Section 11-45-53 - Surveys and monitoring(a) Radiation surveys shall be conducted in all areas in the vicinity of sources of radiation by, or under the direction of, a qualified medical physicist.(b) Instruments and equipment used for quantitative radiation measurements shall be calibrated at least annually.(c) All personnel dosimeters, except for direct and indirect reading pocket ionization chambers and those dosimeters used to measure the dose to any extremity, that require processing to determine the radiation dose and that are used by licensees to comply with section 11-45-40, with other applicable provisions of this chapter, or with conditions specified in a license shall be processed and evaluated by a dosimetry processor: (1) Holding current personnel dosimetry accreditation from the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology; and(2) Approved in this accreditation process for the type of radiation or radiations included in the NVLAP program that most closely approximates the type of radiation or radiations for which the individual wearing the dosimeter is monitored.(d) The licensee shall ensure that adequate precautions are taken to prevent a deceptive exposure of an individual monitoring device.[Eff 11/12/99] (Auth: HRS §§ 321-10, 321-11, 321-71) (Imp: HRS §§ 321-1, 321-11(21), 321-71)