Licensing and Regulatory Guides

These documents provide guidance to an applicant in preparing a license application. They describe the criteria used by Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) staff when evaluating the application. The information in these guides is not a substitute for radiation safety training or for developing and implementing an effective radiation safety program. Applicants should carefully study the appropriate guide and all the regulations identified in the guide before application. MDH may request additional information when necessary to provide reasonable assurance that an adequate radiation protection program has been established.

Administrative

• Bankruptcy (PDF)
• Changes in Control (PDF)
• Decommissioning (PDF)
• Extended Interim Storage (PDF)
• Portal Monitoring Systems (PDF)

Exposure control

• Occupational Exposure (PDF)
• Prenatal Exposure (PDF)

Licensing

• Application for Radioactive Materials License (PDF)
• Broad Scope License (PDF)
• Calibrating Radiation Survey and Monitoring Instruments (PDF)
• Cyclotron (PDF)
• Fixed Gauge (PDF)
• Gamma Stereotactic Radiosurgery (PDF)
• Gas Chromatographs and X-ray Fluorescence Analyzers (PDF)
• Industrial Radiography (PDF)
• Laboratory Use (PDF)
• Nuclear Pharmacy (PDF)
• Nuclear Pharmacies Annual Audit Checklist (PDF)
• Portable Gauges (PDF)
• Special Nuclear Material of Less than Critical Quantities (PDF)

Medical

• Annual Audit Checklist for Medical Facilities (PDF)
• Brachytherapy Seeds for Localization (PDF)
• Diagnostic and Therapeutic Medical Procedures (PDF)
• Diagnostic Medical Procedures: Including Nuclear Medical Vans (PDF)
• Intraocular Use of Neovista EPI-RAD90 Ophthalmic System (PDF)
• Microsphere Brachytherapy Sources and Devices (PDF)
• Therapy Devices (PDF)