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Radiation Laws and Rules

The entire Minnesota Rules, Chapter 4731, can be found at the Office of the Revisor of Statutes | Minnesota Administrative Rules, chapter 4731, Radiation Safety.

4731.0100Definitions.
4731.0200General applications.
4731.0210Records.
4731.0230Request for written statements.
4731.0240Data privacy.
4731.0250Inspections and testing.
4731.0260Violations, enforcement, and penalties.
4731.0270Modification and revocation of licenses.
4731.0280Deliberate misconduct.
4731.0290Employee protection.
4731.0300Federal jurisdiction exclusion.
4731.0315Critical mass.
4731.0355Reciprocity.
4731.0400Scope; enforcement notice.
4731.0401Requirement for license.
4731.0402Transportation of licensed material.
4731.0403Exemptions.
4731.0406General license; NRC-approved package.
4731.0407Previously approved packages.
4731.0409General license; foreign-approved package.
4731.0410General license; fissile material, limited quantity per package.
4731.0411General license; fissile material, limited moderator per package.
4731.0412External radiation standards for all packages.
4731.0413Assumptions as to unknown properties.
4731.0414Preliminary determinations.
4731.0415Routine determinations.
4731.0416Air transport of plutonium.
4731.0417Opening instructions.
4731.0418Reports.
4731.0419Advance notification of shipment of irradiated reactor fuel and nuclear waste.
4731.0420Quality assurance requirements.
4731.0421Quality assurance organization.
4731.0422A1 and a2 values for radionuclides.
4731.0423Determination of a1 and a2.
4731.0424Activity-mass relationships for uranium.
4731.0455Quality assurance for transportation packages.
4731.0525Domestic licensing of special nuclear material.
4731.0530License requirement; special nuclear material.
4731.0535Exemption; certain federal contracts.
4731.0540Exemption; carriers.
4731.0550Types of licenses.
4731.0555General license; calibration or reference sources.
4731.0560General license; owning special nuclear material.
4731.0565Application; filing.
4731.0570Application; contents.
4731.0575Application approval requirements.
4731.0580Application; financial assurance and record keeping for decommissioning.
4731.0585Issuance of licenses.
4731.0590License conditions.
4731.0595License renewal and amendment.
4731.0597Inalienability of licenses.
4731.0600License expiration and termination; decommissioning.
4731.0605Specific license; manufacture or initial transfer of calibration or reference sources.
4731.0610Authorized use of special nuclear material.
4731.0615Transfer of special nuclear material.
4731.0620Reporting requirements.
4731.0625Record transfer requirements.
4731.0630Inspections and tests.
4731.0700Purpose and scope.
4731.0705Inactive tailings sites.
4731.0710License requirement.
4731.0715Exemption; use of source material under certain federal contracts.
4731.0720Exemption; carriers.
4731.0725Exemption; unimportant quantities of source material.
4731.0730Other exemptions.
4731.0735Types of licenses.
4731.0740General license; title to source or radioactive material.
4731.0745General license; small quantities of source material.
4731.0750General license; use of certain industrial products or devices.
4731.0760Specific license; application.
4731.0765Specific license; approval.
4731.0770Specific license; certain industrial products and devices.
4731.0780Financial assurance and record keeping for decommissioning.
4731.0785License conditions.
4731.0790License expiration and termination; decommissioning.
4731.0795License renewal and amendment.
4731.0810Inalienability of licenses.
4731.0815Transfer of radioactive material.
4731.0820Reporting requirements.
4731.0825Records.
4731.0830Inspections and tests.
4731.0840Modification and revocation of licenses.
4731.1000Scope; notices, instructions, reports.
4731.1010Posting worker notices.
4731.1020Worker instructions.
4731.1030Exposure notifications and reports.
4731.1040Inspections; presence of representatives.
4731.1050Inspections; consultation with workers.
4731.1060Inspections; requests by workers.
4731.1070Inspection not warranted; informal review.
4731.1080Variances.
4731.1090Discrimination prohibited.
4731.2000General provisions.
4731.2010Radiation protection programs.
4731.2020Occupational dose limits for adults.
4731.2030Summation of external and internal doses.
4731.2040Determination of external dose; airborne radioactive material.
4731.2050Determination of internal exposure.
4731.2060Planned special exposures.
4731.2070Occupational dose limits for minors.
4731.2080Dose equivalent to embryo/fetus.
4731.2090Radiation dose limits for the public.
4731.2095Compliance; dose limits for the public.
4731.2100Radiological criteria for license termination.
4731.2150Minimization of contamination.
4731.2200Surveys and monitoring.
4731.2210Individual monitoring; external and internal occupational dose.
4731.2220High radiation areas; control of access.
4731.2230Very high radiation areas; control of access.
4731.2240Controlling concentration of radioactive material in air.
4731.2260Use of individual respiratory protection equipment.
4731.2270Respiratory protection equipment restrictions.
4731.2280Use of higher assigned protection factors.
4731.2290Storage and control of licensed material.
4731.2300Caution signs.
4731.2310Posting requirements.
4731.2320Exceptions to posting requirements.
4731.2330Labeling containers.
4731.2340Labeling requirements; exemptions.
4731.2350Procedures for receiving and opening packages.
4731.2360Leak test requirements.
4731.2400Waste disposal.
4731.2405Decay-in-storage.
4731.2410Approval of proposed disposal procedures.
4731.2420Disposal by release into sanitary sewerage.
4731.2430Treatment or disposal by incineration.
4731.2440Disposal of specific wastes.
4731.2450Transfer for disposal; manifests.
4731.2460Disposal of certain byproduct material.
4731.2500Records; radiation protection programs.
4731.2510Records; surveys.
4731.2520Determination of prior occupational dose.
4731.2530Records; planned special exposures.
4731.2540Records; individual monitoring results.
4731.2550Records; dose to individual members of the public.
4731.2560Records; waste disposal.
4731.2600Reports; theft or loss of licensed material.
4731.2610Notification of incidents.
4731.2620Reports; radiation exposures, levels, and concentrations exceeding constraints or limits.
4731.2630Reports; planned special exposures.
4731.2640Reports to individuals; dose limits exceeded.
4731.2650Reports; individual monitoring.
4731.2700Assigned protection factors for respirators.
4731.2705Reports of transactions involving nationally tracked sources.
4731.2750Annual limits on intake and derived air concentrations.
4731.2800Quantities of licensed material requiring labeling.
4731.2820Nationally tracked source threshold.
4731.2950Low-level radioactive waste; transfer and disposal.
4731.3000Applicability; domestic licensing of radioactive material
4731.3005Activities requiring license.
4731.3010Specific exemptions.
4731.3015Exemption; use of radioactive material under certain federal contracts.
4731.3020Exemption; carriers.
4731.3025Exemption; certain concentrations.
4731.3030Exemption; certain items containing radioactive material.
4731.3040Exempt quantities.
4731.3045Exemption; self-luminous products containing tritium, krypton-85, or promethium-147.
4731.3050Exemption; gas and aerosol detectors containing radioactive material.
4731.3055Exemption; radioactive drugs.
4731.3060Types of licenses.
4731.3065Specific licenses; application.
4731.3070Specific licenses; approval.
4731.3075Terms and conditions of licenses.
4731.3080Financial assurance and record keeping for decommissioning.
4731.3085License expiration and termination; decommissioning.
4731.3090Renewal and amendment of licenses.
4731.3105Transfer of radioactive material.
4731.3110Reporting requirements.
4731.3115Records.
4731.3120Inspections and tests.
4731.3130Modification and revocation of licenses.
4731.3135Withholding or recall of radioactive material.
4731.3140Exempt concentrations.
4731.3145Exempt quantities.
4731.3150Radioactive materials; emergency plan quantities.
4731.3155Assuring decommissioning funds; parent company guarantees.
4731.3160Quantities of licensed material requiring labeling for decommissioning.
4731.3165Assuring decommissioning funds; self-guarantees; bond rating.
4731.3170Assuring decommissioning funds; self-guarantee; no outstanding rated bonds.
4731.3175Assuring decommissioning funds; nonprofit entities.
4731.3200General domestic licenses for radioactive material.
4731.3210General license; static elimination and ion-generating devices.
4731.3215General license; detecting, measuring, gauging, controlling, and other devices.
4731.3220General license; installation of generally licensed devices.
4731.3225General license; luminous safety devices for aircraft.
4731.3230General license; americium-241 and radium-226 calibration or reference sources.
4731.3235General license; owning radioactive material.
4731.3240General license; strontium-90 ice detection devices.
4731.3245General license; in vitro clinical or laboratory testing use.
4731.3250General license; certain items and self-luminous products containing radium-226.
4731.3300Specific domestic licenses to manufacture or transfer certain items containing radioactive material.
4731.3315Prohibition of introduction.
4731.3325Organ doses.
4731.3330Specific license; certain devices containing radioactive materials; manufacture or initial transfer.
4731.3345Specific license; luminous safety devices; manufacture, assemble, repair, or initially transfer.
4731.3365Specific license; calibration or reference sources; manufacture or initial transfer.
4731.3380Specific license; ice detection devices; manufacture or initial transfer.
4731.3390Specific license; material for in vitro clinical or laboratory testing; manufacture and distribution.
4731.3395Specific license; radioactive drugs for medical use; manufacture, preparation, or transfer.
4731.3400Specific license; sources or devices for medical use; manufacture and distribution.
4731.3405Prototype tests; luminous safety devices for aircraft.
4731.3410Prototype tests; calibration or reference sources containing americium-241 or radium-226.
4731.3415Prototype tests; ice detection devices containing strontium-90.
4731.3420Acceptance sampling procedures.
4731.3450Serialization of nationally tracked sources.
4731.3500Specific domestic licenses of broad scope for radioactive material.
4731.3520Specific license of broad scope; application.
4731.3530Type A specific license of broad scope.
4731.3540Type B specific license of broad scope.
4731.3550Type C specific license of broad scope.
4731.3560Application for other specific licenses.
4731.3570Specific licenses of broad scope; conditions.
4731.3580Limits for broad scope licenses.
4731.4000Licenses for industrial radiography and radiation safety requirements for industrial radiographic operations.
4731.4010Specific license; application.
4731.4020Specific license; industrial radiography.
4731.4030Performance requirements; industrial radiography equipment.
4731.4040Limits on external radiation levels.
4731.4050Locking of radiographic exposure devices, storage containers, and source changers.
4731.4060Radiation survey instruments.
4731.4070Leak testing, replacement, and other modifications of sealed sources.
4731.4080Quarterly inventory.
4731.4090Equipment inspection and maintenance.
4731.4100Permanent radiographic installations; entrance controls.
4731.4110Labeling; packaging; security.
4731.4120Industrial radiographic operations.
4731.4130Radiation safety officer.
4731.4140Radiographer training.
4731.4150Operating and emergency procedures.
4731.4160Supervision of radiographer's assistants.
4731.4170Personnel monitoring.
4731.4180Radiation surveys.
4731.4190Surveillance.
4731.4200Posting.
4731.4210Records; specific license for industrial radiography.
4731.4220Records; receipt and transfer of sealed sources.
4731.4240Records; leak testing.
4731.4250Records; quarterly inventory.
4731.4260Utilization logs.
4731.4270Records; inspection and maintenance.
4731.4290Records; training and certification.
4731.4310Records; personnel monitoring.
4731.4330Location of documents and records.
4731.4350Notifications.
4731.4360Radiographer certification.
4731.4400Applicability for the use of radioactive materials in the healing arts.
4731.4401Protection of human research subjects.
4731.4402Implementation.
4731.4403Specific license; medical use of radioactive materials.
4731.4404Other medical uses.
4731.4405Radiation protection program.
4731.4407Supervised individuals.
4731.4408Written directives.
4731.4409Procedures for administrations requiring written directive.
4731.4410Suppliers of medical use sealed sources or devices.
4731.4411Radiation safety officer training.
4731.4412Authorized medical physicist training.
4731.4413Authorized nuclear pharmacist training.
4731.4414Training; experienced radiation safety officer, teletherapy or medical physicist, authorized user, and nuclear pharmacist.
4731.4415Recentness of training.
4731.4420Measuring activity of unsealed radioactive material; instruments required.
4731.4421Calibration of survey instruments.
4731.4422Determination of dosages; unsealed radioactive material.
4731.4423Authorization for calibration, transmission, and reference use.
4731.4424Possession of sealed sources and brachytherapy sources; requirements.
4731.4425Labeling vials and syringes.
4731.4426Surveys of ambient radiation exposure rate.
4731.4427Release of individuals containing unsealed radioactive material or implants.
4731.4428Mobile medical service.
4731.4429Decay-in-storage.
4731.4430Control of aerosols and gases.
4731.4432Unsealed radioactive material; uptake, dilution, and excretion studies.
4731.4433Uptake, dilution, and excretion studies; training.
4731.4434Unsealed radioactive material; imaging and localization studies.
4731.4435Permissible molybdenum-99, strontium-82, and strontium-85 concentration.
4731.4436Imaging and localization studies; training.
4731.4440Unsealed radioactive material; written directive required.
4731.4441Safety instructions.
4731.4442Safety precautions.
4731.4443Unsealed radioactive material; written directive required; training.
4731.4444Administration of sodium iodide; quantities less than or equal to 33 millicuries (1.22 GBq); training.
4731.4445Administration of sodium iodide; quantities greater than 33 millicuries (1.22 GBq); training.
4731.4446Parenteral administration of unsealed radioactive material; written directive required; training.
4731.4450Use of brachytherapy sources.
4731.4451Surveys after source implant and removal.
4731.4452Brachytherapy sources accountability.
4731.4453Brachytherapy; safety instructions.
4731.4454Brachytherapy; safety precautions.
4731.4455Brachytherapy; calibration measurements.
4731.4456Decay of strontium-90 sources for ophthalmic treatments.
4731.4457Therapy-related computer systems.
4731.4458Manual brachytherapy training.
4731.4459Ophthalmic use of strontium-90; training.
4731.4460Use of sealed sources for diagnosis.
4731.4461Sealed sources for diagnosis; training.
4731.4463Use of a sealed source; remote afterloader unit, teletherapy unit, or gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit.
4731.4464Treatment with remote afterloader unit; surveys.
4731.4465Installation, maintenance, adjustment, and repair requirements.
4731.4466Remote afterloader units, teletherapy units, and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units; safety procedures and instructions.
4731.4467Remote afterloader units, teletherapy units, and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units; safety precautions.
4731.4468Dosimetry equipment.
4731.4469Teletherapy units; full calibration.
4731.4470Remote afterloader units; full calibration.
4731.4471Gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units; full calibration.
4731.4472Teletherapy units; periodic spot checks.
4731.4473Remote afterloader units; periodic spot checks.
4731.4474Gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units; periodic spot checks.
4731.4475Mobile remote afterloader units; additional requirements.
4731.4476Radiation surveys.
4731.4477Teletherapy and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units; five-year inspection.
4731.4478Teletherapy and gamma stereotactic computer systems.
4731.4479Remote afterloader units, teletherapy units, and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units; training.
4731.4500Radiation protection program records.
4731.4501Written directive records.
4731.4502Instrument calibration records.
4731.4503Dosage records.
4731.4504Leaks test and inventory records.
4731.4505Survey records; ambient radiation exposure.
4731.4506Release records; individuals containing radioactive material or implants.
4731.4507Mobile medical service records.
4731.4509Molybdenum-99 records, strontium-82, and strontium-85 concentration records.
4731.4510Safety instruction records.
4731.4511Survey records; source implant and removal.
4731.4512Brachytherapy source accountability records.
4731.4513Brachytherapy source calibration records.
4731.4514Strontium-90 decay records.
4731.4515Installation, maintenance, adjustment, and repair records.
4731.4516Safety procedures records.
4731.4517Dosimetry equipment records.
4731.4518Calibration records; teletherapy, remote afterloader, and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units.
4731.4519Spot check records; teletherapy units.
4731.4520Spot check records; remote afterloader units.
4731.4521Spot check records; gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units.
4731.4522Operability records; mobile remote afterloader units.
4731.4523Survey records; therapeutic treatment units.
4731.4524Inspection records; teletherapy and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units.
4731.4525Medical event; report and notification.
4731.4526Dose to an embryo/fetus or child; report and notification.
4731.4527Report of leaking source.
4731.4600Definitions.
4731.4605Minimum standards for nuclear medicine technologists.
4731.4610Exceptions.
4731.4612Training for individuals functioning as a nuclear medicine technologist before January 1, 2011, who are not accredited.
4731.4615Documentation of competency.
4731.4620Requirements for operators of fusion imaging devices.
4731.6000Purpose and scope.
4731.6010Specific license; application.
4731.6020Specific license; approval.
4731.6030Start of construction.
4731.6040Applications for exemptions.
4731.6050Performance criteria; sealed sources.
4731.6060Access control.
4731.6070Shielding.
4731.6080Fire protection.
4731.6090Radiation monitors.
4731.6100Control of source movement; panoramic irradiators.
4731.6110Irradiator pools.
4731.6120Source rack protection.
4731.6130Power failures.
4731.6140Design requirements.
4731.6150Construction monitoring and acceptance testing.
4731.6160Training.
4731.6170Operating and emergency procedures.
4731.6180Personnel monitoring.
4731.6190Radiation surveys.
4731.6200Detection of leaking sources.
4731.6210Inspection and maintenance.
4731.6220Pool water purity.
4731.6230Attendance during operation.
4731.6240Entering and leaving the radiation room.
4731.6250Irradiation of explosive or flammable materials.
4731.6260Records and retention periods.
4731.6270Reports.
4731.7000Licenses and radiation safety requirements for well logging.
4731.7010Application.
4731.7020Specific license; well logging.
4731.7030Agreement with well owner or operator.
4731.7040Request for written statements.
4731.7050Labels, security, and transportation precautions.
4731.7060Radiation detection instruments.
4731.7070Leak testing; sealed sources.
4731.7080Physical inventory.
4731.7090Records of material use.
4731.7100Design and performance criteria for sources.
4731.7110Inspection and maintenance; opening source or source holder.
4731.7120Subsurface tracer studies.
4731.7130Radioactive markers.
4731.7140Uranium sinker bars.
4731.7150Use without a surface casing.
4731.7160Energy compensation source.
4731.7170Tritium neutron generator target source.
4731.7200Training.
4731.7210Operating and emergency procedures.
4731.7220Personnel monitoring.
4731.7230Radiation surveys.
4731.7240Radioactive contamination control.
4731.7250Security.
4731.7260Documents and records; field stations.
4731.7270Documents and records; temporary job sites.
4731.7280Notification of incidents and lost sources; abandonment procedures.
4731.8000Physical protection of category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive material.
4731.8005Exemption for waste.
4731.8010Personnel access authorization requirements for category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive material.
4731.8015Access authorization program requirements.
4731.8020Background investigations.
4731.8025Requirements for criminal history records checks of individuals granted unescorted access to category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive material.
4731.8030Relief from fingerprinting, identification, and criminal history records checks and other elements of background investigations.
4731.8035Protection of information.
4731.8040Access authorization program review.
4731.8050Security program.
4731.8055General security program requirements.
4731.8060Local Law Enforcement Agency (LLEA) coordination.
4731.8065Security zones.
4731.8070Monitoring, detection, and assessment.
4731.8075Maintenance and testing.
4731.8080Requirements for mobile devices.
4731.8085Security program review.
4731.8090Reporting of events.
4731.8100Additional requirements for transfer of category 1 and category 2 quantities or radioactive materials.
4731.8105Applicability of physical protection of category 1 and category 2 quantities of radioactive material during transit.
4731.8110Preplanning and coordination of shipment of category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive material.
4731.8115Advance notification of shipment of category 1 quantities of radioactive material.
4731.8120Physical protection of category 1 or category 2 quantities of radioactive material during shipment.
4731.8125Reporting of events.
4731.8130Form of records.
4731.8135Records retention.
4731.8140Category 1 and category 2 radioactive materials.
 

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