CHAPTER 1 RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAM I ...

B. Enforcement Follow-up ProceduresInitial Follow-upFollowing the identification of a deficiency in radiation safety criteria, theRCO and/or his designee will notify the P.I. in writing. A suggestion of howcompliance with University requirements can be achieved will be includedand the P.I. will be asked to notify the Radiation Control Department within10 days of the status of his efforts to make the correction. To facilitatecompliance on the part of the P.I., a standard Action Taken Form (ATF) willbe utilized on which the violation will be identified with space to identify thecorrection carried out.If the violation is of a major nature, the laboratory will be scheduled for afollow-up inspection.Department Head NotificationIf the RCO and/or his designee is not able to achieve compliance through theinitial efforts outlined above, the status of the situation will be brought to theattention of the P.I.'s department head. The department head will be asked toassist the RCO and/or his designee in making the corrections. If for anyreason this second stage does not achieve compliance, the Radiation ControlCommittee will intercede.Radiation Control CommitteeIf direct action of the RCO and the requested assistance of the departmenthead has not achieved correction of a safety violation, the RCC will take directaction. The Committee will review the situation to determine the seriousnessof the identified violation and the action of the investigator. The P.I. will berequested to meet directly with the Committee to outline why he has notcomplied. The Committee will take whatever action is appropriate to achievecompliance. The action may vary from situation to situation, but could be fullsupport of the RCO's action to remove the P.I.'s approval to work withradioactive material.Three ATF’s received by a Principal Investigator within the past 12 months isconsidered to be continued noncompliance and results in direct intervention bythe Chair of the RCC.1-8 RADIATION CONTROL GUIDE rev 12/99