of the radiation safety officer include, but are not limited to: (1) establishing and overseeing operating and safety procedures that maintain radiation exposures as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA), and to review them regularly to ensure that the procedures are current and conform with this Article; (2) ensuring that individual monitoring devices are properly used by occupationally-exposed personnel, that records are kept of the monitoring results, and that timely notifications are made as required by this Article; (3) investigating and reporting to the Department each known or suspected case of radiation exposure to an individual or radiation level detected in excess of limits established by this Article and each theft or loss of a source of radiation, determining the cause, and taking steps to prevent its recurrence; (4) having a thorough knowledge of management policies and administrative procedures of the registrant and keeping management informed on a periodic basis of the performance of the registrant's radiation protection program; (5) assuming control and having the authority to institute corrective radiation control actions, including shut down of operations if necessary, in emergency situations or unsafe conditions; (6) ensuring that personnel are adequately trained in and complying with this Article, the conditions of the certificate of registration or certified registration, and the operating and safety procedures of the registrant; and (7) maintaining all records as required by this Article.
(c)For human use radiation equipment installations, the radiation safety officer must be: (1) a QMP; or (2) a professional practitioner practicing within the scope of such person's professional practice.
(d)For human use radiation equipment installations requiring a certified registration pursuant to 24 RCNY Health Code § 175.41, the radiation safety officer must be: (1) a QMP certified by the American Board of Health Physics, the American Board of Radiology or the American Board of Medical Physics in a branch of physics related to the type of use of radiation sources in the installation; or (2) an authorized user named on the facility's certified registration issued by the Department.
(e)For non-human use radiation equipment installations, the radiation safety officer must be: (1) a veterinarian for veterinary installations; or (2) a QMP; or (3) a person with equivalent training and experience as determined by the Department; or (4) a researcher or other individual determined by the institution as qualified by training and experience for installations using only x-ray diffraction and fluorescence analysis equipment. (Added City Record 4/24/2019, eff. 5/24/2019)
