Licensing Criteria

Licensing criteria

Applicants seeking a licence to use radiation apparatus or radioactive substances must have the knowledge and experience necessary for the work they wish to undertake. Most licence conditions have a number of knowledge/experience 'criteria' which need to be met by prospective licensees before the condition can be granted. These are listed below for each licence condition, which have been grouped into common work categories.

An asterisk (*) before a condition code indicates that an applicant does not need to provide details of radionuclides or radiation apparatus when compfleting an application to use radiation apparatus and/or radioactive substances or applying to vary licence conditions.

Applicants who can demonstrate that they meet the necessary criteria and have provided all required documentation and the application fee will usually have their application approved within seven working days.

Those who cannot easily show that they meet the necessary set criteria or where part or no criteria have been specified will also be considered on their merits. Examples are overseas qualifications or extensive experience in lieu of any pre-requisite qualifications. However assessment of these applications will take longer. They may need to be referred to the Radiation Advisory Council for advice with processing usually taking 6-8 weeks.

Applicants who need advice on whether specific radiation safety courses qualify them to hold a licence or wish to obtain a list of course providers should contact Radiation Control at DEC.

Click on the relevant work category, select and click on relevant condition codes for the respective criteria. When completing an application for a licence to use, please insert the relevant licence condition codes.

Common work categories

Chiropractic
Educational/demonstration
Scientific and research

Chiropractic

*IA21: Use radiation apparatus for chiropractic radiography

*IA21R: Use radiation apparatus for chiropractic radiography (excluding radiographs of the extremities)

*IA21: Use radiation apparatus for chiropractic radiography

Must meet two pre-requisites:

1. Must provide evidence of current registration with the NSW Chiropractic Board (Chiropractors Act 2001)

2. Must provide evidence of attainment of one of the following Australian qualifications:

Diploma in Chiropractic (DipChiro)
Graduate Diploma in Chiropractic (GDipChiro)
Bachelor of Applied Science (Chiropractic) (BAppSc(Chiro))
Master of Chiropractic (MChiro)

One of the following overseas qualifications:

Doctor of Chiropractic (Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, Ontario, Canada)
Doctor of Chiropractic (LifeChiropracticCollege, Marietta, Georgia, USA)
Doctor of Chiropractic (LifeChiropracticCollege, St Lorenzo, California, USA)
Doctor of Chiropractic (Parker College of Chiropractic, Texas, USA)

*IA21R: Use radiation apparatus for chiropractic radiography (excluding radiographs of the extremities)

Note: This condition may be available to applicants who have completed a course similar to those listed for condition IA21 but which does not include training in the radiography of extremities.

Educational/demonstration

IA9: Use radiation apparatus for educational purposes

S9: Use radioactive substances for educational purposes

IA9: Use radiation apparatus for educational purposes

Note: This condition is only available to applicants who need to use radiation apparatus for educational and demonstration purposes and who are unable to meet the criteria for any other licence.

No specific qualifications have been determined. The EPA will consider each application on its merits.

S9: Use radioactive substances for educational purposes

Note: This condition is only available to applicants who need to use radioactive substances for educational and demonstration purposes and who are unable to meet the criteria for any other licence.

No specific qualifications have been determined. The EPA will consider each application on its merits.

Scientific and research

*IA8: Use radiation apparatus for scientific or research purposes

S8: Use radioactive substances for scientific or research purposes

S45: Use radioactive substances for tracer studies (excluding studies on humans)

S8: Use radioactive substances for scientific or research purposes

In addition to fulfilling the following requirement, the EPA will consider each application on its merits.

Must provide evidence of successful completion of one of the following courses, which is applicable to the particular work proposed to be carried out:

Institutions / Courses
Asia Pacific Institute of Nuclear Sciences / Radiation safety in biological research laboratories
Radiation safety in research laboratories
AustralianNationalUniversity / Radiation safety course
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation / Protection from ionising radiation (Radioisotope Course No. 36) (20 days)
Radiation safety for laboratory workers
Safe handling and use of unsealed radioactive sources (1 day)
Safe use of nuclear type soil moisture and density gauges
Safety aspects of using ionising radiation (3 days)
Safety in laboratories (3 days)
Australian Radiation Services Pty Ltd / Safe handling unsealed radioactive material
Bartolo Management Services / Safe use of unsealed sources and XRD equipment in the laboratory
Safe use of unsealed sources in the laboratory (formerly known as Radiation safety in the laboratory)
Safe use of XRD equipment in the laboratory
Bioclone Australia / In-house radiation safety and procedures training 'Iodination'
Children's Medical Research Institute / In-house radiation safety training
In-house training on radiation protection from ionising radiation
In-house training on the safe handling of unsealed radioactive substances
Radiation safety in the laboratory
CSIRO / In-house radiation safety training
In-house training on safe handling of various unsealed radioactive substances
EPA Assessment / Safe use of nuclear type soil moisture and density gauges
Garvan Institute / In-house training on safe handling of various unsealed radioactive substances
Heart Research Institute / In-house training on safe handling of various unsealed radioactive substances
JohnHunterHospital / In-house training in the safe handling of unsealed radioactive substances
LiverpoolHospital / In-house blood irradiator safety training course (half day)
In-house training in the use of unsealed radioactive substances
MacquarieUniversity / Radiation safety training
Supervised training in the use of radioisotopes
MonashUniversity / Radiation safety course
Radiation safety course in the safe use of unsealed radioactive substances (3 hours)
National Institute of Health / Radiation protection and safety
National On-site Training and TLC First Aid Educators / Radiation safety for laboratory workers
New Children's Hospital / In-house training on the safe handling of unsealed radioactive substances
Peptech Ltd / In-house training on the safe handling of unsealed radioactive substances
Prince of WalesHospital / In-house training on the safe handling of unsealed radioactive substances
QueenslandUniversity of Technology / Handling of radioactive materials
Radsmart (Gordon Mackenzie) / Industrial radiation safety officer (1.5-3 days)
Radiation safety for laboratory staff
Royal North Shore Hospital Knolling Institute / Training course on radiation
Royal PrinceAlfredHospital / Radiation safety training for medical laboratory scientists
University of Alabama (Birmingham) / Radiation safety training
University of Newcastle / In-house training on the safe handling of unsealed radioactive substances
Training courses in radiation safety
University of New England / In-house training on safe handling of various unsealed radioactive substances
Safe handling of radioactive isotopes
Safe use of radioisotopes (1 day)
Safe use of unsealed radioactive substances (1 day)
University of New South Wales / Radiation protection training program (1.5 days run by Risk Management Unit)
In-house radiation safety training course (same as above previously run by Risk Management Unit)
In-house training on the safe handling of unsealed radioactive substances (same as above previously run by Risk Management Unit)
University of NSW and Australian Atomic Energy Commission / Radiation protection course no. 9
University of Queensland / Radiation safety course
University of Sydney / In-house radiation safety course
In-house training on the safe handling of unsealed radioisotopes
Radiation safety in laboratories
University of TechnologySydney / In-house training on the safe handling of unsealed radioactive substances
University of Western Australia / Radiation safety course (3 days)