Haw. Code R. § tit. 11, subtit. 1, ch. 45, subch. 5, app A of Subchapter 5

Current through November, 2024
Appendix A of Subchapter 5 - Subjects For Instruction of Radiographer Trainees (2/2/93)

Training to qualify individuals as radiographer trainees shall be presented on a formal basis and shall include the following subjects:

I. Fundamentals of Radiation Safety
A. Characteristics of radiation
B. Units of radiation dose and quantity of radioactivity
C. Significance of radiation dose
1. Radiation protection standards
2. Biological effects of radiation
3. Case histories of radiography accidents
D. Levels of radiation from sources of radiation
E. Methods of controlling radiation dose
1. Working time
2. Working distances
3. Shielding
II. Radiation Detection Instrumentation to be Used
A. Use of radiation survey instruments
1. Operation
2. Calibration
3. Limitations
B. Survey techniques
C. Use of personnel monitoring equipment
1. Film badges
2. Thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD)
3. Pocket dosimeters
4. Alarm ratemeter
III. The Requirements of Pertinent Federal and State Regulations
IV. The Registrant's Written Operating and Emergency Procedures
V. Radiographic Equipment to be Used
A. Remote handling equipment
B. Operation and control of radiographic exposure devices and sealed sources, including pictures or models of source assemblies (pigtails)
C. Storage and transport containers, source changers
D. Operation and control of x-ray equipment
E. Collimators

Haw. Code R. tit. 11, subtit. 1, ch. 45, subch. 5, app A of Subchapter 5

2/2/93