10A NCAC 15 .0907         WARNING DEVICES

(a)  Except in facilities designed for human exposure, all locations designated as high radiation areas and entrances to such locations shall be equipped with easily observable warning lights that operate only when radiation is being produced. Facilities designed for human exposure shall be equipped with easily observable warning lights outside the entrances to high radiation areas that operate only when radiation is being produced.

(b)  Except in facilities designed for human exposure, each high radiation area shall have an audible warning device which shall be activated for 15 seconds prior to operating equipment capable of creating a high radiation area. This warning device shall be clearly discernible in all high radiation areas and all radiation areas.

(c)  All barriers and pathways leading to high radiation areas shall be identified in accordance with Rule .1601 of this Chapter.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 104E‑7;

Eff. February 1, 1980;

Amended Eff. January 1, 1994;

Transferred and Recodified from 15A NCAC 11 .0907 Eff. February 1, 2015;

Readopted Eff. October 1, 2025.