Radiation Health administers Queensland's Radiation Safety Act 1999 and the Radiation Safety Regulation 1999. The objective of the Act is to protect persons from health risks associated with exposure to particular sources of ionising radiation and harmful non-ionising radiation, and to protect the environment from being adversely affected by exposure to radiation.
Radiation safety standards, which are made by the Minister of Health, establish the minimum safety criteria for:
Compliance with the standards assist possession licensees in ensuring that the health and safety of persons are not adversely affected by exposure to radiation.
To demonstrate that their radiation sources and premises comply with the applicable radiation safety standard, possession licensees must obtain a Certificate of Compliance from an appropriately accredited person. Verification of compliance with the standard is required before initial use of the source, and then periodically at intervals specified in the Radiation Safety Regulation 1999.
To obtain a list of accredited persons, please contact Radiation Health.
Copies of the radiation safety standards may also be purchased from the Queensland Government Bookshop (Goprint), 371 Vulture Street, Woolloongabba (telephone: 07 3246 3399).
Queensland Health has a number of policies to assist in the administration of the radiation safety legislation.
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