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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 336RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE RULES
SUBCHAPTER MLICENSING OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES PROCESSING AND STORAGE FACILITIES
RULE §336.1233Radiation Safety Committee

The duties and responsibilities of the Radiation Safety Committee include but are not limited to the following:

  (1) meeting as often as necessary to conduct business but no less than three times a year;

  (2) reviewing summaries of the following information presented by the radiation safety officer:

    (A) over-exposures;

    (B) significant incidents, including spills, contamination, or medical events; and

    (C) items of noncompliance following an inspection;

  (3) reviewing the program for maintaining doses as low as reasonably achievable, and providing any necessary recommendations to ensure doses are as low as reasonably achievable;

  (4) reviewing the overall compliance status for authorized users;

  (5) sharing responsibility with the radiation safety officer to conduct periodic audits of the radiation safety program;

  (6) reviewing the audit of the radiation safety program and acting upon the findings;

  (7) developing criteria to evaluate training and experience of new authorized user applicants;

  (8) evaluating and approving authorized user applicants who request authorization to use radioactive material at the facility;

  (9) evaluating new uses of radioactive material; and

  (10) reviewing and approving permitted program and procedural changes prior to implementation.


Source Note: The provisions of this §336.1233 adopted to be effective February 28, 2008, 33 TexReg 1570

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