ORS 453.615: Statement of policy.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
It is the policy of the State of Oregon in furtherance of its responsibility to protect the public health and safety: (1) To institute and maintain a regulatory program for radiation sources so as to provide for: (a) Compatibility with the standards and regulatory programs of the federal government; (b) An integrated effective system of regulation within the state; and (c) A system consonant insofar as possible with those of other states; and (2) To institute and maintain a program to permit development and utilization of radiation sources for peaceful purposes consistent with the health and safety of the public. [1961 c.664 §1]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 333-100-0001: Scope — implements
- OAR 333-100-0005: Definitions — implements
- OAR 333-100-0010: Additional Definitions — implements
- OAR 333-100-0015: Interpretations — implements
- OAR 333-100-0020: Prohibited Uses — implements
- OAR 333-100-0025: Exemptions — implements
- OAR 333-100-0030: Additional Requirements — implements
- OAR 333-100-0035: Violations — implements
- OAR 333-100-0040: Impounding — implements
- OAR 333-100-0045: Communications — implements
- OAR 333-100-0050: Severability — implements
- OAR 333-100-0055: Records — implements
- OAR 333-100-0057: Maintenance of Records — implements
- OAR 333-100-0060: Inspections — implements
- OAR 333-100-0065: Tests — implements
- OAR 333-100-0070: Units of Exposure and Dose — implements
- OAR 333-101-0001: Purpose and Scope — implements
- OAR 333-101-0001: Purpose and Scope — authority
- OAR 333-101-0003: Definitions — authority
- OAR 333-101-0005: Application for Registration of Radiation Machines — authority
- OAR 333-101-0010: Exemptions — implements
- OAR 333-101-0010: Exemptions — authority
- OAR 333-101-0015: Transfer or Disposal of Radiation Producing Machines or Equipment — implements
- OAR 333-101-0015: Transfer or Disposal of Radiation Producing Machines or Equipment — authority
- OAR 333-101-0020: Application for License of Sales, Services, Consultation, and Servicing For Radiation Machines — implements
- OAR 333-101-0020: Application for License of Sales, Services, Consultation, and Servicing For Radiation Machines — authority
- OAR 333-101-0040: Expiration of Notice of Registration — implements
- OAR 333-101-0055: Approval Not Implied — implements
- OAR 333-101-0055: Approval Not Implied — authority
- OAR 333-101-0080: X-ray Machine Registration Denial, Suspension, Revocation and Conditions — implements
- OAR 333-101-0090: Investigation and Civil Penalty — implements
- OAR 333-101-0090: Investigation and Civil Penalty — authority
- OAR 333-101-0200: Hospital X-ray Machine Registration — authority
- OAR 333-101-0210: Hospital Radiology Inspector — implements
- OAR 333-101-0220: Hospital Radiology Inspector Qualifications — authority
- OAR 333-101-0230: Hospital Radiology Inspector Testing — implements
- OAR 333-101-0230: Hospital Radiology Inspector Testing — authority
- OAR 333-101-0240: Hospital Radiology Inspector Accreditation — implements
- OAR 333-101-0240: Hospital Radiology Inspector Accreditation — authority
- OAR 333-101-0250: Hospital Radiology Inspector Accreditation Revocation — implements
- OAR 333-101-0260: Hospital Radiology Inspector Continuing Education — implements
- OAR 333-101-0260: Hospital Radiology Inspector Continuing Education — authority
- OAR 333-101-0270: Hospital Responsibilities Re: X-ray Machines — implements
- OAR 333-101-0270: Hospital Responsibilities Re: X-ray Machines — authority
- OAR 333-101-0280: Authority Responsibilities Regarding the Radiology Inspection — implements
- OAR 333-101-0280: Authority Responsibilities Regarding the Radiology Inspection — authority
- OAR 333-101-0290: Accredited Hospital Radiology Inspector Responsibilities — implements
- OAR 333-101-0290: Accredited Hospital Radiology Inspector Responsibilities — authority
- OAR 333-102-0005: Exemptions: Unimportant Quantities of Source Material — implements
- OAR 333-102-0010: Exemptions — Radioactive Material Other than Source Material: Exempt Concentrations — implements
- OAR 333-102-0015: Exemptions: Certain Items Containing Radioactive Material — implements
- OAR 333-102-0025: Exemptions: Gas and Aerosol Detectors Containing Byproduct Material — implements
- OAR 333-102-0030: Exemptions: Self-Luminous Products Containing Tritium, Krypton-85, or Promethium-147 — implements
- OAR 333-102-0032: Exemptions: Self Luminous Products and Sources Containing Radium-226 — implements
- OAR 333-102-0033: Exemptions: Certain Industrial Devices — implements
- OAR 333-102-0035: Exemptions: Exempt Quantities — implements
- OAR 333-102-0040: Exemptions: In Vivo Testing in Humans for H. Pylori Using Carbon-14 Labeled Urea — implements
- OAR 333-102-0075: Licenses: Types of Licenses — implements
- OAR 333-102-0101: General Licenses — Small Quantities of Source Material — implements
- OAR 333-102-0102: General Licenses — Requirements for License to Initially Transfer Source Material for Use Under the Small Quantities of Source Materials General License — implements
- OAR 333-102-0104: General Licenses — Conditions of Licenses to Initially Transfer Source Material for Use Under the 'Small Quantities of Source Material' General License: Quality Control, Labeling, Safety Instructions, and Records and Reports — implements
- OAR 333-102-0106: General Licenses — Depleted Uranium in Industrial Products and Devices — implements
- OAR 333-102-0110: General Licenses — Radioactive Material Other than Source Material: Luminous Safety Devices for Aircraft — implements
- OAR 333-102-0115: General Licenses — Radioactive Material Other than Source Material: Certain Measuring, Gauging and Controlling Devices — implements
- OAR 333-102-0120: General Licenses — Radioactive Material Other than Source Material: Ownership of Radioactive Material — implements
- OAR 333-102-0125: General Licenses — Radioactive Material Other than Source Material: Calibration and Reference Sources — implements
- OAR 333-102-0130: General Licenses — Radioactive Material Other than Source Material: General License for Use of Radioactive Material for Certain In Vitro Clinical or Laboratory Testing — implements
- OAR 333-102-0135: General Licenses — Radioactive Material Other than Source Material: Ice Detection Devices — implements
- OAR 333-102-0190: General Licenses — Radioactive Material Other than Source Material: Application for Specific Licenses — implements
- OAR 333-102-0200: General Licenses — Radioactive Material Other than Source Material: General Requirements for the Issuance of Specific Licenses — implements
- OAR 333-102-0203: General Licenses — Radioactive Material Other than Source Material: Definitions — implements
- OAR 333-102-0235: General Licenses — Radioactive Material Other than Source Material: Requirements for License to Manufacture, or Initially Transfer Radioactive Material Contained in Devices Granted a General License Under OAR 333-102-0115 — implements
- OAR 333-102-0245: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Introduction of Radioactive Material in Exempt Concentrations into Products or Materials, and Transfer of Ownership or Possession: Requirements for License — implements
- OAR 333-102-0247: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Records and Material Transfer Reports — implements
- OAR 333-102-0250: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Manufacture and Distribution of Radioactive Material for Certain In Vitro Clinical or Laboratory Testing Under a General License — implements
- OAR 333-102-0255: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Licensing the Distribution of Radioactive Material in Exempt Quantities — implements
- OAR 333-102-0260: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Licensing the Incorporation of Naturally Occurring and Accelerator-Produced Radioactive Material into Gas and Aerosol Detectors — implements
- OAR 333-102-0265: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Special Requirements for the Manufacture, Assembly or Repair of Luminous Safety Devices for Use in Aircraft — implements
- OAR 333-102-0270: Special Requirements for License to Manufacture Calibration Sources Containing Americium-241, Plutonium or Radium-226 for Distribution to Persons Granted a General License by OAR 333-102-0125 — implements
- OAR 333-102-0275: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Licensing the Manufacture and Distribution of Ice Detection Devices — implements
- OAR 333-102-0285: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Manufacture, Preparation, or Transfer for Commercial Distribution of Radiopharmaceutical Drugs Containing Byproduct Material for Medical Use Under OAR Chapter 333, Division 116 — implements
- OAR 333-102-0290: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Manufacture and Distribution of Sources or Devices Containing Byproduct Material for Medical Use — implements
- OAR 333-102-0293: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Requirements for License to Manufacture and Distribute Industrial Products Containing Depleted Uranium for Mass-Volume Applications — implements
- OAR 333-102-0297: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Sealed Source or Device Evaluation — implements
- OAR 333-102-0300: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Issuance of Specific Licenses — implements
- OAR 333-102-0305: Specific Terms and Conditions of License — implements
- OAR 333-102-0310: Expiration and Termination of Licenses and Decommissioning of Sites and Separate Buildings or Outdoor Areas — implements
- OAR 333-102-0315: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Application for Renewal of Licenses — implements
- OAR 333-102-0320: Amendment of Licenses at Request of Licensee — implements
- OAR 333-102-0325: Authority Action on Applications to Renew and Amend — implements
- OAR 333-102-0327: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Specifically Licensed Items — Registration of Product Information — implements
- OAR 333-102-0330: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Transfer of Material — implements
- OAR 333-102-0335: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Modification, Revocation and Termination of Licenses — implements
- OAR 333-102-0340: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Reciprocal Recognition of Licenses — implements
- OAR 333-102-0345: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Special Procedures in Regulatory Review — implements
- OAR 333-102-0350: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Reporting Requirements — implements
- OAR 333-102-0355: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Records — implements
- OAR 333-102-0360: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Right to Cause the Withholding or Recall of Byproduct Material — implements
- OAR 333-102-0365: Special Requirement for a Specific License to Manufacture, Assemble, Repair or Distribute Commodities, Products or Devices Which Contain Radioactive Material: Third Party Method — implements
- OAR 333-102-0900: Transport: Special Requirements for Specific Licenses of Broad Scope — implements
- OAR 333-102-0910: Transport: Specific Terms and Conditions for Broad Licenses — implements
- OAR 333-103-0001: Purpose and Scope — implements
- OAR 333-105-0001: Purpose — implements
- OAR 333-105-0003: Scope — implements
- OAR 333-105-0005: Definitions — implements
- OAR 333-105-0050: Exemptions — implements
- OAR 333-105-0075: Licensing and Registration Requirements for Industrial Radiography Operations — implements
- OAR 333-105-0420: Equipment Control: Performance Requirements for Industrial Radiography Equipment — implements
- OAR 333-105-0430: Equipment Control: Limits on External Radiation Levels From Storage Containers and Source Changers — implements
- OAR 333-105-0440: Equipment Control: Locking of Sources of Radiation, Storage Containers and Source Changers — implements
- OAR 333-105-0450: Equipment Control: Radiation Survey Instruments — implements
- OAR 333-105-0460: Equipment Control: Leak Testing and Replacement of Sealed Sources — implements
- OAR 333-105-0470: Equipment Control: Quarterly Inventory — implements
- OAR 333-105-0480: Equipment Control: Inspection and Maintenance of Radiation Machines, Radiographic Exposure Devices, Transport and Storage Containers, Associated Equipment, Source Changers, and Survey Instruments — implements
- OAR 333-105-0490: Equipment Control: Permanent Radiographic Installations — implements
- OAR 333-105-0500: Equipment Control: Labeling, Storage, and Transportation — implements
- OAR 333-105-0510: Radiation Safety Requirements: Conducting Industrial Radiographic Operations — implements
- OAR 333-105-0520: Radiation Safety Requirements: Radiation Safety Officer — implements
- OAR 333-105-0530: Radiation Safety Requirements: Training — implements
- OAR 333-105-0540: Radiation Safety Requirements: Operating and Emergency Procedures — implements
- OAR 333-105-0550: Radiation Safety Requirements: Supervision of Radiographer's Assistants — implements
- OAR 333-105-0560: Radiation Safety Requirements: Personnel Monitoring — implements
- OAR 333-105-0570: Radiation Safety Requirements: Radiation Surveys — implements
- OAR 333-105-0580: Radiation Safety Requirements: Surveillance — implements
- OAR 333-105-0590: Radiation Safety Requirements: Posting — implements
- OAR 333-105-0600: Recordkeeping Requirements: Records for Industrial Radiography — implements
- OAR 333-105-0610: Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Receipt and Transfer of Sources of Radiation — implements
- OAR 333-105-0620: Records of Radiation Survey Instruments — implements
- OAR 333-105-0630: Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Leak Testing of Sealed Sources and Devices Containing DU — implements
- OAR 333-105-0640: Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Quarterly Inventory — implements
- OAR 333-105-0650: Recordkeeping Requirements: Utilization Logs — implements
- OAR 333-105-0660: Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Inspection and Maintenance of Radiation Machines, Radiographic Exposure Devices, Transport and Storage Containers, Associated Equipment, Source Changers, and Survey Instruments — implements
- OAR 333-105-0670: Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Alarm System and Entrance Control Checks at Permanent Radiographic Installations — implements
- OAR 333-105-0680: Recordkeeping Requirements: Records Of Training and Certification — implements
- OAR 333-105-0690: Recordkeeping Requirements: Copies of Operating and Emergency Procedures — implements
- OAR 333-105-0700: Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Personnel Monitoring — implements
- OAR 333-105-0710: Recordkeeping Requirements: Records of Radiation Surveys — implements
- OAR 333-105-0720: Recordkeeping Requirements: Form of Records — implements
- OAR 333-105-0730: Recordkeeping Requirements: Location Of Documents and Records — implements
- OAR 333-105-0740: Notifications — implements
- OAR 333-105-0750: Notifications: Reciprocity — implements
- OAR 333-105-0760: Notifications: Specific Requirements for Radiographic Personnel Performing Industrial Radiography — implements
- OAR 333-106-0001: Purpose and Scope — implements
- OAR 333-106-0001: Purpose and Scope — authority
- OAR 333-106-0005: Definitions — implements
- OAR 333-106-0005: Definitions — authority
- OAR 333-106-0010: Administrative Controls — implements
- OAR 333-106-0010: Administrative Controls — authority
- OAR 333-106-0015: General Requirements: Technique Chart — implements
- OAR 333-106-0015: General Requirements: Technique Chart — authority
- OAR 333-106-0020: General Requirements: Written Rules and Procedures — authority
- OAR 333-106-0025: General Requirements: Protection of Patients and Personnel — implements
- OAR 333-106-0025: General Requirements: Protection of Patients and Personnel — authority
- OAR 333-106-0035: General Requirements: Deliberate Exposures Restricted — implements
- OAR 333-106-0035: General Requirements: Deliberate Exposures Restricted — authority
- OAR 333-106-0040: General Requirements: Patient Holding and Restraint — implements
- OAR 333-106-0040: General Requirements: Patient Holding and Restraint — authority
- OAR 333-106-0045: General Requirements: Use of Best Procedures and Equipment — implements
- OAR 333-106-0045: General Requirements: Use of Best Procedures and Equipment — authority
- OAR 333-106-0050: General Requirements: Personnel Monitoring — implements
- OAR 333-106-0050: General Requirements: Personnel Monitoring — authority
- OAR 333-106-0055: General Requirements: X-ray Operator Training — implements
- OAR 333-106-0055: General Requirements: X-ray Operator Training — authority
- OAR 333-106-0060: General Requirements: Radiation Use and Safety Instructor Qualifications — implements
- OAR 333-106-0060: General Requirements: Radiation Use and Safety Instructor Qualifications — authority
- OAR 333-106-0101: General Requirements: Diagnostic X-ray Systems — implements
- OAR 333-106-0101: General Requirements: Diagnostic X-ray Systems — authority
- OAR 333-106-0105: General Requirements: Information and Maintenance Record and Associated Information — implements
- OAR 333-106-0105: General Requirements: Information and Maintenance Record and Associated Information — authority
- OAR 333-106-0110: General Requirements: Plan Review — implements
- OAR 333-106-0110: General Requirements: Plan Review — authority
- OAR 333-106-0120: General Requirements: Information on Radiation Shielding for Plan Reviews — Optional — authority
- OAR 333-106-0130: General Requirements: Design Requirements for an Operator’s Booth — implements
- OAR 333-106-0130: General Requirements: Design Requirements for an Operator’s Booth — authority
- OAR 333-106-0201: Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems — implements
- OAR 333-106-0201: Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems — authority
- OAR 333-106-0205: Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Activation of the Fluoroscopic Tube — implements
- OAR 333-106-0205: Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Activation of the Fluoroscopic Tube — authority
- OAR 333-106-0210: Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Entrance Exposure Rates — implements
- OAR 333-106-0210: Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Entrance Exposure Rates — authority
- OAR 333-106-0215: Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Barrier Transmitted Radiation Rate Limits — implements
- OAR 333-106-0215: Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Barrier Transmitted Radiation Rate Limits — authority
- OAR 333-106-0220: Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Indication of Potential and Current — authority
- OAR 333-106-0225: Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Source-to-Skin Distance — implements
- OAR 333-106-0225: Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Source-to-Skin Distance — authority
- OAR 333-106-0235: Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Mobile Fluoroscopes — implements
- OAR 333-106-0235: Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Mobile Fluoroscopes — authority
- OAR 333-106-0240: Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Control of Scattered Radiation — implements
- OAR 333-106-0240: Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Control of Scattered Radiation — authority
- OAR 333-106-0245: Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Radiation Therapy Simulation Systems — implements
- OAR 333-106-0245: Fluoroscopic X-ray Systems Requirements: Fluoroscopic Radiation Therapy Simulation Systems — authority
- OAR 333-106-0301: Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Beam Limitation for Radiographic Systems Other Than Fluoroscopic, Dental Intraoral, Veterinary Systems, or Computed Tomography(CT) — implements
- OAR 333-106-0301: Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Beam Limitation for Radiographic Systems Other Than Fluoroscopic, Dental Intraoral, Veterinary Systems, or Computed Tomography(CT) — authority
- OAR 333-106-0305: Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Radiation Exposure Control Devices — implements
- OAR 333-106-0305: Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Radiation Exposure Control Devices — authority
- OAR 333-106-0310: Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Source-to-Skin Distance — implements
- OAR 333-106-0310: Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Source-to-Skin Distance — authority
- OAR 333-106-0315: Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Exposure Reproducibility — implements
- OAR 333-106-0315: Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Exposure Reproducibility — authority
- OAR 333-106-0320: Additional Requirements for Radiographic Machines: Radiation from Capacitor Energy Storage Equipment in Standby Status — implements
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