Radioactive Materials Program

This program inspects and licenses approximately 400 specific licenses issued to users of radioactive materials in the fields of medicine, industry, research and academia. In addition, the program has issued 21 in vitro/in vivo general licenses and 164 other general licenses. The program also assists in the oversight of the transportation of radioactive materials and waste through the state.

005 General applicability 
010 Definitions for 902 KAR Chapter 100
012 Fee schedule
015 General Requirements
017 Special requirements for teletherapy licensees
019 Standards for protection against radiation
021 Disposal of radioactive material
022 Licensing requirements for land disposal of radioactive waste
030 Quantities of radioactive material requiring labeling
040 General provisions for specific licenses
041 Quantities of radioactive materials requiring consideration of the need for an emergency plan
042 Decommissioning and financial surety
045 Exemptions
050 General licenses
052 Broad scope licenses
058 Specific licenses to manufacture, assemble, repair, or distribute products
060 Leak testing
065 Reciprocal recognition
070 Transportation of radioactive material
072 Use of radionuclides in the health arts
080 Exempt quantities
085 Exempt concentrations
090 Broad license limits
100 Industrial radiography
142 Wire line service operations
165 Notices, reports and instructions to employees
170 Proceedings

• Annual Low Level Radioactive Waste (LLRW) Report, Rev. 3/2011 (Word) (PDF)
• Kentucky Radioactive Materials License Fee Schedule (Word) (PDF)
• Kentucky Reciprocity Location Report, Rev. 1/2012 (Word) (PDF)
• Kentucky Weekly Radiography Schedule, Rev. 2/2012 (Word) (PDF)
• License Guide for G.C. Devices and XRF Analyzers
• License Guide for Laboratory Users
• License Guide for Medical Programs, Rev. 04/2005
• License Guide for Non-Portable Gauging Devices, Rev. 8/2011 (Word) (PDF) 
• License Guide for Portable Gauging Devices, Rev. 10/2012 (Word) (PDF)
• License Guide for Well Logging Operations
• Notice to Employees (Word) (PDF)
• RPS-7 - Application for Radioactive Material License, Rev. 6/2011 (Word) (PDF) 
• RPS-8 Forms - Authorized User Training and Experience and Preceptor Attestation:
  • RPS-8 AUS - Therapeutic Sealed Sources (Word) (PDF)
  • RPS-8 AUT - Therapy Unsealed (Word) (PDF)
  • RPS-8 AMP - Medical Physicist (Word) (PDF)
  • RPS-8 ANP - Nuclear Pharmacist (Word) (PDF)
  • RPS-8 AUD - Diagnostic Imaging (Word) (PDF)
  • RPS-8 RSO - Radiation Safety Officer (Word) (PDF)
• RPS-10 - Disposition of Radioactive Material, Rev. 3/2011 (Word) (PDF) 
• RPS-12 - Transfer of Control, Rev. 4/2011 (Word) (PDF)

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• U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Advisory Committee on Medical Uses of Isotopes (ACMUI) Documents
• U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Medical Uses Licensee Toolkit