OAR 333-105-0520
Radiation Safety Requirements: Radiation Safety Officer

The radiation safety officer must ensure that radiation safety activities are being performed in accordance with approved procedures and regulatory requirements in the daily operation of the licensee’s program.

(1)

The minimum qualifications, training, and experience for radiation safety officers for industrial radiography are as follows:

(a)

Completion of the training and testing requirements of 333-105-0530 (Radiation Safety Requirements: Training)(1);

(b)

2000 hours of hands-on experience as a qualified radiographer in industrial radiographic operations; and

(c)

Formal training in the establishment and maintenance of a radiation protection program.

(2)

The Authority will consider alternatives when the radiation safety officer has appropriate training and experience in the field of ionizing radiation, and in addition, has adequate formal training with respect to the establishment and maintenance of a radiation safety protection program.

(3)

The specific duties and authorities of the radiation safety officer include:

(a)

Establishing and overseeing all operating, emergency, and ALARA procedures as required by division 120 of these rules and reviewing them regularly to ensure that they conform to Authority rules and to the license or registration conditions;

(b)

Overseeing and approving the training program for radiographic personnel to ensure that appropriate and effective radiation protection practices are taught;

(c)

Ensuring that required radiation surveys and leak tests are performed and documented in accordance with the rules, including any corrective measures when levels of radiation exceed established limits;

(d)

Ensuring that personnel monitoring devices are calibrated, if applicable, and used properly; that records are kept of the monitoring results; and that timely notifications are made as required by division 120 of these rules; and

(e)

Ensuring that operations are conducted safely and for implementing corrective actions including terminating operations.

(4)

Licensees will have two years from the effective date of this rule to meet the requirements of section (1) and (2) of this rule.

Source: Rule 333-105-0520 — Radiation Safety Requirements: Radiation Safety Officer, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=333-105-0520.

333‑105‑0001
Purpose 333‑105‑0003
Scope 333‑105‑0005
Definitions 333‑105‑0050
Exemptions 333‑105‑0075
Licensing and Registration Requirements for Industrial Radiography Operations 333‑105‑0420
Equipment Control: Performance Requirements for Industrial Radiography Equipment 333‑105‑0430
Equipment Control: Limits on External Radiation Levels From Storage Containers and Source Changers 333‑105‑0440
Equipment Control: Locking of Sources of Radiation, Storage Containers and Source Changers 333‑105‑0450
Equipment Control: Radiation Survey Instruments 333‑105‑0460
Equipment Control: Leak Testing and Replacement of Sealed Sources 333‑105‑0470
Equipment Control: Quarterly Inventory 333‑105‑0480
Equipment Control: Inspection and Maintenance of Radiation Machines, Radiographic Exposure Devices, Transport and Storage Containers, Associated Equipment, Source Changers, and Survey Instruments 333‑105‑0490
Equipment Control: Permanent Radiographic Installations 333‑105‑0500
Equipment Control: Labeling, Storage, and Transportation 333‑105‑0510
Radiation Safety Requirements: Conducting Industrial Radiographic Operations 333‑105‑0520
Radiation Safety Requirements: Radiation Safety Officer 333‑105‑0530
Radiation Safety Requirements: Training 333‑105‑0540
Radiation Safety Requirements: Operating and Emergency Procedures 333‑105‑0550
Radiation Safety Requirements: Supervision of Radiographer’s Assistants 333‑105‑0560
Radiation Safety Requirements: Personnel Monitoring 333‑105‑0570
Radiation Safety Requirements: Radiation Surveys 333‑105‑0580
Radiation Safety Requirements: Surveillance 333‑105‑0590
Radiation Safety Requirements: Posting 333‑105‑0600
Recordkeeping Requirements: Records for Industrial Radiography 333‑105‑0610
Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Receipt and Transfer of Sources of Radiation 333‑105‑0620
Records of Radiation Survey Instruments 333‑105‑0630
Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Leak Testing of Sealed Sources and Devices Containing DU 333‑105‑0640
Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Quarterly Inventory 333‑105‑0650
Recordkeeping Requirements: Utilization Logs 333‑105‑0660
Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Inspection and Maintenance of Radiation Machines, Radiographic Exposure Devices, Transport and Storage Containers, Associated Equipment, Source Changers, and Survey Instruments 333‑105‑0670
Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Alarm System and Entrance Control Checks at Permanent Radiographic Installations 333‑105‑0680
Recordkeeping Requirements: Records Of Training and Certification 333‑105‑0690
Recordkeeping Requirements: Copies of Operating and Emergency Procedures 333‑105‑0700
Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Personnel Monitoring 333‑105‑0710
Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Radiation Surveys 333‑105‑0720
Recordkeeping Requirements: Form of Records 333‑105‑0730
Recordkeeping Requirements: Location Of Documents and Records 333‑105‑0740
Notifications 333‑105‑0750
Notifications: Reciprocity 333‑105‑0760
Notifications: Specific Requirements for Radiographic Personnel Performing Industrial Radiography
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 333-105-0520’s source at or​.us