Section 335.1040  Authorities and Responsibilities for the Radiation Protection Program

a)         In addition to the radiation protection program requirements of 32 Ill. Adm. Code 340.110, a licensee's management shall approve in writing:

1)         Requests for a license application, renewal or amendment before submittal to the Agency.

2)         Any individual before allowing that individual to work as an authorized user or authorized medical physicist.

b)         A licensee's management shall appoint a Radiation Safety Officer who agrees, in writing, to be responsible for implementing the radiation protection program.  The licensee, through the Radiation Safety Officer, shall ensure that radiation safety activities are being performed in accordance with licensee-approved procedures and regulatory requirements.

c)         A licensee may permit an authorized user or an individual qualified to be a Radiation Safety Officer, under Sections 335.9010, 335.9160, 335.9180 and 335.9190 of this Part, to function as a Radiation Safety Officer designee and to perform the functions of a Radiation Safety Officer, as provided in subsection (g) of this Section, if the licensee takes the actions required in subsections (b), (e), (g), (h) and (i) of this Section.

d)         A licensee may simultaneously appoint more than one temporary Radiation Safety Officer in accordance with subsection (c) of this Section, if needed to ensure that the licensee has a temporary Radiation Safety Officer that satisfies the requirements to be a Radiation Safety Officer for each of the different types of uses of radioactive material permitted by the license.

e)         A licensee shall establish the authority, duties and responsibilities of the Radiation Safety Officer in writing.

f)          Licensees that are authorized for two or more different types of uses of radioactive material under Subparts E, F, H and I or Section 335.2140 of this Part for emerging technologies, or two or more types of units under Subpart I of this Part, shall establish a Radiation Safety Committee to oversee all uses of radioactive material permitted by the license.  The Committee shall include an authorized user of each type of use permitted by the license, the Radiation Safety Officer, a representative of the nursing service, and a representative of management who is neither an authorized user nor a Radiation Safety Officer.  The Committee may include other members the licensee considers appropriate.

g)         A licensee shall provide the Radiation Safety Officer sufficient authority, organizational freedom, time, resources and management prerogative to:

1)         Identify radiation safety problems;

2)         Initiate, recommend or provide corrective actions;

3)         Stop unsafe operations; and

4)         Verify implementation of corrective actions.

h)         A licensee shall retain a record of actions taken by the licensee's management in accordance with subsection (a) of this Section for 5 years.  The record shall include a summary of the actions taken and a signature of licensee's management.

i)          The licensee shall retain a copy of the authority, duties and responsibilities of the Radiation Safety Officer as required by subsection (e) of this Section and a signed copy of each Radiation Safety Officer's agreement to be responsible for implementing the radiation safety program, as required by subsection (b) of this Section, for the duration of the license.  The records shall include the signature of the Radiation Safety Officer and licensee's management.

(Source:  Amended at 30 Ill. Reg. 9029, effective April 28, 2006)