Radiation Safety Officer Services
We can provide a full range of RSO support for healthcare and industrial clients throughout North Carolina.
Carolina Safety & Health Consultants, LLC provides a full range of RSO support services for our clients throughout North Carolina to support all aspects of their radiation protection program. We serve the healthcare, industrial and manufacturing sectors who utilize radiation generating devices or radioactive materials during their business activities. For many of our clients having our consultants on their team to assist with radiation protection program regulatory requirements is essential to their safety and regulatory compliance programs.
Our company provides a spectrum of RSO services ranging from minimal on demand consultation and support for your designated RSO, up to providing a dedicated designated RSO for your facility who will provide comprehensive management and oversight of your radiation protection program. Carolina Safety & Health Consultants, LLC RSOs have a wide variety of backgrounds and experience ranging from former regulatory agents for the North Carolina Radiation Protection Section and Industrial Hygiene consultants who have experience working with the North Carolina Public Health Epidemiology Branch, to Environmental Health and Safety managers for large industrial facilities. We bring unparalleled regulatory expertise to for our client’s radiation protection programs. Our RSOs are certified in their respective fields of expertise and fully qualified to serve as your designated RSO on sites that utilize radiation generating devices and on site that have NRC and State RAM licenses.
RSO functions include numerous responsibilities, including facility operational radiation safety, radiation protection program documentation, development and implementation, radiation shielding design and evaluation, radiation surveys, staff and ionizing radiation user training, regular on-site audits, telephone emergency response availability, personnel dosimetry programs and radiation protection program recordkeeping. We provide temporary or full-time RSO services to meet your needs. Whether your program is small or large we can provide the experience and expertise necessary to maintain a safe working environment and ensure regulatory compliance.
We provide all the necessary radiation protection program services for radioactive materials and X-ray sources for the Healthcare and Industrial marketplace. We can help your RSO design/engineer a new project, coordinate equipment and shielding installation, calibrate and confirm all procedures are properly followed to local, state, and federal regulations. We perform documentation audits, leak testing and contamination wipe tests, radiation surveys and device shutter tests per the plants license provisions to ensure compliance. We can help customers by reviewing and auditing all their radiation protection program records on-site per NRC regulations to prevent fines civil penalties or mandated shutdowns.
Here are some of the advantages of using Carolina Safety & Health Consultants, LLC for your RSO services:
- We have intimate knowledge of both State and Federal ionizing radiation regulations including radiation generating devices and radioactive materials. The regulations for nuclear medicine and other radioactive materials are extremely complex and involve State regulatory agencies, the NRC, the Department of Transportation (DOT), and other agencies. Our staff has experience on both sides of the aisle (regulator and non-regulator) and stays current with ever-changing requirements.
- We maintain excellent relationships with state and federal regulators. That means that when you have a problem with licensing, registration, inspection, or noncompliance issues or enforcement, we understand the optimal approach to solving your problems and satisfying regulatory personnel.
- We offer flexibility in scheduling, billing, and all other areas of the administrative and logistical process. No matter how simple or complex your operation, Carolina Safety & Health Consultants, LLC will provide professional, expert, and reliable services; and integrate quickly into your corporate structure to streamline your radiation protection program operations. We will customize your RSO services to your needs.