Kansas Radiation Protection Regulations

and Statutes

Regulations

What are regulations?

Regulations are enacted by an agency to implement or interpret legislation. All regulations are filed in the Secretary of State's office and published in the Kansas Administrative Regulations (K.A.R.s).

The regulations for the Kansas Radiation Control Program are K.A.R 28-35-133 through 28-35-505.

The following Article 35 permanent regulations have been adopted by the Secretary, filed with the Secretary of State and were published in the Kansas Register March 3, 2011.  These regulations became effective March 18, 2011.

Revoked KAR 28-35-181e and 28-35-192d
Amended KAR 28-35-135l, 28-35-135t, 28-35-135w, 28-35-175a, 28-35-178b,
28-35-178e, 28-35-178j, 28-35-180b, 28-35-181a, 28-35-181j, 28-35-181m,
28-35-181o, 28-35-192b, 28-35-192c, 28-35-192e, 28-35-192g, 28-35-194a,
28-35-212a, 28-35-216a, 28-35-231c, 28-35-242, 28-35-264, 28-35-334, 28-35-346,
and 28-35-411
New KAR 28-35-225b

For the regulations listed above, the most current copy will be found in the Kansas Register. These regulations are found in Vol. 30, No. 9, March 3, 2011, pp. 195 – 213 of the Kansas Register. 

With the exception of the previous updates, the most current regulations will be found in 2009 K.A.R. Volume 2A.

Statutes

What are the Statutes?

The Kansas Statutes are all laws enacted by the Legislature. These Statutes are published after the closing of the regular session by the Kansas Revisor of Statutes.

The Statutes for the Kansas Radiation Control Program are Statutes 48-1601 through 48-1625

Click on this link to view the Statutes.

Radiation Control Program, schedule of fees: 
28-35-147a, 2006 Kansas Administrative Regulations, Volume 2A

For assistance finding a particular regulation or statute, please contact the Radiation Control Program at 785-296-1560.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment, Standards for Protection Against Radiation include adoption by reference of certain of the Parts. The documents that were adopted by reference can be accessed by clicking on the appropriate link.

Click on the following links to go to the electronic facsimile of the appendices:

Appendices to Part 4: Standards for Protection Against Radiation

The appendices include the following:

• Appendix A: Protection Factors for Respirators
• Appendix B: Annual Limits on Intake (ALIs) and Derived Air Concentrations (DACs) of Radionuclides for Occupational Exposure; Effluent Concentrations; Concentrations for Release Sewerage
• Appendix C: Quantities of Licensed Material Requiring Labeling