NAC459.664. Personnel requirements.

     1. No person may operate or maintain analytical X-ray equipment unless he or she has received instruction in and demonstrated competence with regard to:

     (a) Identification of radiation hazards associated with the use of the equipment;

     (b) Significance of the various radiation warning and safety devices incorporated into the equipment, or the reasons they have not been installed on certain pieces of equipment and the extra precautions required in such cases;

     (c) Proper operating procedures for the equipment;

     (d) Symptoms of an acute localized exposure; and

     (e) Proper procedures for reporting an actual or suspected exposure.

     2. Each licensee or registrant shall maintain, for inspection by the Division, records of training which demonstrate that the requirements of subsection 1 have been met.

     3. Finger or wrist dosimetric devices must be provided to and used by:

     (a) Workers on analytical X-ray equipment having an open-beam configuration and not equipped with a safety device; and

     (b) Personnel maintaining analytical X-ray equipment if the maintenance procedures require the presence of a primary X-ray beam when any local component in the analytical X-ray system is disassembled or removed.

     4. Reported dose values may not be used for the purpose of determining compliance with NAC 459.325 unless evaluated by a qualified expert.

     [Bd. of Health, Radiation Control Reg. §§ 8.6-8.6.2.2, eff. 2-28-80]—(NAC A 1-18-94)