LAC 33:XV.748. Maintenance and Repair Restrictions

A. Only a person specifically licensed by the department, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or an agreement state to perform teletherapy unit maintenance and repair shall install, relocate, or remove a teletherapy sealed source, or a teletherapy unit that contains a sealed source, or maintain, adjust, or repair the source drawer, the shutter, or other mechanism of a teletherapy unit that could expose the source, reduce the shielding around the source, or result in increased radiation levels. B. Except for low dose-rate remote afterloader units, only a person specifically licensed by the department, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or an agreement state shall install, replace, relocate, or remove a sealed source or a source contained in a remote afterloader unit, a teletherapy unit, or a gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit. C. For a low dose-rate remote afterloader unit, only a person specifically licensed by the department, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or an agreement state or an authorized medical physicist shall install, replace, relocate, or remove a sealed source contained in the unit.