OAR 333-101-0003: Definitions

(1) "Facility" means the location, building, vehicle, or complex under one administrative control, at which one or more devices or sources of radiation (X-ray, radioactive materials, or non-ionizing radiation) are installed. (2) "Health Physics Consultant" means a person, business, facility, or institution providing health physics knowledge and skills for a fee. A health physics consultant may not use or possess radioactive material without specific license authorization pursuant to OAR 333-102-0200. (3) "Inoperable" means disabling equipment such that ionizing radiation cannot be produced. This is accomplished by removing the X-ray tube, removal of the control unit, removal of the power supply or physical removal of the power cord on a free standing unit. (4) "Radiation machine services" means: (a) Installation, calibration and repair of radiation machines and associated radiation machine components; (b) Quality assurance testing of items such as collimation, HVL, kVp, mA, and time; (c) Radiation output of radiation machines; and (d) Providing applications training for installed radiation machines. (5) "Storage" means a condition in which a device or source is not being used for an extended period of time and has been made inoperable. (6) "Vendor" means a person, business, facility, or institution providing a product or service for a fee. Radiation vendors include, but are not limited to, machine salespersons, repair and technical personnel, training providers or marketing representatives who sell, demonstrate, or market X-ray machines or tanning beds and provide advice, consultation, service, or technical information to registrants.