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PDFWAC 246-240-357

Installation, maintenance, adjustment, and repair.

(1) Only a person specifically licensed by the department, NRC, or an agreement state shall install, maintain, adjust, or repair a remote afterloader unit, teletherapy unit, or gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit that involves work on the sources shielding, the sources driving unit, or other electronic or mechanical component that could expose the sources, reduce the shielding around the sources, or compromise the radiation safety of the unit or the sources.
(2) Except for low dose-rate remote afterloader units, only a person specifically licensed by the department, NRC, or an agreement state shall install, replace, relocate, or remove a sealed source or source contained in other remote afterloader units, teletherapy units, or gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units.
(3) For a low dose-rate remote afterloader unit, only a person specifically licensed by the department, NRC, or an agreement state or an authorized medical physicist shall install, replace, relocate, or remove a sealed sources contained in the unit.
(4) A licensee shall retain a record of the installation, maintenance, adjustment, and repair of remote afterloader units, teletherapy units, and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units in accordance with WAC 246-240-605.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 70A.388.040 and 70A.388.110. WSR 22-19-084, § 246-240-357, filed 9/20/22, effective 10/21/22. Statutory Authority: RCW 70.98.050. WSR 13-11-021, § 246-240-357, filed 5/7/13, effective 6/7/13; WSR 06-05-019, § 246-240-357, filed 2/6/06, effective 3/9/06.]