Radiation Protection Rules

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, Periodic Review and Expiration of Existing Rules, all rules are reviewed at least every 10 years, or they shall expire. As a result of the periodic review of the rules in Chapter 10A NCAC 15, Radiation Protection, these 54 rules were part of the 257 rules from the N.C. Radiation Protection Commission determined as “Necessary With Substantive Public Interest,” requiring readoption. With input from advisory committees, working groups of the N.C. Radiation Protection Commission and stake holders, substantive changes are proposed for eight rules for readoption, and 46 rules are proposed for repeal through readoption.

The eight rules proposed for readoption with substantive changes have been reorganized to incorporate by reference Title 10 of the federal Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) for Parts 30 through 33, 35, 36, 40 and 70, including subsequent amendments and editions, instead of repeating the contents of those regulations. General changes to these rules include administrative additions to describe the contents of an application form and to specify that communications be sent to the agency, and minor additions to clarify existing requirements. There are two rule changes of note. One is an addition to 10A NCAC 15 .0301 that defines the term “temporary jobsite” and requires licensees to list temporary jobsites on their licenses if the duration of work at those locations exceeds 180 days over a calendar year. The second is to 10A NCAC 15 .0307 that changes the training requirements for Nuclear Medicine Technologists.

Forty-six rules are proposed for repeal through readoption due to rule requirement redundancy. The requirements from the CFRs in these rules were incorporated by reference into the substantive changes in the proposed rules for readoption therefore these 46 rules are not necessary.