South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations18—Operation of radiation apparatus
(1) For the purposes
of section 24(2) of the Act, the following classes of persons are
prescribed:
(a)
persons who operate ionising radiation apparatus according to the instructions
of a veterinary surgeon who—
(i)
holds a radiation use licence in respect of the
apparatus; and
(ii)
is present in the room or other place in which the
apparatus is located; and
(iii)
is not able to operate the apparatus themself by reason
of the nature of the radiological examination being carried out;
(b)
persons enrolled in secondary or tertiary education where the operation of
ionising radiation apparatus is required as part of the education curriculum
and is under the supervision of a person holding a radiation use licence
authorising the operation;
(c)
persons who operate ionising radiation apparatus in the course of undertaking
a training program approved by the Minister relating to radiology, radiation
therapy, nuclear medicine or radiation oncology where the operation is under
the supervision of a person holding a radiation use licence authorising the
operation;
(d)
persons who operate any enclosed X-ray analysis apparatus, but only when the
interlocked barriers are in place and who operate such apparatus under the
directions of a person who holds a radiation use licence in respect of the
apparatus;
(e)
persons who operate for the purposes of industrial radiography an ionising
radiation apparatus that is located in a fully protected enclosure, and who
operate that apparatus under the directions of a person who holds a radiation
use licence in respect of the apparatus;
(f)
persons undergoing training in the operation of portable x-ray fluorescence
spectroscopy instruments where the operation is under the supervision of a
person holding a radiation use licence authorising the operation;
(g) any
other class of persons determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.
(2) For the purposes
of subsection 24(2) of the Act, the following classes of apparatus are
prescribed:
(a)
ionising radiation apparatus that produces ionising radiation incidental to
its function (including electron microscopes and apparatus containing a
cathode ray tube or an electronic valve) if the apparatus does not, in normal
operating conditions, cause an equivalent dose rate exceeding
1 µSv/h at a distance of 0.1m from any accessible surface of the
apparatus;
(b)
closed cabinet X-ray equipment for the examination of letters, packages,
baggage, freight and other articles that has been designed and constructed so
as to prevent a person entering the cabinet while the equipment is being put
to its normal use;
(c)
apparatus listed in Schedule 4 clause 1;
(d) any
other class of apparatus determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.