Health (Radiation Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (Vic)

Health (Radiation Safety) (Amendment)

Regulations 1997

S.R. No. 14/1997

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation Page

1.	Objective	1
2.	Authorising provisions	1
3.	Commencement	1
4.	Principal Regulations	2
5.	Amendment of definition	2
6.	Operator licences	2
7.	Exemption from licensing	2
8.	New regulation 49 substituted	3

49. Use of ancillary equipment and procedures 3

9.	Personal monitoring	4
10.	Radiation weighting factors	4

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STATUTORY RULES 1997

S.R. No. 14/1997

Health Act 1958

Health (Radiation Safety) (Amendment)

Regulations 1997

The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 25 February 1997

Responsible Minister:

ROB KNOWLES

Minister for Health

A. WILTSHIRE

Acting Clerk of the Executive Council

1. Objective

The main objective of these Regulations is to facilitate the transfer of responsibility for the licensing of radiographers and nuclear medicine technologists to the Medical Radiation Technologists Board of Victoria.

2. Authorising provisions

These Regulations are made under sections 108AJ and 391 of the Health Act 1958.

3. Commencement

These Regulations come into operation on 1
March 1997.

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4. Principal Regulations

In these Regulations, the Health (Radiation
Safety) Regulations 19941 are called the Principal

Regulations.

5. Amendment of definition

In regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations, for
the definition of "licensee" substitute—
' "licensee" means a person issued with a licence

under section 108AF of the Act and includes a person registered by the Medical Radiation Technologists Board of Victoria to practice

in radiography or nuclear medicine

technology;'.

6. Operator licences

In regulation 11 of the Principal Regulations—

(a) paragraphs (b), (d), and (f) are revoked;

(b)	in paragraph (g), before "medical" insert "registered";
(c)	in paragraph (m), for "paragraphs (a) to (l)" substitute "paragraphs (a), (c), (e), (j), (k) and (l)".

7. Exemption from licensing

Regulation 21 of the Principal Regulations is amended as follows—

(a) in sub-regulation (1)—

(i) holder of an operator licence or a
person registered by the Medical

for "licensed operator" substitute "the Victoria";

(ii) for paragraph (b) substitute—

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"(b) a person who is a student in

radiography or nuclear medicine technology, and who is a trainee in medical imaging technology, radiation therapy technology, or nuclear medicine technology; and

(ba) a person who is provisionally

registered by the Medical
Radiation Technologists Board of

Victoria;";

(b) in sub-regulation (4), after "regulation 11" insert "or to a person registered by the Medical Radiation Technologists Board of Victoria".

8. New regulation 49 substituted

For regulation 49 of the Principal Regulations
substitute—

"49. Use of ancillary equipment and procedures

A person who is—

(a) radiation apparatus or a radioactive

licensed to operate or use ionizing diagnosis or treatment; or

(b)	registered by the Medical Radiation Technologists Board of Victoria and operating or using ionising radiation apparatus or a radioactive substance for
the purposes of medical diagnosis or treatment—

must use all procedures and ancillary
equipment appropriate to the diagnosis or
treatment to minimise the radiation dose to
the person being diagnosed or treated.
Penalty: 25 penalty units.".

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9. Personal monitoring

For regulation 53(1)(a) of the Principal
Regulations substitute—

"(a) a licensee; or".

10. Radiation weighting factors

In Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Principal

Regulations—

(a)	for "2 MeV Alpha particles, fission" substitute "2 MeV";
(b)

for "fragments, heavy nuclei" substitute nuclei".

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NOTES

1 S.R. No. 165/1994 as amended by S.R. No. 49/1996.